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RNS Number : 0779Z  
  
Ashmore Group PLC  
  
15 September 2009  
  
Not for release, publication or distribution in or into the United States, 
Canada, Japan, France, New Zealand or the Republic of Ireland  
  
15 September 2009  
  
ASHMORE GROUP PLC ("Ashmore" or the "Company"))  
  
Pricing of Placing   
  
Ashmore announces the pricing of a placing of 15,675,000 ordinary shares of 
0.01p in Ashmore (the "Ashmore Shares") by certain Ashmore employees and their 
related interests (the "Placing"). The Placing represents 2.2% of the 
outstanding issued share capital of Ashmore. A number of Ashmore employees 
acquired shares in the Placing, as a result, immediately following the Placing, 
Ashmore's directors, employees and their related interests were interested, in 
aggregate, in 429,331,231 Ashmore Shares, representing 61.0% of the issued share 
capital of the Company.  
  
The Placing was priced at 226p per Ashmore Share.  
  
Members of the public are not eligible to take part in the Placing. In the 
United Kingdom, this announcement, in so far as it constitutes an invitation or 
inducement to participate in the Placing, is directed exclusively at persons 
whose ordinary activities involve them in acquiring, holding managing, and 
disposing of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of their 
business and who have professional experience in matters relating to investments 
and who are qualified investors as defined in section 86(7) of the Financial 
Services and Markets Act 2000 ("FSMA") or are persons falling within Article 
19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act (Financial Promotion) Order 
2005, as amended (the "Order") or persons falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) 
"High net worth companies, unincorporated associations, etc") of the order (all 
such persons being referred to as "Relevant Persons"). This announcement, in so 
far as it constitutes an invitation or inducement to participate in the Placing, 
must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not Relevant Persons. Any 
investment or investment activity to which this announcements relates is 
available only to Relevant Persons and will be engaged in only with Relevant 
Persons. As regards all persons other than Relevant Persons, the details of the 
Placing set out in this announcement are for information purposes only.  
  
Goldman Sachs and UBS do not accept any responsibility whatsoever for the 
contents of this announcement or for any statement made or purported to be made 
by either of them or on their behalf in connection with the Placing.  Each of 
Goldman Sachs and UBS accordingly disclaims all and any liability whether 
arising in tort, contract or otherwise which either of them might otherwise have 
in respect of this announcement or any such statement.  Goldman Sachs and UBS 
are acting as joint global co-ordinators and bookrunners to Ashmore in relation 
to for the Placing and no-one else and will not be responsible to anyone other 
than Ashmore for providing the protections offered to clients of Goldman Sachs 
and UBS or for providing advice in relation to the Placing or the contents of 
this announcement.  
  
This announcement does not constitute an offer for sale of the Ashmore Shares in 
the United States, and the Ashmore Shares may not be sold in the United States 
absent registration or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities 
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The Ashmore Shares being sold in 
the Placing have not and will not be registered under the Securities Act or 
under the laws of any state of the United States.    
  
This announcement is not for distribution directly or indirectly in or into the 
United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, France, New Zealand or the Republic of 
Ireland. This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or issue or the 
solicitation of an offer to buy or acquire Ashmore Shares in Canada, Australia, 
Japan, France, New Zealand or the Republic of Ireland or any jurisdiction in 
which such an offer or solicitation is unlawful.  
  
 
This information is provided by RNS  
  
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