Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7303A
QinetiQ Group plc
04 February 2011
 



 




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

X

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:

Artisan Partners Holdings LP, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Artisan Investments GP LLC, Artisan Investment Corporation, ZFIC, Inc., Andrew A. Ziegler, Carlene M. Ziegler

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

State Street Bank, Mellon Bank, Bank of New York, JP Morgan Chase, Northern Trust, State Street Bank - Luxembourg

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

February 2, 2011

6. Date on which issuer notified:

February 3, 2011

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

Above 12%



 

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
Voting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of  voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB00B0WMWD03

78,227,833

11.84%



79,408,226


12.02%



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 xv, xvi

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

 





 

 

Nominal

Delta




Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

79,408,226

12.02%



 

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

Artisan Partners Limited Partnership ("APLP"), a U.S. registered investment adviser, is a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware on March 26, 2009. Control of APLP is vested in its general partner, Artisan Investments GP LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware on March 26, 2009.  Artisan Partners Holdings LP is the sole member of Artisan Investments GP LLC, and is the sole limited partner of Artisan Partners Limited Partnership.  Control of Artisan Partners Holdings LP (formerly named Artisan Partners Limited Partnership) is vested in its general partner, Artisan Investment Corporation. All of the outstanding stock of Artisan Investment Corporation is owned by ZFIC, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Wisconsin.  Andrew A. Ziegler and Carlene M. Ziegler each own 50% of the voting stock of ZFIC, Inc. APLP, pursuant to advisory contracts, has the power to purchase and sell securities on behalf of its clients and the power to vote for most clients. Persons other than APLP are entitled to receive all dividends from, and proceeds from the sale of, all of the securities reported hereunder.

 

Artisan International Value Fund ("ARTKX") is a series of Artisan Funds Inc., a U.S. registered investment company. Certain officers and a director of Artisan Funds, Inc. are employees of APLP. APLP pursuant to its advisory contract with the Fund has the power to purchase and sell securities on behalf of the Fund and to vote for the Fund. The Fund, as of 2 February 2011, was interested in 52,240,807 shares, representing 7.9% of the 12.02% disclosed above, of QinetiQ Group PLC.


Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

Artisan Partners Limited Partnership

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:

 

None.

14. Contact name:

Jon Messent, Company Secretary,

QinetiQ Group plc

15. Contact telephone number:

+44 (0)1252 392000

 


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