Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9096K

Nanoco Group PLC

28 April 2010

 



For immediate release

28 April 2010

NANOCO GROUP PLC

("Nanoco" or "the Company")

Shareholding Notification

Nanoco Group plc (AIM: NANO), a world leader in the development and manufacture of commercial quantities of quantum dots, received notification on 27 April 2010 from Ora Capital Partners Limited ("Ora") that on 26 April 2010 it sold 6,147,818 ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares").

These Ordinary Shares were released from a lock-in agreement by the Company and the Company's Broker in order to satisfy institutional demand.

Ora continues to hold an interest in an aggregate of 63,591,530 Ordinary Shares representing 34.5% of Nanoco's ordinary issued share capital. These shares are held both directly and indirectly as follows:

·      60,721,270  Ordinary Shares representing 32.9% of Nanoco's ordinary issued share capital is held directly by Ora (Guernsey) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ora Capital Partners Limited;

·      2,870,260 Ordinary Shares representing 1.6% of Nanoco's ordinary issued share capital is held indirectly through a financial instrument held by Cantor Fitzgerald on behalf of OCS Trading Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ora Capital Partners Limited.

The 60,721,270 Ordinary Shares held directly continue to be subject to a lock-in and orderly market agreement until 1 May 2011.

For further information please contact:

Nanoco	Tel: [phone]
Michael Edelman, Chief Executive Officer
Michael Bretherton, Chief Financial Officer
Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Corporate Broker	Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7996 2490
Will Smith
Zeus Capital	Tel: [phone]
Alex Clarkson
Nick Cowles
Buchanan Communications	Tel: [phone]
Mark Court / Jennie Spivey

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About Nanoco Group plc

Nanoco is a world leader in the development and manufacture of commercial quantities of quantum dots for use in multiple applications including lighting, solar cells and biological imaging. Nanoco's quantum dots, which are free of heavy metals and comply with RoHS legislation, can be combined into a wide range of materials including liquids, polymers and glass. Nanoco forms strategic partnerships with major end users across a range of applications.

Nanoco was founded in 2001 and is based in Manchester, UK. Nanoco began trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in May 2009 under the ticker symbol NANO.

For further information, please visit www.nanocotechnologies.com.

About quantum dots

Quantum dots are fluorescent nano-sized particles of semiconductor material which have the ability to emit light in a specific colour dependent on the size of the particle. 

 

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