30 September 2019
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 3,838,455 new ordinary Liontrust shares of 1p each (the "New Ordinary Shares") to the shareholders of Neptune Investment Management Limited as part of the consideration due for the purchase of the entire issued share capital of Neptune Investment Management Limited (the "Acquisition"). The Acquisition is expected to complete on 1 October 2019.
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 1 October 2019.
Following the admission to trading of the New Ordinary Shares, the Company's capital will consist of 54,753,611 ordinary shares of 1p each with voting rights. No ordinary shares are held in Treasury.
Thereafter, the total number of voting rights in the Company will be 54,753,611.
The above figure of 54,753,611 may then 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 FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
For further information please contact:
Liontrust Asset Management 020 7412 1700
John Ions, Vinay Abrol www.liontrust.co.uk
Simon Hildrey - Chief Marketing Officer
N+1 Singer Advisory LLP 020 7496 3000
Corporate Broking- Tom Salvesen
Numis Securities Limited 020 7260 1000
Charles Farquhar
Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited 020 3037 2000
Advisory - Jonny Allison, Kavita Choitram
Corporate Broking - Alex Reynolds
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