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March 15, 2010

REG – Dialight PLC – Holding(s) in Company

Date/Range:  15-MAR-2010

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

 

RNS Number : 5866I
Dialight PLC
15 March 2010

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached (ii):

Dialight Plc

2. Reason for the notification:

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the 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 the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):

11TH March 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

12th March 2010

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

Crossed from 9% to 6%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

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

Number of    Number of              Number of       Number of voting rights       % of voting rights
shares           voting                      shares
rights
Direct             Direct         Indirect               Direct       Indirect

3,107,311     3,107,311                 n/a                 n/a            2,107,311             n/a            6.746%

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B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial       Expiration date     Exercise/Conversion          Number of voting rights that my be     % of voting
instrument                                         Period/Date                       acquired if the instrument is                 rights
exercised/converted

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights    % of voting rights

2,107,311                        6.746%

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: 6.598%) ***

* 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.

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:

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) 020 7680 2177 or Margaret Moss (m.moss@hermes.co.uk) 0207 680 2125

Dialight plc – Nick Giles 01480 447491

Date: 15 March 2010

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