ATLAS Mara Limited: Notification of Major Interest in Shares

TORTOLA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS -- (Marketwired) -- 10/09/15 -- ATLAS Mara Limited (LSE: ATMA)

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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
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1. Identity of the issuer or the
underlying issuer of existing shares to
which voting rights are attached:ii     Atlas Mara Co-Nvest Ltd
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2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                           No
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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments
which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to       No
which voting rights are attached
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic
effect to qualifying financial instruments                            Yes
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                      No
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Other (please specify):                                               No
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:iii             Wellington Management Group LLP
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                                        BNY Mellon Nominees Limited
                                        Goldman Sachs International
4. Full name of shareholder(s)          VIDACOS NOMINEES LIMITED
 (if different from 3.):iv              Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd.
                                        ROY Nominees Limited
                                        State Street Nominees Limited
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5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or       1 October 2015
reached:v
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6. Date on which issuer notified:       9 October 2015
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:vi, vii                         10%
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8. Notified details:
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A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix
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Class/type   Situation previous  Resulting situation after the triggering
 of          to the triggering   transaction
shares       transaction

if possible
 using the
 ISIN CODE
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             Number    Number    Number    Number of voting  % of voting
             of        of        of shares rights            rights x
             Shares    Voting
                       Rights
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                                           Direct  Indirect
                                 Direct    xi      xii       Direct Indirect
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VGG0697K1066

Ordinary     6,543,358 6,543,358 6,214,529         6,214,529        8.78%
 Shares
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of      Expiration      Exercise/       Number of       % of voting
 financial   datexiii        Conversion      voting rights   rights
 instrument                  Periodxiv       that may be
                                             acquired if the
                                             instrument is
                                             exercised/
                                             converted.
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying
Financial Instruments xv, xvi
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financial         Exercise   Expiration Exercise/  Number of  % of
instrument                price      date       Conversion voting     voting
                                                period     rights     rights
                                                           instrument
                                                           refers to
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                                     26 August
                          17         2014 to 17
Warrant             11.50 December   December   226,866    Nominal    Delta
                          2017       2017
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                                                                      0.32
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                                     1 November
                          31         2015 to 17
Convertible Bond    11    December   December   564,131    Nominal    Delta
                          2020       2020
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                                                                      0.80
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                                     1 November
                          31         2015 to 17
Convertible Bond    11    December   December   582,329    Nominal    Delta
                          2020       2020
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                                                                      0.82
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Total (A+B+C)
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Number of voting rights                          Percentage of voting rights
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7,587,855 (6,214,529 Ordinary Shares and
 3,257,226 Warrants and 12,600,000 Convertible   10.72%
 Bonds or 7,587,855 votes on a converted basis)
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or
the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:xxi
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Wellington Management Company LLP is an investment management entity that
manages the assets of certain funds and/or managed accounts and the assets
under its management include:

6,214,529 of interests described in Box 8A of this notification and
1,373,326 of interest in Box 8C

Wellington Management Company LLP is a direct controlled undertaking of
Wellington Investment Advisors Holdings LLP, which, in turn, is a direct
controlled undertaking of Wellington Management Group LLP.
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Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the proxy holder:
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
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13. Additional information:
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14. Contact name:                             Mark O'Brian
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15. Contact telephone number:                 44-20-7126-6310
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Contact:
RNS
Customer Services
0044-207797-4400
[email protected]
http://www.rns.com

Source: ATLAS Mara Limited

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