31st Jul 2007 16:55
Signet Group PLC31 July 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: Signet Group plc 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): An acquisition or disposal of voting rights x 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 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: 30 July 2007 6. Date on which issuer notified: 31 July 2007 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 4% 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to sharesClass/type of Situation previous to Resulting situation after the triggering transactionshares the Triggering transaction if possible Number of Number of Number of shares Number of voting % of voting rightsusing the ISIN Shares Voting rights ixCODE Rights viii Direct Indirect Direct Indirect xi Direct Indirect B1HTFP6 GB00B1HTFP68ORD US$0.009 68,177,431 68,177,431 2,373,835 2,373,835 65,917,956 0.139% 3.866% B: Financial InstrumentsResulting situation after the triggering transaction xiiType of financial Expiration date Exercise/ Conversion Number of voting rights % of votinginstrument xiii Period/ Date xiv that may be acquired if rights the instrument is exercised/ converted. Total (A+B) Number of voting rights % of voting rights 68,291,791 4.005% 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:0.664%).. 2.Hermes Focus Asset Management Limited (voting rights held in this issuer:3.247%) 3.Hermes Equity Ownership Services limited (voting rights held in this issuer:0.094%) 4.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 Hermes Focus Asset Management Limited hold the voting rights as General Partnerunder a standing proxy contained in limited partnership agreements with variouslimited partnerships. 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 Hermes Equity Ownership Services Limited does not manageinvestments for the purposes of the investment manager exemption contained inDTR 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 ANNEX NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES XVI A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation Full name (including legal form for legal entities)BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited astrustee of the BT Pension Scheme andHermes Pensions Management Limited Contact address (registered office for legal entities) Lloyds Chambers, 1 Portsoken Street,London E1 8HZ Phone number 020 7702 0888 Other useful information (at least legalrepresentative for legal persons) BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited isthe parent undertaking of the group ofcompanies subject to the notificationobligation as indirect holders of votingrights for the purpose of DTR 5.2.1(a) and5.2.1(e). Identity of the notifier Full name: Mark Andrew Jenkins - Group Company SecretaryContact address: Signet Group plc, 15 Golden Square, London, W1F 9JGPhone number: 0870 90 90 301 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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