TORTOLA, THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS -- (Marketwired) -- 05/12/15 -- Atlas Mara Limited (LSE: ATMA)

LSE: ATMA

12 May, 2015
Director / PDMR Shareholding

Atlas Mara Limited ("Atlas Mara" or the "Company") has been notified that certain Directors and members of the Executive Committee, acquired ordinary shares of no par value in the Company as set out below, at a price of $6.25 per ordinary share on 29 April 2015.

The acquisition of these ordinary shares was undertaken by each individual as part of the ongoing non-discretionary trading plans that were entered into by each individual on 10 April 2015.

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                                          Total beneficial  Total percentage
                            Number of    holding following holding following
 Name of Director / PDMR shares acquired    notification      notification
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Bob Diamond                        2,777         1,720,292             2.43%
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John F. Vitalo                     2,222           336,034             0.47%
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Arina McDonald                     1,667           188,194             0.27%
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Beatrice Hamza Bassey              1,667            96,305             0.14%
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Bradford Gibbs                     1,667           101,667             0.14%
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These disclosures are made pursuant to the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4 R. The transactions took place in the UK.

Contact details

Beatrice Hamza Bassey, Group General Counsel
+971 56 442 4089

About Atlas Mara

Atlas Mara was formed by Bob Diamond, CEO and Founder of Atlas Merchant Capital LLC, and Ashish J. Thakkar, Founder of Mara Group Holdings Limited, and listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2013.

Atlas Mara's strategy is to create Sub-Saharan Africa's premier financial services institution through a combination of its experience, expertise and access to capital, liquidity and funding. The goals are to combine the best of global institutional knowledge with extensive local insights and to support economic growth and financial inclusion in the countries in which the Company operates.