TORTOLA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS -- (Marketwired) -- 05/01/15 -- ATLAS Mara Limited (LSE: ATMA)

LSE: ATMA

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TR-1: Notification of Major Interests in Shares
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1. Identity of the issuer or the
underlying issuer of existing shares to
which voting rights are attached:       Atlas Mara Limited
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2. Reason for the notification (yes/no)
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                       Yes
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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments    No
which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to
which voting rights are attached
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic   No
effect to qualifying financial instruments
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                  No
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Other (please specify):                                           No
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to    Wellington Management Group LLP
notification obligation:
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if      BNY Mellon Nominees Limited
different from 3):                      Goldman Sachs International
                                        JP Morgan Chase Nominees Limited
                                        Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd.
                                        ROY Nominees Limited
                                        State Street Nominees Limited
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5. Date of transaction (and date on     30 April 2015
which the threshold is crossed or
reached if different):
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6. Date on which issuer notified:       1 May 2015
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or  10%
reached:
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8. Notified Details
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A: Voting rights attached to shares
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Class/type  Situation previous  Resulting situation after the triggering
 of shares  to the triggering   transaction
If possible transaction
 use ISIN
 CODE
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            Number of Number of Number of Number of voting   Percentage of
            Shares    voting    shares    rights             voting rights
                      rights
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                                          Direct Indirect    Direct Indirect
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VGG0697K106 6,587,256 6,587,256 6,543,358        6,543,358          9.24%
 66
 Ordinary
 Shares

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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of      Expiration date Exercise/       No. of voting   Percentage of
 financial                   conversion      rights that may voting rights
 instrument                  period          be acquired (if
                                             the instrument
                                             is
                                             exercised/conve
                                             rted)
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying
 Financial Instruments
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of       Exercise  Expiration Exercise/  No. of     Percentage of
 financial    Price     date       conversion voting     voting rights
 instrument                        period     rights
                                              instrument
                                              refers to
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                                                         Nominal Delta
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Warrant       11.50     17         26 August  519,038            0.73
                        December   2014 to 17
                        2017       December
                                   2017
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Total (A+B+C)
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Number of voting rights                          Percentage of voting rights
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7,062,396 (6,543,358 Ordinary Shares and         9.98%
 3,257,226 Warrants or 7,062,396 votes on a
 converted basis)
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or
the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
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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:

6,543,358 of interests described in Box 8A of this notification and 519,038
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 Group Holdings LLP, which, in turn, is
a direct controlled undertaking of Wellington Management Group LLP .
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Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the proxy holder:
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will
cease to hold:
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to
hold voting rights:
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13. Additional information:
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14. Contact name:                             Mark O'Brien
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15. Contact telephone number:                 44-20-7126-6310
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