TIDMDGB 
 
RNS Number : 5125X 
Digital Barriers plc 
07 December 2010 
 

 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                              | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the   | DIGITAL BARRIERS 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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|                                                               |  X    | 
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                   |       | 
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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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|                |                                              |       | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject  | BT PENSION SCHEME TRUSTEES   | 
| to the notification obligation:    | 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 | N/A                          | 
| different from 3.):                |                              | 
|                                    |                              | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and     | 30 NOVEMBER 2010             | 
| date on which the threshold is     |                              | 
| crossed or reached:                |                              | 
|                                    |                              | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:  | 1 DECEMBER 2010              | 
|                                    |                              | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are        | 5%                           | 
| crossed or reached:                |                              | 
|                                    |                              | 
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| 8. Notified details:                                                                        | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                         | 
|                                                                                             | 
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| Class/type   | Situation             | Resulting situation after the triggering             | 
| of           | previous              | transaction                                          | 
| shares       | to the                |                                                      | 
| if possible  | triggering            |                                                      | 
| using        | transaction           |                                                      | 
| the ISIN     |                       |                                                      | 
| CODE         |                       |                                                      | 
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|              | Number      | Number  | Number      | Number of          | % of  voting      | 
|              | of          | of      | of          | voting             | rights            | 
|              | Shares      | Voting  | shares      | rights             |                   | 
|              |             | Rights  |             |                    |                   | 
+              +             +         +-------------+--------------------+-------------------+ 
|              |             |         | Direct      | Direct  | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | 
+--------------+-------------+---------+-------------+---------+----------+--------+----------+ 
|              |             |         |             |         |          |        |          | 
|              |             |         |             |         |          |        |          | 
|              |             |         |             |         |          |        |          | 
|              | 973,250     | 973,250 | 973,250     | 973,250 | 468,500  | 3.972% | 1.891%   | 
+--------------+             +         +             +         +          +        +          + 
| GB00B627R876 |             |         |             |         |          |        |          | 
| B627R87      |             |         |             |         |          |        |          | 
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+---------------+------------+------------+---------------+-----------+ 
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                 | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                | 
|                                                                     | 
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| Type of       | Expiration | Exercise/  | Number of     | % of      | 
| financial     | date       | Conversion | voting        | voting    | 
| instrument    |            | Period     | rights that   | rights    | 
|               |            |            | may be        |           | 
|               |            |            | acquired if   |           | 
|               |            |            | the           |           | 
|               |            |            | instrument is |           | 
|               |            |            | exercised/    |           | 
|               |            |            | converted.    |           | 
|               |            |            |               |           | 
+---------------+------------+------------+---------------+-----------+ 
|               |            |            |               |           | 
+---------------+------------+------------+---------------+-----------+ 
 
+------------+----------+------------+------------+-------------+------------+-------+ 
| 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               | 
| financial  | price    | date       | Conversion | voting      | voting             | 
| instrument |          |            | period     | rights      | rights             | 
|            |          |            |            | instrument  |                    | 
|            |          |            |            | refers to   |                    | 
+------------+----------+------------+------------+-------------+--------------------+ 
|            |          |            |            |             |  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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| 1,441,750                          | 5.818%                       | 
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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, 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:      | 
| 1.891%)*                                                                    | 
|                                                                             | 
| 2.   Hermes Investment Management Limited ("HIML") (voting rights: 3.972%)  | 
|                                                                             | 
| *  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.                                                                     | 
|                                                                             | 
| 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  | SEE COMMENT IN SECTION 13    | 
| holder will cease to hold:         |                              | 
|                                    |                              | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder     | SEE COMMENT IN SECTION 13    | 
| will cease to hold voting rights:  |                              | 
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| 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 of 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.                         | 
|                                    |                              | 
|                                    | HIML hold the voting rights  | 
|                                    | under a standing proxy       | 
|                                    | contained in investment      | 
|                                    | management agreements with   | 
|                                    | various underlying clients   | 
|                                    | (which may include BTPS) for | 
|                                    | the purposes of DTR          | 
|                                    | 5.2.1(h).                    | 
|                                    |                              | 
|                                    | HSL hold the voting rights   | 
|                                    | under a standing proxy       | 
|                                    | contained in investment      | 
|                                    | management agreements with   | 
|                                    | various underlying clients   | 
|                                    | (which may include BTPS) for | 
|                                    | the purposes of DTR          | 
|                                    | 5.2.1(h).                    | 
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|                                    | 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(c).                    | 
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| 14. Contact name:                  | Valerie Davidson             | 
|                                    | (v.davidson@hermes.co.uk)    | 
|                                    |                              | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:      | 020 7680 2177                | 
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