Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2426E

QinetiQ Group plc

16 December 2009

 



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:	AXA S.A. 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies
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 if different):	15/12/2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	16/12/2009
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
B0WMWD03	36,256,116	36,256,116	2,235,068	2,235,068	21,272,207	0.34	3.22

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
23,507,272	3.56%

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

Name of the Company / Fund Number of Shares % of issued share capital AXA Financial, Inc 7,400.00 0.00112 Indirect AXA IM UK 2,235,068.00 0.33840 Direct AXA IM UK 5,865,469.00 0.88807 Indirect AXA Rosenberg 15,399,338.00 2.33155 Indirect Total Direct 2,235,068 0.33840 Total Indirect 21,272,207 3.22074 TOTAL 23,507,275 3.55914

Name of Company/Fund
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:
14. Contact name:	Lynton D. Boardman  Company Secretary/General Counsel
15. Contact telephone number:	01252 392000

 

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