Notification of Major Interes

RNS Number : 8912V

Ashmore Group PLC

17 July 2009

 



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:	Lone Pine Capital LLC Stephen F. Mandel Jr.
4.      Full name of shareholder(s) (if                             different from 3):	Morgan Stanley & Co.
5.      Date of transaction (and date                             on which the threshold is                           crossed or reached if different):	14 July 2009
6.      Date on which issuer notified:	16 July 2009
7.      Threshold(s) that is/are                            crossed or reached:	Under 6%

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	42,338,995	42,338,995	41,883,245		41,883,245		5.95%

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
41,883,245	5.95%

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

Lone Pine Capital LLC is the investment manager to several funds which indirectly hold shares in the issuer. Stephen F. Mandel Jr. is the Managing Member of Lone Pine Capital LLC and in such capacity is able to direct its operations.

Proxy Voting:
10.   Name of 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:	Jeffrey Wechselblatt Lone Pine Capital LLC Two Greenwich Plaza Greenwich, Connecticut 06830 USA
15.    Contact telephone name:	[phone]

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.

 

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