ATLAS Mara Limited: Notification of Major Interest in

TORTOLA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS--(Marketwired - Mar 23, 2017) - ATLAS Mara Limited (LSE: ATMA)

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 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

Contact Information:

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ATLAS Mara Limited: Notification of Major Interest in Shares