Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9841S

Serco Group PLC

30 September 2014

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				Serco 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: iii		Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Artisan Investments GP LLC, Artisan Partners Holdings LP, and Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Bank of New York, CIBC Mellon, JPMorgan Chase, Mellon Bank, Northern Trust, Pictet & Cie, RBC Dexia Investor Services Bank, State Street Bank
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		September 26, 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:		September 29, 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Above 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

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 x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB0007973794

27,015,257

4.92%

27,664,689

5.04%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

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 xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

27,664,689

5.04%

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. Control of APLP is vested in its general partner, Artisan Investments GP LLC ("Artisan LLC"), a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Artisan Partners Holdings LP ("Artisan Holdings") is the sole member of Artisan LLC, and is the sole limited partner of APLP. Control of Artisan Holdings is vested in its general partner, Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. ("APAM"), organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. APAM is a publicly traded Company and has in issue three classes of common stock as well as preferred stock. No single undertaking is now in control of APAM.
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:	Serco Group plc is disclosing this information in accordance with DTR 5.8.12
14. Contact name:	Sarah Howfield
15. Contact telephone number:	01256 744272

 

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