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24 January 2018
Stock Exchange Announcement
LIONTRUST ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC
Lock-up release
This announcement contains inside information as defined in Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation No. 596/2014. Upon the publication of this announcement, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.
Liontrust Asset Management Plc (the "Company" or "Liontrust") announces that it has released Alliance Trust PLC ("AT") from lock-up arrangements in respect of 4,060,792 shares (the "Disposed Shares") in order to allow AT to dispose of all of such shares. That disposal has now completed.
The Disposed Shares represented approximately 8.2% of the Company's entire issued share capital.
The lock-up arrangements were entered into in connection with Liontrust's acquisition of Alliance Trust Investments Limited from AT and were due to expire on 1 April 2018. The Disposed Shares comprised AT's entire holding in the Company).
For further information please contact:
Liontrust Asset Management Plc 020 7412 1700
John Ions www.liontrust.co.uk
Vinay Abrol
Simon Hildrey - Chief Marketing Officer
Numis Securities Limited 020 7260 1000
Corporate Broking & Advisory - Charles Farquhar
Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited 020 3037 2000
Advisory - Jonny Allison, Kavita ChoitramCorporate Broking - Alex Reynolds, Nicholas Harland
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