Nanoco Group PLC Notification of Major Interest in Shares (2068T)

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RNS Number : 2068T

Nanoco Group PLC

03 January 2017

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or                                         Nanoco Group plc 
  the underlying issuer 
  of existing shares to which 
  voting rights are 
  attached: 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate 
  box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                   X 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial 
  instruments which may result in the acquisition 
  of shares already issued to which voting rights 
  are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with 
  similar economic effect to qualifying financial 
  instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s)                                          Henderson Group plc 
  subject to the 
  notification obligation: 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
  (if different from 3.): 
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 5. Date of the transaction                                          29 December 2016 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                              3 January 2017 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are                                    Above 21% (please refer to 
  crossed or                                                            Section 13) 
  reached: 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type     Situation previous                   Resulting situation after the 
  of             to the triggering                    triggering transaction 
  shares         transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
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                Number             Number            Number          Number of                % of voting 
                 of                 of                of              voting                   rights 
                 Shares             Voting            shares          rights 
                                    Rights 
-------------  -----------------  ----------------  --------------  -----------------------  ------------------------- 
                                                     Direct          Direct     Indirect      Direct        Indirect 
-------------      -------------    ------------    --------------  ---------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Ordinary          49,604,155        49,604,155                                 50,078,617                    21.02% 
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 GB00B01JLR99 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of            Expiration       Exercise/                         Number of voting           % of voting 
 financial           date             Conversion                        rights that                rights 
 instrument                           Period                            may be 
                                                                        acquired if 
                                                                        the 
                                                                        instrument 
                                                                        is 
                                                                        exercised/ 
                                                                        converted. 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
  to Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of          Exercise         Expiration      Exercise/       Number of voting             % of voting 
 financial         price           date            Conversion       rights instrument            rights 
 instrument                                        period           refers to 
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      CFD                                                                  5,340,487            Nominal       Delta 
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                                                                                                   2.24% 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                           Percentage of voting rights 
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                           55,419,104                                                    23.26% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the 
  voting rights and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
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   See Annex 1 below. 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder: 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy 
  holder will cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will 
  cease to hold 
  voting rights: 
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                                                                This disclosure is due to 
  13. Additional information:                                   an increase in the ordinary 
                                                                share holding above the 21% 
                                                                threshold. The combined holding 
                                                                still remains within the 
                                                                23% threshold level. 
 
                                                                This disclosure has been 
                                                                calculated based on issue 
                                                                share capital amount 238,224,606. 
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 14. Contact name:                                                       Scott Dickenson 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                            020 7818 4184 
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 Annex 1: Information in relation to the person subject 
  to the notification obligation (please tick the applicable 
  box): 
 
  [ ] Person subject to the notification obligation is 
  not controlled by any natural person or legal entity 
  and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding 
  directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) 
  issuer. 
 
  [X] Full chain of controlled undertakings through which 
  the voting rights and/or the 

  financial instruments are effectively held starting 
  with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal 
  entity: 
          Name              % of voting          % of voting            Total of both 
                            rights if it        rights through           if it equals 
                            equals or is     financial instruments       or is higher 
                            higher than          if it equals         than the notifiable 
                           the notifiable        or is higher              threshold 
                             threshold        than the notifiable 
                                                   threshold 
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 Henderson Group 
  plc, Henderson 
  Group Holdings 
  Asset Management 
  Limited, HGI 
  Asset Management 
  Group Limited, 
  Henderson Global 
  Group Limited, 
  Henderson Holdings 
  Group Limited, 
  HGI Group Limited, 
  Henderson Global 
  Investors (Holdings) 
  Limited, AlphaGen 
  Capital Limited              7.63%               Below 5%                 9.88% 
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 Henderson Group 
  plc, Henderson 
  Group Holdings 
  Asset Management 
  Limited, HGI 
  Asset Management 
  Group Limited, 
  Henderson Global 
  Group Limited, 
  Henderson Holdings 
  Group Limited, 
  HGI Group Limited, 
  Henderson Global 
  Investors (Holdings) 
  Limited, Henderson 
  Global Investors 
  Limited                     13.38%                  -                     13.38% 
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