TIDMLMR 
 
RNS Number : 6458Y 
Luminar Group Holdings PLC 
07 September 2009 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                         | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the          | Luminar Group Holdings Plc        | 
| underlying issuer of existing shares to   |                                   | 
| which voting rights are attached:         |                                   | 
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| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):      | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                           |  X     | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which  |        | 
| may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which       |        | 
| voting rights are attached                                            |        | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic       |        | 
| effect to qualifying financial instruments                            |        | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                      |        | 
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| Other (please     |                                                   |        | 
| specify):         |                                                   |        | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the  |                                   | 
| notification obligation:                  | BT Pension Scheme Trustees        | 
|                                           | Limited as trustee of the BT      | 
|                                           | Pension Scheme. See Section 9 for | 
|                                           | further information.              | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if        |  Hermes Specialist UK Focus Fund  | 
| different from 3.):                       |                                   | 
|                                           |                                   | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date on    |                                   | 
| which the threshold is crossed or         | 4 September 2009                  | 
| reached:                                  |                                   | 
|                                           |                                   | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:         |                                   | 
|                                           | 7 September 2009                  | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or    |                                   | 
| reached:                                  | 14%                               | 
|                                           |                                   | 
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| 8. Notified details:                                                                                   | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                    | 
|                                                                                                        | 
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| Class/type    | Situation previous        | Resulting situation after the triggering                   | 
| of            | to the triggering         | transaction                                                | 
| shares        | transaction               |                                                            | 
| if possible   |                           |                                                            | 
| using         |                           |                                                            | 
| the ISIN      |                           |                                                            | 
| CODE          |                           |                                                            | 
+               +---------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------+ 
|               | Number       | Number     | Number       | Number of voting      | % of voting         | 
|               | of           | of         | of           | rights                | rights              | 
|               | Shares       | Voting     | shares       |                       |                     | 
|               |              | Rights     |              |                       |                     | 
+               +              +            +--------------+-----------------------+---------------------+ 
|               |              |            | Direct       | Direct   | Indirect   | Direct   | Indirect | 
+---------------+--------------+------------+--------------+----------+------------+----------+----------+ 
|  Ordinary     | 15,063,141   | 15,063,141 | 0            | 0        | 15,057,522 |  N/A     | 14.994%  | 
| 25p           |              |            |              |          |            |          |          | 
+---------------+              +            +              +          +            +          +          + 
|  GB00B2423069 |              |            |              |          |            |          |          | 
+---------------+--------------+------------+--------------+----------+------------+----------+----------+ 
 
 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                          | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                         | 
|                                                                                              | 
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| Type of financial   | Expiration | Exercise/          | Number of voting    | % of voting    | 
| instrument          | date       | Conversion         | rights that may be  | rights         | 
|                     |            | Period             | acquired if the     |                | 
|                     |            |                    | instrument is       |                | 
|                     |            |                    | exercised/          |                | 
|                     |            |                    | converted.          |                | 
|                     |            |                    |                     |                | 
+---------------------+------------+--------------------+---------------------+----------------+ 
|                     |            |                    |                     |                | 
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+---------------+----------+------------+------------+----------------+---------------+---------+ 
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                 | 
| Instruments                                                                                   | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                          | 
|                                                                                               | 
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| Type of       | Exercise | Expiration | Exercise/  | Number of      | % of voting             | 
| financial     |          |            | Conversion | voting         | rights                  | 
| instrument    | price    | date       |            | rights         |                         | 
|               |          |            | period     | instrument     |                         | 
|               |          |            |            | refers to      |                         | 
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|               |          |            |            |                |    Nominal    |  Delta  | 
|               |          |            |            |                |               |         | 
+               +          +            +            +                +---------------+---------+ 
|               |          |            |            |                |               |         | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                 | 
|                                                                               | 
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| Number of voting rights                   | Percentage of voting rights       | 
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| 15,057,522                                | 14.994%                           | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the         | 
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                             | 
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| BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited is the parent undertaking of Britel Fund trustees   | 
| Limited, which is the parent undertaking of Hermes Fund Managers Limited. Hermes Fund  | 
| Managers Limited is the parent undertaking of:                                         | 
| 1. Hermes Equity Ownership Services Limited (voting rights held in this issuer:        | 
| 0.427%)                                                                                | 
| 2. Hermes Investment Management Limited (voting rights held in this issuer: 0.00%)     | 
| 3. Hermes Specialist UK Focus Fund (voting rights held in this issuer: 14.567%)        | 
| Please see section 13 for further information.                                         | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                                 | 
|                                                                               | 
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:             |  See Comment in Section 13.       | 
|                                           |                                   | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder  |  See Comment in Section 13.       | 
| will cease to hold:                       |                                   | 
|                                           |                                   | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease |  See Comment in Section 13.       | 
| to hold voting rights:                    |                                   | 
|                                           |                                   | 
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| 13. Additional information:               | Hermes Equity Ownership Services  | 
|                                           | Limited 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 BT Pension Scheme.    | 
|                                           | Hermes Investment Management      | 
|                                           | Limited hold the voting rights    | 
|                                           | under a standing proxy contained  | 
|                                           | in investment management          | 
|                                           | agreements with various           | 
|                                           | underlying clients for the        | 
|                                           | purposes of DTR 5.2.1(h).         | 
|                                           | Hermes Specialist UK Focus Fund   | 
|                                           | hold the voting rights as General | 
|                                           | Partner under a standing proxy    | 
|                                           | contained in limited partnership  | 
|                                           | agreements with various limited   | 
|                                           | partnerships for the purpose 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,  | 
|                                           | which is the ultimate parent      | 
|                                           | undertaking for the purposes of   | 
|                                           | DTR 5.2.1(e).                     | 
|                                           | Notification using the total      | 
|                                           | voting rights figure of           | 
|                                           | 100,422,654.                      | 
|                                           |                                   | 
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| 14. Contact name:                         |  Tim O'Gorman                     | 
|                                           |                                   | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:             |  (01908) 544 140                  | 
|                                           |                                   | 
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