TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:
ASHMORE GROUP 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:
CAREY PENSIONS AND BENEFITS LIMITED ( as trustee of the Ashmore 2004 Employee Benefit Trust)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
AS ABOVE
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
3rd March 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
Increase above 5 per cent
8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/
type of shares
If possible use ISIN code
Situation previous to the triggering transaction
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of shares
Number of voting rights
Percentage of voting rights
Direct
Indirect
ISIN code
GB00B132NW22
34,607,090
35,824,935
5.064
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Type of financialinstrument
Expirationdate
Exercise/ConversionPeriod
Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.
% of votingrights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Exerciseprice
Exercise/Conversionperiod
Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to
% of voting rights
Nominal
Delta
Total (A+B+C)
5.064%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
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:
Disclosure based upon 707,372,473 shares in issue
14. Contact name:
Michael Perman
15. Contact telephone number:
0203 077 6000