Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMSOM 
 
RNS Number : 8272U 
Somero Enterprises Inc. 
30 June 2009 
 

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| PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT                                                                                        | 
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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                     | 
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| 30 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                               |                            | 
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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): Placing and change to shares in issue             | Yes                        | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:             | Polar Capital European     | 
|                                                                           | Forager Fund Limited       | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):                     | N/A                        | 
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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:                                         | 30 June 2009               | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                           | Below 15%                  | 
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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 | 5,400,000     | N/A     | 8,400,000  | N/A           | N/A       | 14.89%       | N/A   | 
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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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| 8,400,000                                        | 14.89%                                              | 
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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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| N/A                                                                                                    | 
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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:                                                  |                         | 
| All voting rights held on behalf of the above entity are disclosed           |                         | 
| pursuant to DTR 5.1.2.                                                       |                         | 
| This disclosure is made by Hermes Investment Management Limited as           |                         | 
| agent on behalf of BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited as trustee             |                         | 
| of the BT Pension Scheme                                                     |                         | 
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| 14 Contact name:                                                             | Polar Capital LLP -     | 
|                                                                              | Operations Department   | 
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| 15. Contact telephone name:                                                  | 0207 227 2700           | 
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