Gooch & Housego : 9 Feb 15 – TR1 Octopus

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii

Gooch & Housego plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

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

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 notification obligation: iii

Octopus Investments Nominees Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s)

(if different from 3.):iv

n/a

5. Date of the transaction and date on

which the threshold is crossed or reached: v

19/01/2015

6. Date on which issuer notified:

09/02/2015

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii

8%

8. Notified details: n/a

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of

shares

if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous

to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Class/type of

shares

if possible using the ISIN CODE

Number

of

Shares

Number

of Voting Rights

Number

of shares

Number of voting

rights

% of voting rights x

Class/type of

shares

if possible using the ISIN CODE

Number

of

Shares

Number

of Voting Rights

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect

xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B2PKZ581

1894041

1894041

1911061

1911061

8.02%

GB00B2PKZ581

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial

instrument

Expiration

date xiii

Exercise/

Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting

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

% of voting

rights

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

Expiration

date xvii

Exercise/

Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights

instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix,

xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

1911061

8.02%

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:

14. Contact name:

Niki Read

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7776 7969

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name

(including legal form of legal entities)

Peter Orsi

Contact address

(registered office for legal entities)

20 Old Bailey, London, EC4M 7AN

Phone number & email

020 7710 2877

Other useful information

(at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name

Contact address

Phone number & email

Other useful information

(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)