AO WORLD PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Mar 4, 2015

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RNS Number : 5082G

AO World plc

04 March 2015

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii		AO World 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: iii	Baron Capital Group, Inc. ("BCG") BAMCO, Inc. ("BAMCO") Baron Capital Management, Inc. ("BCM") Ronald Baron
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	27/02/2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:	03/03/2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	7%

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
GB00BJTNFH41	31,393,640	28,147,988	36,289,932	32,588,537	Not Applicable	7.74%	Not Applicable

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
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
32,588,537	7.74%

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

BCG, BAMCO and BCM are New York corporations. Ronald Baron is a citizen of the United States. BAMCO and BCM are subsidiaries of BCG. Ronald Baron owns a controlling interest in BCG. The advisory clients of BAMCO and BCMhave the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, theIssuer's common stock in their accounts. To the best of the Filing Persons' knowledge, no such person has such interest relating to more than 6% of the outstanding class of securities.

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:	Patrick M. Patalino
15. Contact telephone number:	+001 (212) 583-2119

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