TIDMGHH

RNS Number : 3956F

Gooch & Housego PLC

19 February 2015

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                 Gooch & Housego PLC 
  issuer 
  of existing shares to which voting rights 
  are 
  attached: (ii) 
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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 
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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        RIT Capital Partners plc is no longer required               X 
  specify):            to notify major interests in shares managed by 
                       its subsidiary, GVO Investment Management Limited. 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject              RIT Capital Partners plc 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                 Nortrust Nominees Ltd 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date            18/02/2015 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:              18/02/2015 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                            3%. 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type       Situation previous                 Resulting situation after the triggering 
  of               to the triggering                  transaction 
  shares           transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN CODE 
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                  Number        Number               Number   Number of voting         % of voting rights 
                   of            of                  of        rights                   (x) 
                   Shares        Voting              shares 
                                 Rights 
---------------  ------------  -------------------  -------  -----------------------  ---------------------------- 
                                                     Direct   Direct        Indirect   Direct         Indirect 
                                                               (xi)          (xii) 
---------------  ---  -------  ------  -----  ----  -------  ------------  ---------  -------------  ------------- 
 
 
 
   GB0002259116   842,479       842,479              nil      nil           nil        nil            nil 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial     Expiration       Exercise/                   Number of voting            % of voting 
  instrument            date (xiii)      Conversion Period           rights that may             rights 
                                         (xiv)                       be 
                                                                     acquired if the 
                                                                     instrument is 
                                                                     exercised/ converted. 
--------------------  ---------------  --------------------------  --------------------------  ------------------- 
 
 
 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of          Exercise      Expiration     Exercise/      Number of voting             % of voting rights 
  financial        price         date (xvii)    Conversion     rights instrument            (xix, xx) 
  instrument                                    period         refers to 
                                                (xviii) 
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                                                                                           Nominal     Delta 
---------------  ------------  -------------  -------------  ---------------------------  ----------  ------------ 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                      Percentage of voting rights 
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 Nil                                                          Nil 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi) 
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   Not applicable. Notification follows the approval of an exemption from 
   the major interest notification requirements of DTR 5.4 granted to RIT 
   Capital Partners plc for investments managed by its wholly-owned subsidiary, 
   GVO Investment Management Limited. 
 
 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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  13. Additional information: 
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 14. Contact name:                           Christopher Wise 
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 15. Contact telephone number:               020 7514 1944 
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