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RNS Number : 5379J
Nanoco Group PLC
13 June 2014 
 
                                                                                                                                                                  
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                        
 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                                                                                                               Nanoco Group Plc      
 of existing shares to which voting rights are                                                                                                                                          
 attached:                                                                                                                                                                              
 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                        
 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                                                                                                                         Baillie Gifford & Co  
 notification obligation:                                                                                                                                                               
 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                                                                                                                         
  (if different from 3.):                                                                                                                                                               
 5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                                                                                           11 June 2014          
 which the threshold is crossed or                                                                                                                                                      
 reached:                                                                                                                                                                               
 6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                                                                                                12 June 2014          
 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                                                                                                           14%                   
 reached:                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                              
 
 
 8. Notified details:                                                                       
 A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                        
 Class/type of                                                                              Situation previous           Resulting situation after the triggering transaction  
 shares                                                                                     to the triggering                                                                  
 if possible using                                                                          transaction                                                                        
 the ISIN CODE                                                                                                                                                                 
 Number                                                                                     Number                       Number                                                Number of voting        % of  voting rights                           
 of                                                                                         of                           of shares                                             rights                                                                
 Shares                                                                                     Voting                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                            Rights                                                                                                                                                   
 Direct                                                                                     Direct                       Indirect                                              Direct                  Indirect                                      
 Ordinary SharesGB00B01JLR99                                                                29745630                     29745630                                              31036362                                                              31036362                   14.33%  
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                        
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                       
 Type of financial                                                                          Expiration                   Exercise/                                             Number of voting        % of voting                                   
 instrument                                                                                 date                         Conversion Period                                     rights that may be      rights                                        
                                                                                                                                                                               acquired if the                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                               instrument is                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                               exercised/ converted.                                                 
 N/A                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                            
 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments  
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                       
 Type of financial                                                                          Exercise price               Expiration date                                       Exercise/               Number of voting rights instrument refers to  % of voting rights  
 instrument                                                                                                                                                                    Conversion period                                                                         
 N/A                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Nominal             Delta  
                                                                                                                         
                                                                                            
 Total (A+B+C)                                                                              
 Number of voting rights                                                                    Percentage of voting rights  
 31036362                                                                                   14.33%                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 
 
 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the                                                                                            
 financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                                                                                                                
 In the narrative below, the figures in [ ] indicate the amount of voting rights and the percentage held by each controlled undertaking where relevant. Baillie Gifford &  
 Co, a discretionary investment manager, is the parent undertaking of an investment management group. Its wholly-owned subsidiary undertaking Baillie Gifford Overseas     
 Limited  8,472,981:3.91%  is also a discretionary investment manager. Its wholly-owned subsidiary undertaking Baillie Gifford & Co Limited  4,239,449:1.96%  is an OEIC   
 Authorised Corporate Director and Unit Trust Manager which has delegated its discretionary investment management role to Baillie Gifford & Co.                            
                                                                                                                                                                           
 Proxy Voting:                                                                                                                                                             
 10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                                                                                                             N/A            
 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease                                                                                                                                      
 to hold:                                                                                                                                                                                 
 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                                                                                                                                        
 voting rights:                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                           
 13. Additional information:                                                                                                                                                              
 14. Contact name:                                                                                                                                                         Paul Salmond   
 15. Contact telephone number:                                                                                                                                             0131 275 3169  
                                                                                                                                                                                            
 
 
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