ATLAS Mara Limited

Notification of Major Interest in Shares

TORTOLA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS--(Marketwired - Aug 2, 2017) - ATLAS Mara Limited (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
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii	Barclays Plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.): iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	14/07/2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:	17/07/2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction				Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares		Number of Voting Rights		Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights x
					Direct	Direct xi	Indirect xii	Direct	Indirect
VGG0697K1066	n/a		n/a		Below Reportable threshold	Below Reportable threshold	Below Reportable threshold	Below Reportable threshold	Below Reportable threshold

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Expiration date xiii		Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv		Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.		% of voting rights
						Below Reportable threshold		Below Reportable threshold

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 period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
Below Reportable threshold		Below Reportable threshold

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:xxi
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
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:		James Gibson
15. Contact telephone number:		[phone]

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