Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3611I

Ashmore Group PLC

13 June 2011

 



For filings with the FSA include the annex For filings with issuer exclude the annex TR-1: NOTICIFATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			Ashmore Group plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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				X
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Highfields Capital Management LP
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Highfields Capital I LP, Highfields Capital II LP, Highfields Capital III L.P., The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited and J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		June 10, 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		June 13, 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Decrease below three per cent (3%)

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

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 x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

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Below 3%

Below 3%

Below 3%

Below 3%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

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 xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Below 3%

Nominal

Delta

Below 3%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

Below 3%

Below 3%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Highfields Capital Management LP is the management company to each of Highfields Capital I LP, Highfields Capital II LP and Highfields Capital III L.P. (the "Funds").  The shares disclosed in Section 8.A above are held in the name of The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited and J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp. and those instruments that have been disposed of requiring the making of this filing were held in the name of the Funds.
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:	Total votes used for the purposes of the above notification: 707,916,106.
14. Contact name:	Joseph F. Mazzella General Counsel
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

 

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