Gooch & Housego : 21 Feb 17 – 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

17/02/2017

6. Date on which issuer notified:

21/02/2017

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

14%

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

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB0002259116

3354827

3354827

3429097

3429097

14.13%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial

Expiration

Exercise/

Number of voting

% of voting

instrument

date xiii

Conversion Period xiv

rights that may be

rights

acquired if the

instrument is

exercised/ converted.

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 datexvii

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

3429097

14.13%

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:

Annaliese Maisch

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7716 6477

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)

33 Holborn, London, EC1N 2HT

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)