14 November 2011
Stock Exchange Announcement
LIONTRUST ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC
Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights
Liontrust Asset Management PLC ("Liontrust" or the "Company") announces that it has issued 1,763,710 new ordinary Liontrust shares of 1p each (the "New Ordinary Shares") as part of the consideration payable to the vendors of the fund management business of Occam Investment Management (Malta) Limited, Occam Asset Management LLP and Occam Investment Services Limited (together "Occam"). The acquisition of Occam completed on 4 October 2011.
Following the issue of the New Ordinary Shares, up to a further 36,236 new Liontrust ordinary shares may be issued in future as consideration to the vendors of Occam.
Application has been made for the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange, both of which are expected to become effective on 18 November 2011. Following admission to trading of the New Ordinary Shares, the Company's capital consists of 37,108,600 ordinary shares of 1p each with voting rights. No ordinary shares are held in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 37,108,600.
The above figure of 37,108,600 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
For further information please contact:
Liontrust Asset Management PLC Vinay Abrol
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020 7412 1700 |
Altium Paul Chamberlain
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020 7484 4040 |
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