| Notice of Interest/Change in Interest | |
| * Asterisks denote mandatory information | |
| Name of Announcer * | NOBLE GROUP LIMITED |
| Company Registration No. | N.A. |
| Announcement submitted on behalf of | NOBLE GROUP LIMITED |
| Announcement is submitted with respect to * | NOBLE GROUP LIMITED |
| Announcement is submitted by * | Chee Ying LIM |
| Designation * | Company Secretary |
| Date & Time of Broacast | 04-Jul-2012 21:16:20 |
| Announcement No. | 00152 |
| Price Sensitivity | No |
| >> Announcement Details | |
| The details of the announcement start here ... |
| >> Part I | |
| 1. Date of notice to issuer * | 04/07/2012 |
| 2. Name of Substantial Shareholder * | (i) M&G Investment Management Limited (ii) M&G Limited (iii) M&G Group Limited |
| 3. Please tick one or more appropriate box(es): * | |
| - Notice of a Change in the Percentage Level of a Substantial Shareholder's Interest or Cessation of Interest. [Please complete Part III and IV] | |
| >> Part II | |
| 1. Date of change of [Select Option] | |
| 2. Name of Registered Holder | |
| 3. Circumstance(s) giving rise to the interest or change in interest | |
| # Please specify details | |
| 4. Information relating to shares held in the name of the Registered Holder | |
| No. of N.A. held before the change | |
| As a percentage of issued share capital | |
| No. of N.A. which are subject of this notice | |
| As a percentage of issued share capital | |
| Amount of consideration (excluding brokerage and stamp duties) per share paid or received | |
| No. of N.A. held after the change | |
| As a percentage of issued share capital | |
| >> Part III | |
| 1. Date of change of Interest | 18/06/2012 |
| 2. The change in the percentage level | From 5.0819 % to 4.9657 % |
| 3. Circumstance(s) giving rise to the interest or change in interest | # Others |
| # Please specify details | Due to a series of open market transactions. |
| 4. A statement of whether the change in the percentage level is the result of a transaction or a series of transactions | Due to a series of open market transactions. |
| >> Part IV | ||
| 1. Holdings of Substantial Shareholder, including direct and deemed interest: | ||
| Direct | Deemed | |
| No. of shares held before the change | 0 | 327,985,068 |
| As a percentage of issued share capital | 0 % | 5.0819 % |
| No. of shares held after the change | 0 | 320,485,068 |
| As a percentage of issued share capital | 0 % | 4.9657 % |
| Footnotes | Percentages calculated based on 6,454,027,910 issued ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares) as on 18 June 2012. Each of M&G Limited and M&G Group Limited is a substantial shareholder of the Company by virtue of its deemed interest in the shares of the Company managed by its subsidiary, M&G Investment Management Ltd, as fund manager, and by virtue of its deemed interests in the shares of the Company held by Prudential Unit Trusts Limited. Please note, as of close of business 2 July 2012, the current shareholding position for each of the notifying companies is 3.7575%, calculated based on 6,475,178,904 issued ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares) as on 2 July 2012. |
