Notification of Major Interest in Shares

RNS Number : 9888V

Nanoco Group PLC

03 February 2017

 

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
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				x
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 International Goldman, Sachs & Co.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		31 January 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:		02 February 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		N/A

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

GB00B01JLR99

109

109

5,440,107

2.28%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period

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

% of voting rights

Stock Loan (Physical)

Open

2,419,131

1.02%

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

7,859,238

3.30%

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.; 7,859,238 shares; 3.30% The Goldman, Sachs & Co. L.L.C. (Controlled by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.); 7,520,953 shares; 3.16% Goldman, Sachs & Co. (Controlled by Goldman, Sachs & Co. L.L.C.); 7,520,953 shares; 3.16% 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: [e-mail]

14. Contact name:

Joanna Foley

15. Contact telephone number:

[phone]

 

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