RNS Number:0865K
Luminar PLC
06 October 2006


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1. Name of company

Luminar plc


2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

BriTel Fund Trustees Ltd for Trustees of BT pension Scheme (See Note 1)


3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18

Not Stated


4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them

Registered holder           Held on Behalf of                          Number of 
(see Note 2)                                                              shares

BriTel Fund Nominees Ltd    Trustees of BT Pension Scheme                131,347
(see Note 3)

Chase Nominees Ltd          Hermes Assured                           Ltd 582,865
(see Note 4)

Chase Nominees Ltd          Hermes UK Focus Fund (FF)                  4,543,377

Chase Nominees Ltd          The Second Hermes UK Focus Fund (SF)       1,662,052

Chase Nominees Ltd          The Third Hermes UK Focus Fund(TF)         1,059,736

                                                                       7,979,377

Stock on Loan                                                             68,784


5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

Not advised


6. Percentage of issued class

-


7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

Not advised


8. Percentage of issued class

-


9. Class of security

Ordinary Shares of 25p each


10. Date of transaction

Not advised


11. Date Company informed

3rd October 2006


12. Total holding following this notification

7,979,377


13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

10.98%


14. Any additional information


Note 1: The trustees of the BT pension scheme control BriTel Fund Trustees
Limited, which is the owner of Hermes Pensions Management Limited. Hermes Focus
Asset Management Limited, Hermes Investment Management Limited, Hermes Assured
Limited and Hermes SLP Limited are all subsidiaries of Hermes Pensions
Management Limited.


Note 2: These shares are held on behalf of the Trustees of the BT Pension Scheme
in funds managed by Hermes Investment Management Limited.


Note 3: These Shares are held directly by Hermes Assured Limited, a subsidiary
of Hermes Pensions Management Limited.


Note 4: These shares are held through an interest in four UK Limited
Partnerships, in which Hermes Focus Asset Management Limited is a General
Partner and Hermes SLP Ltd is a Limited Partner. Hermes Investment Management
Limited is a General Partner in FF, TF and SC. BriTel Fund Trustees Limited is a
Limited Partner in FF and SC, through which some of the assets of the BT Pension
Scheme are invested.



15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

David Morris, Company Secretarial Assistant- 01908 544130


16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

H A Willits, Company Secretary


Date of notification

6Th October, 2006




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