Ashmore Group plc ("Ashmore" or the "Company")
London. 28th March 2014
Notifications Pursuant to DTR 3 and DTR 5
Ashmore Group plc ("Ashmore", the "Company") has received notification on 28th March 2014 from its Chief Executive Officer, Mr Mark Coombs, that on 28th March 2014 he gifted 3,000,000 ordinary shares (0.42%) of 0.01p each in the capital of the Company to charity for nil consideration.
As a result of this gift, Mr Coombs' interest in the share capital of Ashmore is reduced to 289,630,540 shares (40.94 per cent of the issued capital1) and the number of shares to which voting rights attach are 288,574,200 (40.79%)2.
For further information please contact:
Ashmore Group plc
Paul Measday
Investor Relations +44 (0)20 3077 6278
FTI Consulting - PR to Ashmore Group plc
Andrew Walton +44 (0)20 7269 7204
Paul Marriott +44 (0)20 7269 7252
[2] . Mr Coombs interest in shares prior to the event triggering this notification was 292,630,540 shares (41.37%). The share interests described include an indirect holding of 1,056,340 shares constituting share awards under the Ashmore Executive Omnibus Incentive Plan (subject to the satisfaction of relevant performance conditions for vesting) which have no voting rights attaching to them until such point that they vest.