Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6680G

Ashmore Group PLC

24 October 2008

 



TR-1: Notification of Major Interests 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 notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights	Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):______________

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	FMR LLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	Brown Brothers Harriman & Co Citibank NA JP Morgan Chase Bank Mellon Bank NA Northern Trust Co
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	21 October  2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	23 October  2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5 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
GB00B132NW22	35,423,568	35,423,568	35,695,730	35,695,730		5.04

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
35,695,730	5.04

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

FMR LLC is the holding company of Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMRCO) investment manager for US mutual funds, and FIL Management Trust Company (FMTC) and Pyramia Global Advisors Trust Company (PGATC) a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust accounts, and Pyramia Global Advisors LLC ( PGALLC)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	FMR LLC
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire:	272,162
12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire :	21 October 2008

13. Additional information:	none
14 Contact name:	Davis Merryweather
15. Contact telephone name:	01737 837149

 

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