Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4970C

ASOS PLC

13 November 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:	OppenheimerFunds, Inc (OFI) and Baring Asset Management Limited (BAM)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	11 November 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	12 November 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	3% (Total - 3.137%; OFI 2.8734% and BAM .2636%)

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 BAM OFI Total	Below 3% Below 3% Below 3%		192,664 2,100,000 2,292,664		192,664 2,100,000 2,292,664		.2636% 2.8734% 3.137%

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
BAM: 192,664 OFI: 2,100,000 Total:2,282,664	BAM: 0.2636% OFI:2.8734% Total: 3.137%

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

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) is the Parent Company of Baring Asset Management Limited (BAM) and OppenheimerFunds, Inc (OFI). QFI owns, as of November 11, 2009, 2,100,000 shares equal to 2.8734%, BAM owns, as of November 11,2009,192,664 shares equal to .2636%. On an aggregated basis, BAM and OFI own 2,292,664 shares equal to 3.137% as of November 11, 2009. These calculations are based on outstanding Shares of 73,055,201.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the 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:	Rose Baker Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
15. Contact telephone number:	001-413-744-8258

 

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