Hamworthy plc - Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:3219M
Hamworthy plc
22 January 2008

PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
22 JANUARY 2008
HAMWORTHY PLC

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer Hamworthy plc
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached:

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights Yes

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
obligation: Limited as trustee of the
BT Pension Scheme

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from N/A
3):

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the 16 January 2008
threshold is crossed or reached if different):

6. Date on which issuer notified: 17 January 2008

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 3%

8. Notified Details

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the
shares triggering transaction triggering transaction

If Number of Number of Number of Number of voting Percentage
possible shares voting shares rights of voting
use ISIN rights rights
code
Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
GB00B01 1,954,586 1,954,586 1,138,586 1,138,586 725,211 2.415% 1.538%
VFV79

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of Expiration Exercise/ No. of voting rights Percentage of voting
financial date conversion that may be acquired rights
instrument period/date (if the instrument
exercised/converted)
n/a

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
1,863,797 3.953%

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:
2.415%)
2. Hermes Equity Ownership Services Limited (voting rights held in this
issuer: 1.538%)

Please see Section 13 for further information.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy See Comment in Section 13
holder:

11. Number of voting See Comment in Section 13
rights proxy
holder will cease
to hold:

12. Date on which See Comment in Section 13
proxy holder will
cease to hold
voting rights:

13. Additional Hermes Investment Management Limited hold the voting
information: 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 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. 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(c).

14. Contact name: Bianca da Silva / Margaret Moss

15. Contact telephone 020 7680 2163 / 020 7680 2125
name:

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