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April 16, 2010

REG – Dialight PLC – Holding(s) in Company

Date/Range:  16-APR-2010

Short Abstract: REG – Dialight PLC – Holding(s) in Company


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Dialight PLC
16 April 2010

For filings with the FSA include the annex

For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

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

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                        X

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 obligation:

BT Pensions Scheme Trustees Limited
as trustee of the BT Pension Scheme

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

Hermes UK Specialist Focus Fund

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

14 April 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:       15 April 2010

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

Crossed from 6% to 0%

8: Notified Details

A: Voting rights attached to shares

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

If possible
use ISIN      Number of  Number of Number  Number of        Percentage of
code          shares     voting    of      voting rights    voting rights
rights    shares

Direct  Indirect Direct Indirect

GB0033057794
1,946,300  1,946,300 N/A     N/A     46,300   N/A    0.148%

ORD0.0189P

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

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

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights

46,300                  0.148%

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, as trustee of the BT Pension Scheme
(“BTPS”) is the parent undertaking of Britel Fund Nominees Limited and
Britel Fund Trustees Limited, which is the parent undertaking of Hermes Fund
Managers Limited (“HFML”). HFML is the parent undertaking of:

1. Hermes Equity Ownership Services Limited (“HEOS”) (voting rights:
0.148%)*

2. Hermes Focus Asset Management Limited (“HFAM”)** as General Partner of
the following limited partnerships:

a. Hermes UK Specialist Focus Fund (“HUKSFF”) (voting rights: 0%) ***

* This notification is also being made in respect of HEOS, which is an
indirect holder of shares for the purpose of DTR 5.2.1 (h). The voting
rights include the following: (i) all of the voting rights of the underlying
clients of HEOS for whom it provides voting services; (ii) all of the voting
rights attaching to the direct shareholding of BTPS; (iii) all of the voting
rights attaching to shares managed by HIML; and (iv) the voting rights
attaching to the direct shareholding of BTPS that are managed by HSL.

** This notification is also being made in respect of HFAM, which is an
indirect holder of shares for the purpose of DTR 5.2.1 (h) and has an
individual notification obligation under DTR 5.1.5

*** This notification is also being made in respect of HUKSFF, which has an
individual notification obligation under DTR 5.1.

Please see Section 13 for further information.

Proxy Voting:

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

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

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

13. Additional information:   HEOS hold the voting rights under a standing
proxy contained in agreements for the
provision of voting services to various
underlying clients for the purposes of DTR
5.2.1.(h), which includes all the shares owned
directly by BTPS, all of the voting rights
attaching to shares managed by HIML and the
voting rights attaching to the direct
shareholding of BTPS that are managed by HSL.

HFAM hold the voting rights as General Partner
under a standing proxy contained in limited
partnership agreements with various limited
partnerships for the purposes of DTR 5.2.1
(h).

All voting rights held on behalf of the above
entities are aggregated for the purposes of
DTR 5.2.1 (e).

This disclosure is made by BT Pension Scheme
Trustees Limited as trustee of the BT Pension
Scheme, which is the ultimate parent
undertaking for the purposes of DTR 5.2.1 (e).

14 Contact name:              Hermes – Valerie Davidson
(v.davidson@hermes.co.uk)
0207 680 2177 or

Margaret Moss (m.moss@hermes.co.uk)
0207 680 2125

Dialight plc – Nick Giles 01480 447491

15. Contact telephone number:

Date: 15 April 2010

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.

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