5 Apr 2018 07:00
05 April 2018
Stock Exchange Announcement
LIONTRUST ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC
Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights
Liontrust Asset Management PLC ("Liontrust" or the "Company") announces that it will issue 1,015,198 new ordinary Liontrust shares of 1p each (the "New Ordinary Shares") to Alliance Trust Plc ("Alliance Trust") as part of the consideration payable for the purchase of the entire issued share capital of Alliance Trust Investments Limited (the "Acquisition") on 6 April 2018. The Acquisition completed on 1 April 2017. All shares issued to Alliance Trust will be subject to a 12 month lock up commencing from the date of issue.
Application has been made for the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange, both of which are expected to become effective on 6 April 2018.
Following the admission to trading of the New Ordinary Shares, the Company's capital consists of 50,547,545 ordinary shares of 1p each with voting rights. No ordinary shares are held in Treasury.
Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 50,547,545.
The above figure of 50,547,545 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
For further information please contact:
Liontrust Asset Management 020 7412 1700
John Ions, Vinay Abrol www.liontrust.co.uk
Simon Hildrey - Chief Marketing Officer
Numis Securities Limited 020 7260 1000
Charles Farquhar
Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited 020 3037 2000
Advisory - Jonny Allison, Kavita Choitram
Corporate Broking - Alex Reynolds, Nick Harland
ENDS
Liontrust Asset Management (LIO)