ATLAS Mara Limited: Notification of Major Interest in Shares

TORTOLA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS--(Marketwired - Jan 5, 2018) - ATLAS Mara Limited (LSE: ATMA)

LSE: ATMA

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)i

1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii:

ATLAS Mara Limited

1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)

Non-UK issuer

X

2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify)iii:

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv

Name

Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

New York, United States

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v

Name

BNY (Nominees) Limited

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

London, United Kingdom

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi:

21 December 2017

6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):

28 December 2017

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)

% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)

Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)

Total number of voting rights of issuervii

Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached

Below 5%

Below 5%

Below 5%

Position of previous notification (if applicable)

7.87

7.87

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)		Number of voting rightsix						% of voting rights
		Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)				Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)		Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)		Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)
VGG0697K1066						Below 5%				Below 5%
SUBTOTAL 8. A		Below 5%						Below 5%
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
Type of financial instrument		Expiration datex		Exercise/ Conversion Periodxi				Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.		% of voting rights
				SUBTOTAL 8. B 1
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
Type of financial instrument		Expiration datex		Exercise/ Conversion Periodxi		Physical or cash settlement xii		Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
						SUBTOTAL 8.B.2

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an "X")
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuerxiii
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entityxiv (please add additional rows as necessary)								X
Namexv		% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold		% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold		Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
Guggenheim Capital, LLC		Below 5%				Below 5%
Guggenheim Partners, LLC		Below 5%				Below 5%
GI Holdco II, LLC		Below 5%				Below 5%
GI Holdco, LLC		Below 5%				Below 5%
Guggenheim Partners Investment Management Holdings, LLC		Below 5%				Below 5%
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder
The number and % of voting rights held
The date until which the voting rights will be held
11. Additional informationxvi
Each of the share disposals referenced in this form were controlled and directed by clients of Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC ("GPIM"), for whom GPIM held the shares, without any discretionary disposal decision or disposal recommendation by GPIM.

Place of completion		New York, NY, United States
Date of completion		28 December 2017