Holding(s) in Company

 

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RNS Number : 6270U 
Somero Enterprises Inc. 
26 June 2009 
 
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| PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT                                                                                        | 
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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                     | 
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| 26 June 2009                                                     |                                        | 
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| SOMERO ENTERPRISES, INC.                                                                                  | 
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| TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares                                                          | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing            | Somero Enterprises, Inc.   | 
| shares to which voting rights are attached:                               |                            | 
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| 2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                       |                            | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                               | Yes                        | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may             |                            | 
| result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which               |                            | 
| voting rights are attached                                                |                            | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                          |                            | 
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| Other (please specify):                                                   |                            | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:             | Ennismore Fund Management  | 
|                                                                           | Limited                    | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):                     | 1) Ennismore European      | 
|                                                                           | Smaller Companies Fund     | 
|                                                                           | 2) Ennismore European      | 
|                                                                           | Smaller Companies Master   | 
|                                                                           | Hedge Fund                 | 
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| 5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is                | 26 June 2009               | 
| crossed or reached if different):                                         |                            | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:                                         | 26 June 2009               | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                           | 11%                        | 
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| 8: Notified Details                                                       |                            | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                |                   | 
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| Class/type of      | Situation            | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction       | 
| shares             | previous to the      |                                                            | 
|                    | triggering           |                                                            | 
|                    | transaction          |                                                            | 
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| If possible  | Number     | Number     | Number of  | Number of voting rights   | Percentage of voting | 
| use ISIN     | of         | of         | shares     |                           | rights               | 
| code         | shares     | voting     |            |                           |                      | 
|              |            | rights     |            |                           |                      | 
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|              |            |            | Direct     | Direct        | Indirect  | Direct    | Indirect | 
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| USU834501038 | 3,700,000  | 3,700,000  | 6,538,600  | 6,538,600     |           | 11.59%       |       | 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                    | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                   | 
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| Type of financial     | Expiration  | Exercise/        | Number of voting             | % of voting    | 
| instrument            | date        | Conversion       | rights that may be           | rights         | 
|                       |             | Period           | acquired if the              |                | 
|                       |             |                  | instrument is                |                | 
|                       |             |                  | exercised/ converted.        |                | 
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments              | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                   | 
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| Type of            | Exercise   | Expiration | Exercise/  | Number of  | % of voting rights            | 
| financial          | price      | date       | Conversion | voting     |                               | 
| instrument         |            |            | period     | rights     |                               | 
|                    |            |            |            | instrument |                               | 
|                    |            |            |            | refers to  |                               | 
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|                                                                        | Nominal         | Delta       | 
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|                    |            |            |                |        |                 |             | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                                          | 
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| Number of voting rights                          | Percentage of voting rights                         | 
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| 6,538,600                                        | 11.59%                                              | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial              | 
| instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                                                       | 
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| 1) Ennismore European Smaller Companies Fund = 4,278,323 shares                                        | 
| 2) Ennismore European Smaller Companies Master Hedge Fund = 2,260,277 shares                           | 
| Therefore, the total under management:                                                                 | 
| Ennismore Fund Management Limited = 6,538,600 shares                                                   | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                                                          | 
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| 10. Name of proxy holder:                                                    | N/A                     | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:                 | N/A                     | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:             | N/A                     | 
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| 13. Additional information:                                                  |                         | 
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| 14 Contact name:                                                             | Danielle Etkin          | 
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| 15. Contact telephone name:                                                  | [phone]        | 
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