TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer |
Ashmore Group plc |
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2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): |
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |
X |
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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached |
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments |
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |
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Other (please specify): |
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the |
Allianz Global Investors GmbH |
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) |
N/A |
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5. Date of the transaction and date on |
13 April 2016 |
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6. Date on which issuer notified: |
15 April 2016 |
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or |
Below 5% |
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8. Notified details: |
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A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix |
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Class/type of
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Situation previous |
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Number |
Number |
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Number of voting |
% of voting rights x |
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Direct |
Direct xi |
Indirect xii |
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Indirect |
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GB00B132NW22 |
35,784,393 |
35,784,393 |
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3,519,806 |
27,629,414 |
0.50 |
3.91 |
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Type of financial |
Expiration |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting |
% of voting |
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Rights for delivery of shares being subject to open overnight securities lending |
None |
Cancellation possible on each trading day |
1,546,000 |
0.22 |
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Type of financial |
Exercise price |
Expiration date xvii |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to
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% of voting rights xix, xx
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N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A
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Nominal |
Delta |
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N/A |
N/A |
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Total (A+B+C) |
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Number of voting rights |
Percentage of voting rights |
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32,695,220 |
4.62 |
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the |
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N/A |
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Proxy Voting: |
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10. Name of the proxy holder: |
N/A |
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease |
N/A |
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold |
N/A |
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14. Contact name: |
Darren Wickert |
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15. Contact telephone number: |
+44 (0) 20 3246 7125 |
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Additional information:
Regarding section 8 above:
aa)
The notified holdings have to be indicated as either "direct holdings" or "indirect holdings".
Allianz Global Investors GmbH is a German investment management company. Its core business is the establishment and portfolio management of investment funds domiciled in Germany and Luxembourg, but also e.g. in Italy and France. Allianz Global Investors GmbH is entitled to execute the voting rights by proxy (since the foundation of the funds). Additionally, Allianz Global Investors GmbH is mandated in several cases to manage individual asset portfolios for clients on a contractual basis; under such contracts Allianz Global Investors GmbH is entitled to execute the voting rights of shares held in such asset portfolios.
For the purpose of section 8. of this Form TR-1 we have considered holdings in investment funds which do not have a legal personality, but are mere pools of assets, for which Allianz Global Investors GmbH acts in its own name, but for the account of the fund, as direct holdings. The units of such investment funds are jointly owned by their investors, but the funds are legally represented by Allianz Global Investors GmbH as the funds' investment manager.
Holdings in funds managed by Allianz Global Investors GmbH which are legal persons of their own (e.g. Luxembourgish SICAV) as well as holdings in above-mentioned portfolio mandates (including fund mandates, under which Allianz Global Investors GmbH is the portfolio manager of funds established by other investment companies) we considered as indirect holdings with respect to the fact that the proxy was granted on a contractual basis.
bb)
With reference to the situation previous to the triggering transaction, the "Number of Shares" has to be indicated. For this notification, we have - in parallel to the "Number of Voting rights" indicated the total number of directly and indirectly held shares as disclosed in our notification for 28 May 2015 submitted on 01 June 2015.