Tribal Grp. Regulatory News (TRB)

8 Mar 2007 14:20

Tribal Group PLC08 March 2007 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to whichvoting rights are attached: Tribal Group plc 2. Reason for the notification: Re-disclosure following the implementation of the Transparency Rules 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited as trustees of BT Pension Scheme 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: Position held on 20th Jan 2007 6. Date on which issuer notified: 07 March 2007 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 16% 8. Notified details: ................. A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of shares if Situation previous to Resulting situation afterpossible using the ISIN the Triggering the triggering transactionCODE transaction 3018152 Number of shares Number of voting RightsORD 0.05GB0030181522 14,103,152 14,103,152 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Class/type of shares Number of Number of voting rights % of voting rightsif possible using the sharesISIN CODE Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect GB0030181522 2,785,791 2,785,791 11,317,361 3.290 13.364 B: Financial Instruments Resulting 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/ Date exercised/ converted. rights N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Total (A+B)Number of voting rights % of votng rights 14,103,152 16.654 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:6.081%) 2. Hermes Focus Asset Management Limited(voting rights held in this issuer:10.573%) Please see Section 13 for further information. Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy holder: ................. 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: ................. 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: ................. 13. Additional information: Hermes Investment Management Limited hold the voting rights under a standingproxy contained in investment management agreements with various underyingclients, 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) and disclosed pursuant to 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: Richard Collins 15. Contact telephone number: 01285 886020 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange