RNS Number:7128T
Somero Enterprises Inc.
26 March 2007


TR-1:               notification of major interests in shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing              Somero Enterprises
shares to which voting rights are attached:

2. Reason for the notification     (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                       X

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of
shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification             BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited as
obligation:                                                       trustee of the BT Pension Scheme.  See
                                                                    Section 9 for further information

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):           Royal Mail Pensions Trustees Limited as
                                                                  trustee of the Royal Mail Pension Plan

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is                21 March 2007
crossed or reached if different):

6. Date on which issuer notified:                                             22 March 2007

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                                    14%

8. Notified details:


A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of      Situation previous to   Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares             the Triggering
                   transaction
 if possible using Number of   Number of   Number of     Number of voting rights   % of voting rights
the ISIN CODE      Shares      Voting      shares
                               Rights      Direct        Direct       Indirect     Direct       Indirect

B1GCQ97            4,111,130   4,111,130   2,547,638     2,547,638    2,063,492    8.191%       6.634.%

USU834501038


B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

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

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights                            % of voting rights

4,611,130                                          14.825%


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 is the parent undertaking of Britel Fund Trustees Limited, which is the parent
undertaking of Hermes Pensions Management Limited.  Hermes Pensions Management Limited is the parent undertaking of:

1.  Hermes Investment Management Limited (voting rights held in this issuer: 14.825%)

Please see Section 13 for further information


Proxy Voting:

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:                  Hermes Investment Management Limited hold the voting rights
                                             under a standing proxy contained in investment management
                                             agreements with various underlying clients, which includes all
                                             the shares owned directly by BT Pension Scheme.

                                             All voting rights held on behalf of the above entities are
                                             aggregated for the purposes 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 the ultimate parent undertaking for the purposes of DTR
                                             5.2.1(e).

14. Contact name:                                            Valerie Davidson / Margaret Moss

15. Contact telephone number:                                         020 7680 2125


            A:  Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name (including legal form for legal    BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited as trustee of BT Pension
entities)                                           Scheme and Hermes Pensions Management Limited

Contact address                                  Lloyds Chambers, 1 Portsoken Street, London E1 8HZ

Phone number                                                        020 7702 0888

Other useful information (at least legal    BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited is the parent undertaking
representative for legal persons)               of the group of companies subject to the notification
                                               obligation as indirect holders of voting rights for the
                                                        purpose of DTR 5.2.1(a) and 5.2.1(e).


B:  Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name                                   Hermes Investment Management Limited as agent for BT Pension
                                                               Scheme Trustees Limited

Contact address                                  Lloyds Chambers, 1 Portsoken Street, London E1 8HZ

Phone number                                                020 7680 2177 / 020 7680 2125

Other useful information (e.g. functional      Hermes Investment Management Limited acts as investment
relationship with the person or legal         manager and agent on behalf of BT Pension Scheme Trustees
entity subject to the notification                                     Limited
obligation)


C: Additional information

Please contact Margaret Moss / Valerie Davidson on the above numbers for further information.

Copy sent to Company Secretary, Mike Niemela of Somero Enterprises, Fax No: 001 603 532 1662




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