Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1610U

ASOS PLC

18 June 2009

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST 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 the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	FIL Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See attached schedule
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	11 June 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	12 June 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 using the 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		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0030927254	3,649,223	3,649,223	3,623,823		3,623,823		4.99

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/  Conversion  Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise  price	Expiration  date	Exercise/ Conversion  period	Number of voting  rights instrument  refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
3,623,823	4.99

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 the proxy holder:	FIL Limited
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	25,400
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	11 June 2009

13. Additional information:	None
14. Contact name:	Amanda Chana
15. Contact telephone number:	[e-mail]

FIL

Issuer name:                                         ASOS Plc

Current ownership percentage:                     4.99%

Total shares held:                                    3,623,823

Issued share capital:                              72,541,911

 

Shares Held	Nominee	Management Company
247,700	Bank of New York Brussels	FPM
21,600	BNP Paribas, Paris (C)	FIL
2,869,751	Brown Bros Harriman Ltd Lux	FFIL
116,387	Brown Brothers Harriman and Co	FIJ
22,132	HSBC Invst Bank Ltd Seoul	FIL
18,885	JP Morgan, Bournemouth	FIL
211,458	JP Morgan, Bournemouth	F/SL
115,910	JP Morgan, Bournemouth	FIL

FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management Limited (FFML), FIL Investment Services Ltd (FISL), FIL Gestion (FIGEST), FIL Asset Management (Korea) Limited (FIAKL), FIL Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), FIL Pension Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and FIL Investments International (FIJ), investment managers for various non-US Investment companies and institutional clients.

 

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