Ashmore Group PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Oct 27, 2015

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RNS Number : 6230D

Ashmore Group PLC

27 October 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				Ashmore Group Plc GB00B132NW22
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached					n/a
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments					n/a
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights					n/a
Other (please specify):					n/a
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		UBS Investment Bank UBS Group AG
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv		UBS AG London Branch UBS Limited
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		23 October 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:		27 October 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		4%

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 xi		Indirect xii	Direct		Indirect
GB00B132NW22	28,622,963			28,622,963			-	-		27,343,929	-		3.87%
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
27,343,929								3.87%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
UBS Group AG is a group holding company for UBS Investment Bank business. Voting rights are held through its controlled undertakings as set out below. UBS AG: -     directly through its branches: UBS AG London Branch - 26,757,787 (3.78%); and -     indirectly through its subsidiaries: UBS Limited - 586,142 (0.09%)
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:	Konstantina Georgaki / Zuzana Görögová
15. Contact telephone number:	+41 44 239 4071

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