Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5149J

Babcock International Group PLC

31 March 2010

 



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:		Babcock International Group PLC
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached			No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments			No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights			No
Other (please specify):___________________________			No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	See additional information under 13.
5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	26 March 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	29 March 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Below the threshold of 5%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0009697037             11,483,477 11,483,477 63,448 63,448                     11,213,901                0.028%          4.883%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period	No. of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.	Percentage of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise Price	Expiration date	Exercise / conversion period	No. of voting rights instrument refers to	Percentage of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta
CFD				52,714	0.023%

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
11,330,063	4.934%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of  Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. andThreadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:

Registered Owner Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 35822 18,250 KDTC KAS Depositary Trust Company                 A/c 22.36.31.213. 127,500 Ameriprise Financial Inc                          A/c 128,198 Morgan Stanley Nominees Limited                   A/c 36199142 50,000 Morgan Stanley Nominees Limited                   A/c 04F607602 2,714 William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd        A/c 301780 56,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 03449 335,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 02891 6,943,482 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 05577 34,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 05576 360,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 27642 43,448 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 07197 20,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 11121 10,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 10479 6,900 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 34789 31,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 07196 77,644 Roy Nominees                                      A/c 104450 117,653 Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd                          A/c WWSF0004002 516,671 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 10496 711,737 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 10488 95,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 10495 745,000 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 10489 410,970 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 30337 78,244 Littledown Nominees Ltd                           A/c 31348 410,652

Eunice Payne

Company Secretarial Department

Babcock International Group PLC

31 March 2010

 

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