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Consort Medical PLC16 November 2007 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to whichvoting rights are attached: Consort Medical Plc 2. Reason for the notification (please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s): An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: () An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in theacquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ( ) An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( ) Other (please specify) : Transferred to External Fund Manager (X) 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited as trustee of the BT Pension Scheme. SeeSection 9 for further information. 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) :N/A 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed orreached if different):14 November 2007 6. Date on which issuer notified:15 November 2007 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:4% 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of shares if Situation previous to the Triggering transactionpossible using the ISINCODE 0094327 Number of shares Number of voting RightsOrd 10pGB0000946276 1,448,117 1,448,117 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Class/type of shares if Number of Number of voting % of votingpossible using the ISIN shares rights rightsCODE Direct Direct Indirect Direct IndirectGB0000946276 1,338,708 1,338,708 84,982 4.69% 0.298% B: Financial InstrumentsResulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting rights that may % offinancial Date Conversion be acquired if the instrument is votinginstrument Period/ exercised/ converted. rights Date Total (A+B)Number of voting rights % of voting rights 1,423,690 4.988% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable : BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited is the parent undertaking of Britel FundTrustees Limited, which is the parent undertaking of Hermes Pensions ManagementLimited. Hermes Pensions Management Limited is the parent undertaking of: 1. Hermes Investment Management Limited (voting rights held in this issuer: 4.757%) 2. Hermes Equity Ownership Services Limited (voting rights held in this issuer: 0.231%) 3. Hermes Assured Limited (included with number 1) Please see Section 13 for further information. Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy holder: See comment in Section 13 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:See comment in Section 13 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:See comment in Section 13 13. Additional information: Hermes Equity Ownership Services Limited hold the voting rights under a standingproxy contained in services agreements for the provision of corporate governanceservices to various underlying clients. Hermes Investment Management Limited hold the voting rights under a standingproxy contained in investment management agreements with various underlyingclients, which includes all the shares owned directly by BT Pension Scheme. All voting rights held on behalf of the above entities are aggregated for thepurposes of DTR 5.2.1(a). The aggregation is made at the lower threshold of 3% and above because HermesEquity Ownership Services Limited does not manage investments for the purposesof the investment manager exemption contained in DTR 5.1.5. This disclosure is made by BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited, which is theultimate parent undertaking for the purposes of DTR 5.2.1(e). 14. Contact name:Margaret Moss /Valerie Davidson 15. Contact telephone number:020 7680 2125 / 020 7680 2177 Ends This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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