Issue of Equity

RNS Number : 8134A

Liontrust Asset Management PLC

04 April 2012

 



Stock Exchange Announcement

LIONTRUST ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC

Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights

Liontrust Asset Management PLC ("Liontrust" or the "Company") announces that it has issued 36,236 new ordinary Liontrust shares of 1p each (the "New Ordinary Shares") as part of the consideration payable to the vendors of the fund management business of Occam Investment Management (Malta) Limited, Occam Asset Management LLP and Occam Investment Services Limited (together "Occam"). The acquisition of Occam completed on 4 October 2011.

Following the issue of the New Ordinary Shares, no further issues of new ordinary Liontrust shares are due as consideration to the vendors.

Application has been made for the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange, both of which are expected to become effective on 12 April 2012. Following admission to trading of the New Ordinary Shares, the Company's capital consists of 37,144,836 ordinary shares of 1p each with voting rights. No ordinary shares are held in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 37,144,836.

The above figure of 37,144,836 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

For further information please contact:

Liontrust Asset Management PLC Vinay Abrol	020 7412 1700
Singer Capital Markets Limited Jonathan Marren Jenny Wyllie	020 3205 7500

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