Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9782J

QinetiQ Group plc

09 April 2010

 



TR-1: Notifications 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 notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			X
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 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 transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	April 7 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	April 8 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Above 5%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use 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			Percentage of voting rights
				Direct		Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B0WMWD03	32,956,692	4.99%				33,292,099		5.04%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
33,292,099	5.04%

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

Artisan Partners Limited Partnership ("APLP"), a US registered investment adviser, is a limited partnership organised 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 organised 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 organised 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 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 US 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 7 April 2010, was interested in 20,509,973 shares, representing 3.11% of the 5.04% disclosed above, of QinetiQ Group PLC.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of 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:
14 Contact name:	Lynton D Boardman, Company Secretary, QinetiQ Group plc
15. Contact telephone no:	[phone]

 

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