Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7121X

QinetiQ Group plc

27 June 2008

 



TR-1:   notification of major interests 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		Χ
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	M&G Investment Funds 1
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MEJ01 Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MEL01
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	25 June 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	26 June 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%
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 viii	Number of shares	Number of voting rights ix		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct  x	Indirect xi	Direct	Indirect
GB00BOWMWDO3	Under 5%	Under 5%	33,182,547	33,182,547		5.02%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date xiii	Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date xiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
33,182,547	5.02%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv:
n/a
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the 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:	With reference to item 3, M&G Investments Funds 1 is an Open Ended Investment Company (OEIC) and is not a Prudential group company and must be separately disclosed.  This OEIC Fund is managed by M&G Investment Management Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) and will have been previously attributed to Prudential plc solely on the basis that M&G Investment Management Ltd has direct fund management control over the shares identified in this notification.
14. Contact name:	Lynton D. Boardman, Company Secretary, QinetiQ Group plc
15. Contact telephone number:	01252 392000

 

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