Somero Enterprises Inc.
14 November 2007
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing Somero Enterprises LLC
shares to which voting rights are attached:
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of
shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify): Transferred to External Fund Manager X
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited as
obligation: trustee of the BT Pension Scheme. See
Section 9 for further information.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): Royal Mail Pensions Trustees Limited as
trustee of the Royal Mail Pension Plan
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is 1 November 2007
crossed or reached if different):
6. Date on which issuer notified: 7 November 2007
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 8%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of Situation previous to Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares the Triggering
transaction
if possible using Number of Number of Number of Number of voting rights % of voting rights
the ISIN CODE Shares Voting shares
Rights Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
B1GCQ97 4,911,130 4,911,130 2,713,387 2,713,387 0 8.723% 0.00%
USU834501038
B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Expiration date Exercise/ Conversion Number of voting rights % of voting
instrument Period/ Date that may be acquired if rights
the instrument is
exercised/ converted.
Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights % of voting rights
2,713,387 8.723%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively
held, if applicable:
BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited is the parent undertaking of Britel Fund Trustees Limited, which is the parent
undertaking of Hermes Pensions Management Limited. Hermes Pensions Management Limited is the parent undertaking of:
1. Hermes Investment Management Limited (voting rights held in this issuer: 8.723%)
Please see Section 13 for further information.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder: See Comment in Section 13.
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: See Comment in Section 13.
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: See Comment in Section 13.
13. Additional information: Hermes Investment Management Limited hold the voting rights
under a standing proxy contained in investment management
agreements with various underlying clients, which includes all
the shares owned directly by BT Pension Scheme.
All voting rights held on behalf of the above entities are
aggregated for the purposes of DTR 5.2.1(a) and disclosed
pursuant to DTR 5.1.5.
This disclosure is made by BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited,
which is the ultimate parent undertaking for the purposes of DTR
5.2.1(e)
14. Contact name: Valerie Davidson / Margaret Moss
15. Contact telephone number: 020 7680 2125
A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited as trustee of the BT
entities) Pension Scheme and Hermes Pensions Management Limited
Contact address Lloyds Chambers, 1 Portsoken Street, London E1 8HZ
Phone number 020 7702 0888
Other useful information (at least legal BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited is the parent undertaking
representative for legal persons) of the group of companies subject to the notification
obligation as indirect holders of voting rights for the
purpose of DTR 5.2.1(a) and 5.2.1(e)
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name Hermes Investment Management Limited as agent for BT Pension
Scheme Trustees Limited
Contact address Lloyds Chambers, 1 Portsoken Street, London E1 8HZ
Phone number 020 7680 2177 / 020 7680 2125
Other useful information (e.g. functional Hermes Investment Management Limited acts as investment
relationship with the person or legal manager and agent on behalf of BT Pension Scheme Trustees
entity subject to the notification Limited
obligation)
C: Additional information
Please contact Valerie Davidson / Margaret Moss on the above number for further information.
Copy sent to Company Secretary, Mike Niemela of Somero Enterprise, Fax No: 001 603 532 5930
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