Anglo Pacific Group PLC

TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares(i)

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwired - Jun 6, 2014) - Anglo Pacific Group PLC (TSX: APY) (LSE: APF)

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			Anglo Pacific Group PLC
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Aberforth Partners LLP
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv		Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc (4,448,302 shares) Aberforth UK Small Companies Fund (786,430 shares) Aberforth Geared Income Trust plc (1,314,300 shares) All shares are registered in the name of Nortrust Nominees Ltd A/c Aberfrth
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		04/06/2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:		05/06/2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:vi, vii		5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE		Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
		Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares		Number of voting rights			% of voting rights x
				Direct		Direct xi	Indirect xii		Direct	Indirect
Ordinary		Below 5%	Below 5%	6,549,032		N/A	6,549,032		N/A	5.63
GB0006449366

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Expiration datexiii		Exercise/ Conversion Periodxiv		Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.		% of voting rights
N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Nominal

Delta

N/A

N/A

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