Nanoco Regulatory News (NANO)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 28 April 2025

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 7 OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (596/2014/EU) AS THE SAME HAS BEEN RETAINED IN UK LAW AS AMENDED BY THE MARKET ABUSE (AMENDMENT) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS (SI 2019/310) ("UK MAR").

Nanoco Group PLC

("Nanoco, the "Group", or the "Company")

Joint Development Agreement with new second Asian customer

Nanoco Group plc (LSE: NANO), a world leader in the development and manufacture of cadmium-free quantum dots and other specific nanomaterials emanating from its technology platform, is pleased to announce it has signed a major new Joint Development Agreement ("JDA") with a new second Asian chemical customer.

The target of the one-year programme is to optimise lead-free nanomaterials to be incorporated into global electronics applications. Once successful, the subsequent stage will involve scale up to industrial production levels during 2027.

The revenue from the JDA will help the Group exceed current expectations for non-license fee income in FY25, and contribute further revenue to FY26.

Dmitry Shashkov, Nanoco's CEO, commented:

"This JDA with another Asian chemical company highlights the growing focus on the incorporation of quantum dots into sensors for high volume commercial applications.

"The consensus of market research is that quantum dot enabled silicon sensors, especially ones which are lead-free, will disrupt the global consumer electronics market, and Nanoco along with its customers are at the forefront of this technology, and we also have significant IP protections in this area.

"Discussions are ongoing with other potential new customers around further potential projects and we look forward to updating shareholders further in due course."

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The person responsible for arranging for the release of this announcement on behalf of Nanoco is Liam Gray, Chief Financial Officer.

Nanoco Group plc:

Dmitry Shashkov, CEO +44 (0)1928 761 404

Liam Gray, CFO & Company Secretary

Sodali & Co (Public Relations)

Elly Williamson +44 (0)79 3535 1934

Pete Lambie

Nanoco@sodali.com

Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker):

Ed Frisby / George Lawson (Corporate Finance) +44 (0) 20 7220 0500

Tim Redfern / Charlie Combe (Corporate Broking)

Jasper Berry (Sales)

CDX Advisors (Financial Adviser):

Steven Foland +1 415 425 2224

Steve Month

Patrick Foley 

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About Nanoco Group plc

Nanoco (LSE: NANO) is a nanomaterial production and licensing group, specialising in the production of its patented cadmium free quantum dots (CFQD® materials) and other patented nanomaterials for use in the electronics industries. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Runcorn, UK, Nanoco continues to build out a world-class, patent-protected IP portfolio alongside its existing scaled up production facilities for commercial orders.

Nanomaterials are materials with dimensions typically in the range 1 - 100 nm. Nanomaterials have a range of useful properties, including optical and electronic. Quantum dots are a subclass of nanomaterial that have size-dependent optical and electronic properties. Within the sphere of quantum dots, the Group exploits different characteristics of the quantum dots to target different performance criteria that are attractive to specific markets or end-user applications such as the Sensor, Electronics and Display markets. Nanoco's CFQD® quantum dots are free of cadmium and other toxic heavy metals, and can be tuned to emit light at different wavelengths across the visible and infrared spectrum, rendering them useful for a wide range of display applications. Nanoco's HEATWAVE® quantum dots can be tuned to absorb light at different wavelengths across the near-infrared spectra, rendering them useful for applications including cameras and image sensors.

Nanoco is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, holds the LSE's Green Economy Mark, and trades under the ticker symbol NANO. For further information please visit: www.nanocotechnologies.com