RNS Number:8414V
Somero Enterprises Inc.
01 May 2007

Embargoed for 7.00am, Tuesday 1st May 2007





 THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MAY NOT BE RELEASED, PUBLISHED OR DISTRIBUTED IN OR INTO THE
   UNITED STATES, CANADA, JAPAN OR AUSTRALIA OR TO US PERSONS (AS DEFINED IN
 REGULATION S UNDER THE US SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED) OR TO RESIDENTS,
              NATIONALS OR CITIZENS OF CANADA, JAPAN OR AUSTRALIA.


       Secondary placing of Common Shares in Somero Enterprises, Inc. (R)


Somero Enterprises, Inc. (R), ("Somero" or "the Company"), is pleased to
announce that 8,658,713 shares of common stock ("Common Shares") in Somero (the
"Secondary Placing") held by its largest shareholder, SOM Holdings, LLC
(formerly "Somero Holdings, LLC"), have been successfully placed in the market
at a price of 132 pence per Common Share.  SOM Holdings, LLC is controlled by
the Los Angeles-based private equity firm, The Gores Group, LLC.


The Secondary Placing represents 25.3% of the issued share capital of Somero.
The placing of these shares reduces SOM Holdings' holding in Somero to 4,213,417
Common Shares, representing 12.3% of the issued share capital of Somero.


As part of this Secondary Placing, SOM Holdings has agreed to renew the lock-up
arrangement relating to its shares that was agreed at the time of Somero's
admission to AIM in November 2006. For a period of six months from today's date
(30 April 2007), SOM Holdings has agreed not to dispose of its remaining holding
of Common Shares and has further agreed, in the subsequent six month period,
only to dispose of its Common Shares in accordance with the reasonable
requirements of Jefferies International so as to ensure an orderly market in the
Company's Common Shares (such that any such disposal be effected through
Jefferies International and Collins Stewart Europe Limited or such other broking
firm as may be the Company's broker at the relevant time).


Commenting on the Secondary Placing, Jack Cooney, President and Chief Executive
of Somero, commented:



"It is pleasing to see that, on the back of healthy demand for our shares, the
Secondary Placing has been successfully completed just six months after the
Admission of the Company to AIM, with SOM Holdings remaining a supportive
shareholder in the business."



For further information contact:


Financial Dynamics                                  +44 (0)20 7831 3113
Harriet Keen / Matt Dixon

Jefferies                                           +44 (0)207 968 8000
Charles Cameron / Nandan Shinkre



About Somero



Somero(R) designs, manufactures and sells equipment that automates the process
of spreading and leveling large volumes of concrete for flooring and other
horizontal surfaces, such as paved parking lots. Somero's innovative,
proprietary products, including the Large Laser Screed(R), employ laser-guided
technology to achieve a high level of precision.



Its products have been sold primarily to concrete contractors for use in
non-residential construction projects in over 50 countries. Laser screeding
equipment has been specified for use in constructing warehouses, assembly
plants, retail centres and in other commercial construction projects requiring
extremely flat concrete slab floors by a variety of companies, such as Costco,
Home Depot, B&Q, DaimlerChrysler, various Coca-Cola bottling companies, the
United States Postal Service, and Toys 'R' Us.



Somero's headquarters are located in New Hampshire, USA. It operates a
manufacturing facility in Michigan, USA, and has a sales and service office in
Chesterfield, England. Somero has 124 employees, and markets and sells its
products through a direct sales force, external sales representatives, and
independent dealers in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East,
South Africa, Asia and Australia. Somero is listed on AIM, a market operated by
the London Stock Exchange and its trading symbol is SOM.



This announcement does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to
sell, or any solicitation of any offer to purchase, any securities of Somero
Enterprises, Inc. (the "Company").

This announcement may not be released, published or distributed in or into the
United States, Canada, Japan or Australia or to US Persons (as defined in
Regulation S under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US Securities
Act")) or to residents, nationals or citizens of Canada, Japan or Australia.
The distribution of this announcement in certain other jurisdictions may also be
restricted by law and persons into whose possession this announcement or any
document or other information referred to herein comes should inform themselves
about and observe any such restriction. Any failure to comply with these
restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such
jurisdiction.

No securities of the Company have been registered under the US Securities Act.
No securities of the Company may be offered or sold in the United States or to
US persons (as defined in Regulation S under the US Securities Act) except
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the US Securities Act or
pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements under the
US Securities Act.

No securities of the Company have been registered under the applicable
securities laws of Australia, Canada or Japan and may not be offered or sold
within Australia, Canada or Japan or to, or for the account or benefit of
citizens or residents of Australia, Canada or Japan.



                                      ENDS




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