ATLAS Mara Limited: Notification of Major Interest
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TORTOLA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS--(Marketwired - Mar 23, 2017) - ATLAS Mara Limited (
LSE: ATMA
| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES i | ||
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii | Atlas Mara Limited VGG0697K1066 | |
| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | n/a | |
| 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 | Yes | |
| 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 Asset Management: O'Connor | |
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): iv | UBS O'Connor Limited UBS O'Connor LLC | |
| 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v | 22 February 2017 | |
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 24 February 2017 | |
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii | 5% | |
| 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 | |||||||||
| Number of Shares | Number of Voting Rights | Number of shares | Number of voting rights | % of voting rights x | ||||||
| Direct xi | Indirect xii | Direct | Indirect | |||||||
| VGG0697K1066 | No Previous Disclosure | No Previous Disclosure | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 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 | |||||
| Equity Swaps | - | from 22.02.2017 to 14.12.2017 | - | 4,354,909 | Nominal | Delta | ||||
| - | 5.62% | |||||||||
| Total (A+B+C) | ||||||||||
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||
| 4,354,909 | 5.62% | |||||||||
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi | |
| UBS O'Connor Limited - 190,109 - 0.25% UBS O'Connor LLC - 4,164,800 - 5.38% | |
| Proxy Voting: | |
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | UBS Asset Management: O'Connor on behalf of a number of clients |
| 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: | Jamie Bonney / David Iglesias |
| 15. Contact telephone number: | +41 44 239 8058 |
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