Accsys Technologies Plc : 24/01/2012 - Notifiable interest - Invesco

Regulatory Announcement

Company	Accsys Technologies PLC
TIDM	AXS
Headline	Notifiable Interest
Released	24 January 2012
Number	0696W10

24 January 2012 AIM: AXS NYSE Euronext Amsterdam: AXS ACCSYS TECHNOLOGIES PLC

("Accsys" or "the Company")

Notifiable Interest

The Company announces that it received the following notification on 23 January 2012

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii	Accsys Technologies plc
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 notification obligation: iii	Invesco Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	19 January 2012

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6. Date on which issuer notified:	20 January 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	5%, 4%

8. Notified details:
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	xi Direct	xii Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ord Euro 0.01 GB00B0LMC530	20,375,048	20,375,048			19,703,857		4.87%

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
19,703,857	4.87%

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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

Bank of New York - 13,586,752

Bank of New York Mellon (LU) - 6,117,105

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
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:	Total Share Capital figure used for above calculation 403,885,811
14. Contact name:	Sam Edwards
15. Contact telephone number:	01491 416381

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer

Annex: Notification of major interests in sharesxxii

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form of legal entities)
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)
Phone number & email

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Other useful information

(at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Invesco Limited
Contact address	Registered address: 30 Finsbury Square, London. EC2A 1AG
Phone number & email	020 7638 0731
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

C: Additional information For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website. Ends For further information, please contact: Accsys Technologies PLC Paul Clegg, CEO Hans Pauli, CFO

via Citigate Dewe

Rogerson

Numis Securities Nominated Adviser: Oliver Cardigan

Corporate Broking: Christopher Wilkinson

Ben Stoop

[phone]

Citigate Dewe Rogerson Ginny Pulbrook Malcolm Robertson Suzanne Bakker

[phone]

[phone]

[phone]

Notes to Editors:

Accsys Technologies PLC ( www.accsysplc.com) is an environmental science and technology company whose primary focus is on the production of Accoya® wood and technology licensing via its 100% owned subsidiary, Titan Wood Limited (trading as Accsys Technologies), which has manufacturing operations in Arnhem, the Netherlands, a European office in Windsor and an American office in Dallas, Texas. Accsys Technologies PLC is listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM market, and on Euronext Amsterdam by NYSE Euronext, under the symbols 'AXS'. Accsys' operations comprise three principal business units: (i) the Accoya® wood production facility; (ii) technology development, focused on a programme of continuous development and improvements to the process engineering and operating protocols for the acetylation of wood which are currently under

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development and the development of technology for the acetylation of wood elements; and (iii) the licensing of technology for the production of Accoya® wood and Tricoya® wood elements across the globe.

Wood Acetylation is a process which increases the amount of 'acetyl' molecules in wood, thereby changing its physical properties. The process protects wood from rot by making it "inedible" to most micro-organisms and fungi, without - unlike conventional treatments - making it toxic. It also greatly reduces the wood's tendency to swell and shrink, making it less prone to cracking and ensuring that, when painted, it requires dramatically reduced maintenance.

Accoya® wood (www.accoya.com) is produced using Accsys' proprietary patented process, that effectively converts sustainably grown softwoods and non-durable hardwoods into what is best described as a "high technology wood". Distinguished by its durability, dimensional stability and, perhaps most importantly of all, its reliability (in terms of consistency of both supply and quality), Accoya® wood is particularly suited to exterior applications where performance and appearance are valued. Unlike most tropical and temperate hardwoods, its colour does not degrade when exposed to ultraviolet light. Moreover, the Accoya® wood production process does not compromise the wood's strength or machinability. The combination of UV resistance, dimensional stability, durability and retained strength means that Accoya® wood offers a wealth of new opportunities to architects, designers and specifiers. For marine uses where weight is also important, Accoya® wood for the first time provides boat builders with a wood that is strong, lightweight, durable and retains its natural beauty for far longer. For a full archive of Accoya® news, visit www.accoya.com/news.asp.
Tricoya ® Wood Elements ( www.tricoya.com) are produced using Accsys' proprietary technology for the acetylation of wood chips and particles and are used in the fabrication of wood based composites, including panel products. These composites demonstrate enhanced durability and dimensional stability which allow them to be used in a variety of applications that were once limited to solid wood or man-made products. Tricoya® Wood Elements are lauded as the first major innovation in the wood composites industry in more than 30 years.
For an archive of news, visit www.accoya.com/newsor www.accsysplc.com/news

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