NANOCO GROUP PLC - Major Shareholding Notification 2016

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RNS Number : 9020T

Nanoco Group PLC

01 April 2016



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST 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 (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:	Richard Griffiths and controlled undertakings
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	31 March 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:	1 April 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	> 6, 7, 8%


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
Ordinary 10p	11,996,000			11,996,000			18,891,678		18,891,678			7.97%
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion Period					Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.				% of voting rights
CFD										1,550,000				0.65%

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								Percentage of voting rights
20,441,678								8.62%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the

financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:


Blake Holdings Limited	17,600,290
Oak Trust (Guernsey) Limited	97,226
Richard Griffiths direct holdings	64,320
Cream Capital Limited	610,215
Seren Capital Management	519,627
Total	18,891,678

Add QFI's
Richard Griffiths	1,550,000
Total Interests	20,441,678

The above undertakings are all controlled by Richard Griffiths

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 Sutcliffe

15. Contact telephone number:

01534 719761

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