Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5323Z

Ashmore Group PLC

14 January 2011

 

ASHMORE GROUP PLC

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

ASHMORE 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:	CAREY  PENSIONS AND BENEFITS LIMITED ( as trustee of the Ashmore 2004 Employee Benefit Trust)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	AS ABOVE
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	9th  December 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	13th January 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Decrease below 4 per cent

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/ type of shares If possible use 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		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
ISIN code GB00B132NW22	35,782,928	35,782,928	28, 069,014	28,069,014		3.99

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

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
28,069,014	3.99%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Michael Perman
15. Contact telephone number:	0203 077 6000

 

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