Gooch & Housego : 3 Jun 21 – TR1 Octopus

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer andto the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible) i

1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of ex-	Gooch & Housego plc
isting shares to which voting rights are attached ii:

1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)

Non-UK issuer

2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify) iii:

3.	Details of person subject to the notification obligation iv
Name		Octopus Investments Nominees Limited
City and country of registered office (if applicable)		33 Holborn, London, EC1N 2HT
4.	Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) v

Name

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached	01/06/2021
vi:
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):	02/06/2021
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
	% of voting rights	% of voting rights through		Total number of
	Total of both in	voting rights held
	attached to shares	financial instruments
	% (8.A + 8.B)	in issuer (8.A +
	(total of 8. A)	(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)
		8.B) vii
Resulting situation on
the date on which	12.99%	N/A	12.99%	3,253,914
threshold was crossed
or reached
Position of previous no-
tification (if	13.99%	N/A	13.99%
applicable)

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached viii

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of	Number of voting rights ix	% of voting rights
shares
ISIN code (if possible)	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
(DTR5.1)	(DTR5.2.1)	(DTR5.1)	(DTR5.2.1)
GB0002259116		3,253,914		12.99%

SUBTOTAL 8. A			3,253,914				12.99%
B 1: Financial Instruments according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (a)
						Number of voting rights
Type of financial in-	Expiration	Exercise/			that may be acquired if	% of voting rights
strument		date x	Conversion Period xi		the instrument is
						exercised/converted.
			SUBTOTAL 8. B 1
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (b)
Type of financial	Expiration	Exercise/	Physical or	Number of
Conversion Pe-	cash		% of voting rights
instrument	date x		voting rights
riod xi	Settlement xii
				SUBTOTAL
				8.B.2

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an "X")

Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer xiii

Fullchain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the

financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity X (please add additional rows as necessary) xiv

	% of voting rights if it	% of voting rights	Total of both if it
	through financial in-
	equals or is higher	equals or is higher
Name xv	struments if it equals
than the notifiable	than the notifiable
	or is higher than the
	threshold	threshold
	notifiable threshold
Octopus Investments	12.99%
Nominees Ltd

10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:

Name of the proxy holder	N/A
The number and % of voting rights held
The date until which the voting rights will be held

11. Additional information xvi

Place of completion	33 Holborn, London, EC1N 2HT
Date of completion	02/06/2021