Last checked at 8 Jan 2010 08:31
| For immediate release | 8 January 2010 |
TR-1: Notification of Major Interests in Shares
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: | Nanoco Group plc | |
| 2. Reason for the notification | ||
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights Acquisition | X | |
| An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached | ||
| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | ||
| Other (please specify): | ||
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: | Gartmore Investment Limited | |
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | HSBC Global Custody Nominee UK Ltd Nortrust Nominees Limited Gartmore Growth Opportunities Goldman Sachs Nominees Ltd Vidacos Nominees Ltd A/C 2303 | |
| 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): | 4th January 2010 | |
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 5th January 2010 | |
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | 12% | |
| 8. Notified details: | ||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares | |||||||
| 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 | |||
| Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||
| GB00B01JLR99 | 22,795,522 | 22,795,522 | 22,090,347 | 22,090,347 | 11.995% | ||
| B: Financial Instruments | ||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
| Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date | Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. | % of voting rights |
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||
| Type of financial instrument | Exercise price | Expiration date | Exercise/ Conversion period | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rights | |
| Nominal | Delta | |||||
| Total (A+B+C) | |
| Number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
| 22,090,347 | 11.995% |
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
| Gartmore Fund Managers Limited hold shares on behalf of HSNC Global Custody Nominee UK Ltd Gartmore Investment Limited hold shares on behalf of Nortrust Nominees Limited, Gartmore Growth Opportunities, Goldman Sachs Nominees Ltd and Vidacos Nominees Ltd A/C 2303 |
| Proxy Voting: | |
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A |
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: | N/A |
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: | N/A |
| 13. Additional information: | All figures are based on the Company's issued share capital of 184,156,282 as provided by Exshare Email contact: RDU@Gartmore.com |
| 14. Contact name: | RDU |
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 0207 782 2324 |