ATLAS Mara Limited: Notification of Major Interest in

TORTOLA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS--(Marketwired - Oct 9, 2015) - ATLAS Mara Limited (LSE: ATMA)


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	Atlas Mara Co-Nvest Ltd
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		No
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached		No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments		Yes
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights		No
Other (please specify):		No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:ⁱⁱⁱ	Wellington Management Group LLP
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv	BNY Mellon Nominees Limited Goldman Sachs International VIDACOS NOMINEES LIMITED Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd. ROY Nominees Limited State Street Nominees Limited
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:^v	1 October 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:	9 October 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:^{vi, vii}	10%

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

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

VGG0697K1066

Ordinary Shares

6,543,358

6,214,529

8.78%


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

Exercise/
Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Warrant

11.50

17 December 2017

26 August 2014 to 17 December 2017

226,866

Nominal

Delta

0.32

Convertible Bond

31 December 2020

1 November 2015 to 17 December 2020

564,131

Nominal

Delta

0.80

Convertible Bond

31 December 2020

1 November 2015 to 17 December 2020

582,329

Nominal

Delta

0.82


Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
7,587,855 (6,214,529 Ordinary Shares and 3,257,226 Warrants and 12,600,000 Convertible Bonds or 7,587,855 votes on a converted basis)		10.72%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:^xxi

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.


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:		Mark O'Brian
15. Contact telephone number:		44-20-7126-6310

Contact Information:

Contact:
RNS
Customer Services
0044-207797-4400
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ATLAS Mara Limited: Notification of Major Interest in Shares