Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company

Kiotech International Plc

Kiotech International plc

("Kiotech" or the "Company")

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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii						Kiotech International PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights							Â	Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached								No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments								No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights								No
Other (please specify):	Â	Â						N/A
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii			Â	Royal Bank of Canada
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv				RBC Trust Company (International) Limited RBC cees Limited
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v				04 October 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:				11 October 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii				3%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

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Situation previous to the triggering transaction

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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

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Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

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Number of voting rights

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% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

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Indirect xii

Direct

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Indirect

Ord GBP 0.23

Zero

Zero

592,785

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592,785

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3.178%

ISIN GB000B3NWT178

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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

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Expiration date xiii

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Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

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Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

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% of voting rights

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

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Expiration date xvii

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Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

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% of voting rights xix, xx

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N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Nominal

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Delta

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Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

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Percentage of voting rights

592,785

3.178%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
RBC Trust Company (International) Limited and RBC cees Limited are wholly owned subsidiaries of the Royal Bank of Canada.   RBC Trust Company (International) Limited 5,043 shares RBC cees Limited 587,742 shares
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Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:			Â	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
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13. Additional information:	Â	Calculated on issues share capital of 18,652,694 shares
14. Contact name:		Scott Roberts
15. Contact telephone number:		[phone]

Kiotech International plc
Karen Prior, Group Finance Director [phone]

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