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 sharesviii, 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 xiIndirect xiiDirectIndirect


VGG0697K1066		  No Previous Disclosure  No Previous Disclosure  -----
   
 
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument		  Expiration
datexiii		  Exercise/
Conversion Periodxiv		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 periodxviii		Number of voting rights instrument refers to% of voting rights xix, xx
Equity Swaps   -  from
22.02.2017
to
14.12.2017		   -4,354,909NominalDelta
-5.62%
 
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rightsPercentage of voting rights
4,354,9095.62%
                     
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