Holding(s) in Company

 

TIDMSOM 
 
RNS Number : 2887V 
Somero Enterprises Inc. 
07 July 2009 
 
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| PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT                                                                                                      | 
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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                   | 
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| 7 July 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 shares to        | Somero Enterprises, Inc.          | 
| 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                                | Yes                               | 
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| Other (please specify):                                                         |                                   | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:                   | Artemis Investment Management     | 
|                                                                                 | Limited                           | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):                           | Artemis UK Smaller Companies      | 
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| 5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or           | 26 June 2009                      | 
| reached if different):                                                          |                                   | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:                                               | 7 July 2009                       | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                                 | 8%                                | 
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| 8: Notified Details                                                             |                                   | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                         |                       | 
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| Class/type   | Situation                | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                      | 
| of shares    | previous to the          |                                                                           | 
|              | triggering               |                                                                           | 
|              | transaction              |                                                                           | 
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| If possible  | Number of    | Number    | Number of | Number of voting rights           | Percentage of voting      | 
| use ISIN     | shares       | of        | shares    |                                   | rights                    | 
| code         |              | voting    |           |                                   |                           | 
|              |              | rights    |           |                                   |                           | 
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|              |              |           | Direct    | Direct            | Indirect      | Direct        | Indirect  | 
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| USU834501038 | 2,719,830    | 2,719,830 | 4,719,830 | 4,719,830         |               | 8.36%             |       | 
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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 Period | rights that may be                    | rights            | 
|                        |            |                   | 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 rights |                                       | 
| instrument       |          |               | period        | 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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| 4,719,830                                       | 8.36%                                                             | 
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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:                                                         | N/A                           | 
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| 14 Contact name:                                                                    | Alistair Fleming              | 
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| 15. Contact telephone name:                                                         | 0131 718 0411                 | 
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