ATLAS Mara Limited Notification of Major Interest in Shares (3943A)

TIDMATMA

RNS Number : 3943A

ATLAS Mara Limited

23 March 2017

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or 
  the underlying issuer                                       Atlas Mara Limited 
  of existing shares to which                                 VGG0697K1066 
  voting rights are 
  attached: (ii) 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate 
  box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                              n/a 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial                       n/a 
  instruments which may result in the acquisition 
  of shares already issued to which voting rights 
  are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with                           Yes 
  similar economic effect to qualifying financial 
  instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                         n/a 
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 Other (please                                                            n/a 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s)                                  UBS Asset Management: O'Connor 
  subject to the 
  notification obligation: 
  (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                             UBS O'Connor Limited 
  (if different from 3.):(iv)                                UBS O'Connor LLC 
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 5. Date of the transaction                                 22 February 2017 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                    24 February 2017 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are 
  crossed or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                                        5% 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type       Situation previous 
  of               to the triggering 
  shares           transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
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                  Number          Number          Number         Number of voting           % of voting 
                   of              of              of shares      rights                     rights (x) 
                   Shares          Voting 
                                   Rights 
---------------  --------------  --------------  -------------  -------------------------  --------------------- 
                                                                 Direct        Indirect     Direct     Indirect 
                                                                  (xi)         (xii) 
---------------    ------------   ------------   -------------  ------------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
                  No Previous     No Previous     -              -             -            -          - 
                  Disclosure       Disclosure 
   VGG0697K1066 
                 --------------  --------------  -------------  ------------  -----------  ---------  ---------- 
 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of            Expiration     Exercise/                     Number of voting           % of voting 
 financial           date           Conversion                    rights that                rights 
 instrument          (xiii)         Period (xiv)                  may be 
                                                                  acquired if 
                                                                  the 
                                                                  instrument 
                                                                  is 
                                                                  exercised/ 
                                                                  converted. 
-----------------  -------------  ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------------- 
 -                  -              -                             -                          - 
-----------------  -------------  ----------------------------  -------------------------  --------------------- 
 
 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
  to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of           Exercise       Expiration     Exercise/      Number of       % of voting 
  financial         price          date          Conversion     voting           rights (xix, 
  instrument                       (xvii)        period         rights           xx) 
                                                 (xviii)        instrument 
                                                                refers to 
----------------  -------------  -------------  -------------  --------------  --------------------------------- 
  Equity Swaps          -             from            -           4,354,909     Nominal                Delta 
                                   22.02.2017 
                                       to 
                                   14.12.2017 
----------------  -------------  -------------  -------------  --------------  ---------------------  ---------- 
            -                                                                                          5.62% 
           ---------------------                                                                      ---------- 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                        Percentage of voting rights 
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 4,354,909                                                      5.62% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the 
  voting rights and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
  (xxi) 
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   UBS O'Connor Limited - 190,109 - 0.25% 
   UBS O'Connor LLC - 4,164,800 - 5.38% 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:          UBS Asset Management: 
                                         O'Connor on behalf 
                                         of a number of clients 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy 
  holder will cease to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will 
  cease to hold voting rights: 
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  13. Additional information: 
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 14. Contact name:                      Jamie Bonney / David Iglesias 
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 15. Contact telephone number:          [phone] 
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