Tribal Group PLC
09 November 2007
TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of TRIBAL GROUP PLC
existing shares to which voting rights are attached:
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights x
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):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited as trustee of
obligation: the BT Pension Scheme. See Section 9 for further
information.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from Hermes UK Small Companies Focus Fund
3):
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the 8 November 2007
threshold is crossed or reached if different):
6. Date on which issuer notified: 9 November 2007
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 15%
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 use Number of Number of Number of Number of voting rights Percentage of voting
ISIN code shares voting shares rights
rights
Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
3018152 12,029,527 12,029,527 2,697,803 2,697,803 10,302,158 3.182% 12.153%
ORD 0.05P
GB0030181522
B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Expiration date Exercise/ conversion No. of voting rights Percentage of voting
instrument period/date that may be acquired rights
(if the instrument
exercised/converted)
Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
12,999,961 15.335%
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 Equity Ownership Services Limited (voting rights held in this issuer: 0.176%)
2. Hermes Investment Management Limited (voting rights held in this issuer: 3.297%)
3. Hermes Assured Limited (included with number 2)
4. Hermes Focus Asset Management Limited (voting rights held in this issuer: 11.862%)
Please see Section 13 for further information.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder: See Comment in Section 13
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease See Comment in Section 13
to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold See Comment in Section 13
voting rights:
13. Additional information: Hermes Equity Ownership Services Limited hold the
voting rights under a standing proxy contained in
services agreements for the provision of corporate
governance services to various underlying clients.
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.
Hermes Focus Asset Management Limited hold the voting
rights as General Partner under a standing proxy
contained in limited partnership agreements with
various limited partnerships.
All voting rights held on behalf of the above entities
are aggregated for the purposes of DTR 5.2.1(a). The
aggregation is made at the lower threshold of 3% and
above because Hermes Equity Ownership Services Limited
does not manage investments for the purposes of the
investment manager exemption contained in 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: Richard Collins
Company Secretary / Solictor
Tribal Group plc
15. Contact telephone name: 01285 886020
For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.
Annex: Notification of major interests in shares
A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited as trustee of the
BT Pension Scheme and Hermes Pensions Management
(including legal form of legal entities) Limited
Contact address Lloyds Chambers, 1 Portsoken Street, London E1 8HZ
(registered office for legal entities)
Phone number & email 020 7702 0888
Other useful information BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited is the parent
undertaking of the group of companies subject to the
(at least legal representative for legal persons) 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 & email 020 7680 2177 / 020 7680 2125
Other useful information Hermes Investment Management Limited as investment
manager and agent on behalf of BT Pension Scheme
Trustees Limited
(e.g. functional relationship with the person or
legal entity subject to the notification obligation)
C: Additional information
Please contact Bianca da Silva or Margaret Moss on the above number for further information.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
*A Private Investor is a recipient of the information who meets all of the conditions set out below, the recipient:
Obtains access to the information in a personal capacity;
Is not required to be regulated or supervised by a body concerned with the regulation or supervision of investment or financial services;
Is not currently registered or qualified as a professional securities trader or investment adviser with any national or state exchange, regulatory authority, professional association or recognised professional body;
Does not currently act in any capacity as an investment adviser, whether or not they have at some time been qualified to do so;
Uses the information solely in relation to the management of their personal funds and not as a trader to the public or for the investment of corporate funds;
Does not distribute, republish or otherwise provide any information or derived works to any third party in any manner or use or process information or derived works for any commercial purposes.
Please note, this site uses cookies. Some of the cookies are essential for parts of the site to operate and have already been set. You may delete and block all cookies from this site, but if you do, parts of the site may not work. To find out more about the cookies used on Investegate and how you can manage them, see our Privacy and Cookie Policy
To continue using Investegate, please confirm that you are a private investor as well as agreeing to our Privacy and Cookie Policy & Terms.