ATLAS Mara Limited: Voting Rights & Director/PDMR Shareholding Update

TORTOLA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS--(Marketwired - Sep 18, 2017) - (LSE: ATMA)

LSE: ATMA

18 September 2017

Atlas Mara Total Voting Rights and Director/PDMR Shareholding Update

In accordance with Rule 5.6.1 of the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules ("DTRs"), Atlas Mara (LON: ATMA) notifies the market that as of 18 September 2017, Atlas Mara has 172,258,735 ordinary shares in issue, of which 1,977,096 are held in treasury and 3,298,298 shares are held in escrow as part of the acquisition-related contingent consideration disclosed to the market on 1 July 2016.

Atlas Mara hereby confirms that the total number of voting rights in Atlas Mara is 166,983,341. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Atlas Mara under the DTRs.

Atlas Mara also announces that Robert E. Diamond, Jr, Chairman and certain members of senior management, participated in the recent Placing and Open Offer, which was completed on 31 August 2017.

The information set out below is being provided in accordance with Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014:

Name		Number of Ordinary Shares held prior to the Placing and Open Offer		Number of Shares Acquired		Number of Ordinary Shares held following the Placing and Open Offer		%
Robert E. Diamond, Jr		2,537,141		1,014,348		3,551,489		2.13
Beatrice Hamza Bassey		173,719		90,826		264,545		0.16
Mike Christelis		43,290		16,942		60,232		0.04
Arina McDonald		233,407		74,882		308,289		0.18
Kenroy Dowers		64,643		13,758		78,401		0.05

Contact Details

Investors
Kojo Dufu, +1 212 883 4330

Media
Teneo Strategy, +44 (20) 7260 2700
Anthony Silverman

About Atlas Mara
Atlas Mara Limited (LON: ATMA) is a financial services institution listed on the London Stock Exchange. Its vision is to create sub-Saharan Africa's premier financial services institution through organic and inorganic growth by combining the best of global institutional knowledge with extensive local insights. With a presence in seven sub-Saharan countries, Atlas Mara aims to be a positive disruptive force in the markets in which we operate by leveraging technology to provide innovative and differentiated product offerings, excellent customer service and accelerate financial inclusion in the countries in which the Company operates. For more information, visit www.atlasmara.com.