Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5489D
QinetiQ Group plc
03 December 2009
 





TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES



1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are

attached:
 

QinetiQ Group plc

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

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

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

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):


3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:
 


BlackRock Inc


4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
 (if different from 3.):


5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or

reached:
 

1st December 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

3rd December 2009

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

Gone above 10%

  

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares 

Class/type of
shares


if possible using
the ISIN CODE

Situation previous
to the 
triggering
transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number
of

Shares

Number
of

V
oting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct 

Indirect 

Direct

Indirect


GB00B0WMWD03


50,841,352

50,841,352

N/A

N/A

58,426,656

N/A

8.85%


B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date 

Exercise/ 
Conversion Period 

Number of voting
rights that may be

acquired if the

instrument is

exercised/ converted.

% 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 

Number of voting rights instrument refers to


% of voting rights 


CFD

N/A

N/A

N/A

14,158,021

Nominal

Delta

2.14%



Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

72,583,677

10.99%

  

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

 BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 72,583,677 (10.99%)


On 1st December 2009, the Barclays Global Investors (BGI) business was acquired by BlackRock, Inc. The combined holdings of BlackRock, Inc. following this acquisition triggered this disclosure requirement. 



Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:


11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:


12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:




13. Additional information:



14. Contact name:

Lynton D. Boardman, Company Secretary, 

QinetiQ Group plc 

15. Contact telephone number:

+44 (0)1252 392000



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