FORM 8.3 PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code") 1. KEY INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (a) Full name of discloser: MMCAP International Inc. SPC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities Perseus Mining Limited this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 12 April 2016 For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser YES making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? If YES, specify which: If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" Amara Mining Plc ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security. (a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class of relevant security: Ordinary Shares ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interests Short positions ---------------------------------------- Number % Number % ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 62,500 0.01% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (2) Cash-settled derivatives: 7,315,865 1.38% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL: 7,378,365 1.39% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All interests and all short positions should be disclosed. Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions). (b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in. The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated. (a) Purchases and sales ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class of relevant Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit security ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (b) Cash-settled derivative transactions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class of relevant Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference Price per unit security e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing a securities long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ordinary Shares Swap Increasing short position 1,485,736 0.4250 AUD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class of Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type Expiry Option money relevant description purchasing, securities to price per e.g. date paid/received security e.g. call selling, which option unit American, per unit option varying etc. relates European etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (ii) Exercise ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class of relevant Product description Exercising/exercised Number of securities Exercise price per security e.g. call option against unit ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class of relevant Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if security e.g. subscription, applicable) conversion ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. OTHER INFORMATION (a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or (ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (c) Attachments ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date of disclosure: APRIL 13, 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact name: ULLA VESTERGAARD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Telephone number: 001 416 408 0994 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129. The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
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MMCAP International Inc. spc