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Notification of Major Interest in Shares

RNS Announcement

RNS Number : 0906K

Nanoco Group PLC

23 December 2015


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			x
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:	The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Goldman, Sachs & Co. Goldman Sachs International
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	08 December 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:	22 December 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Above 5%

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

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB00B01JLR99

1,300,000

0.55%

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

Stock Loan (Physical)

Open

12,688,331

5.35%

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

13,988,331

5.90%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
-----------------The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; 13,988,331 shares; 5.90% The Goldman, Sachs & Co. L.L.C. (Controlled by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.); 9,044,625 shares; 3.82% Goldman, Sachs & Co. (Controlled by Goldman, Sachs & Co. L.L.C.); 9,044,625 shares; 3.82% Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C. (Controlled by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.) Goldman Sachs Group UK Limited (Controlled by Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C.) Goldman Sachs International (Controlled by Goldman Sachs Group UK Limited)

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:	Please note, total amount of voting rights have been rounded to 2 decimal places therefore there is a possibility of a rounding error. General email contact: [email protected]
14. Contact name:	Peter Chisholm
15. Contact telephone number:	+44 207 051 9612

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RNS metadata

Title: Notification of Major Interest in Shares
Time: 15:44:59
Date: 23 Dec 2015
Category: Holding(s) in company
ID: 0906K