SAR - Babcock Int'l Group PLC

Schroders PLC 04 February 2005 FORM SAR 5 Lodge with a RIS or Newstrack if appropriate and the Takeover Panel. A copy must also be sent to the company the shares of which are being sold. Date of disclosure 04 February 2005............................................................... DISCLOSURE UNDER NOTE 3 OF RULE 5 OF THE RULES GOVERNING SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITIONS OF SHARES ('SARs') Date of sale 03 February 2005............................................................... Sale of (name of company) Babcock International Group Plc................................................ 1. Class of voting shares (eg ordinary shares) 60p............................................................... Number of shares/rights over shares sold 240,000........................Shares........................Rights If rights over shares sold, as opposed to the shares themselves, specify nature of rights ............................................................... 2. Resultant total holding of voting shares (and % of total voting shares in issue) 41,425,550.......... 19.925% Resultant total holding of rights over shares (and % of total voting shares in issue) .......... ..........% Total percentage 19.925% 3. Party making disclosure Schroders Plc.......................................... 4. (a) Name of person selling shares or rights over shares Schroders Plc and, if different, beneficial owner ............................................................... (b) Names of any other persons acting by agreement or understanding ............................................................... Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above ............................................................... (Also print name of signatory) Alison Dunn ............................................................... Telephone and extension number 020 7658 2959............................................................... Note. The resultant total percentage holding of voting shares and rights over shares is to be calculated by reference to the percentage held and in issue outside treasury. For full details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see Rules 3 and 5 of the SARs. If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, Monitoring Section, Tel. No: 020 7638 0129. E-mail: monitoring@disclosure.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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