Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1863M

ASOS PLC

23 January 2009

 



For filings with the FSA include the annex For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

ASOS Plc

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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):______________	x

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	See attached schedule
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):
6. Date on which issuer notified:	21st January 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%

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
GB0030927254					3,929,752		4.93%

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
3,929,752	4.93%

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

See attached schedule

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	340,200
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	340,200

13. Additional information:	This notification has been caused by a disaggregation of an institutional fund
14 Contact name:	Sonia Mitrou
15. Contact telephone number:	[e-mail]

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

FIL

Issuer name:                         ASOS PLC

Current ownership percentage:                                               4.93%

Total shares held:                                                             3,589,552

Issued share capital:                                                       72,681,328

                                                                SHARES HELD       NOMINEE                                                          MANAGEMENT                                                                                                                                                                                                             COMPANY

FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent                                           3,146,783       BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX                       FIL

holding company for various direct and indirect              160,887       BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO          FIJ

subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management                    8,225       JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH                                FIL

Limited (FFML), FIL Investment Services Ltd                 185,958       JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH                                FISL

(FISL), FIL Gestion (FIGEST) , FIL                                        87,699       JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH (C)                         FIL

Asset Management (Korea) Limited (FIAKL),

FIL Investment Management (Hong Kong)

Limited (FIMHK), FIL Pension Management

(FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and FIL

Investments International (FII), Investment managers

for various non-US investment companies and

institutional clients.

 

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