Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6757Z

QinetiQ Group plc

18 January 2011

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST 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				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:		FIL Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):		BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		14th January 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		17th January 2011
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

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of  voting rights

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB00BOWMWDO3

32,660,029

32,660,029

34,816,074

34,816,074

5.27

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period

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

Exercise/ Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

34,816.074

5.27

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management Limited (FFML), FIL Investment Services Ltd (FISL), FIL Gestion (FIGEST), FIL Asset Management (Korea) Limited (FIAKL) FIL Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FILMHK), FIL Pension Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and FIL Investments International (FII) investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		FIL Limited
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		2,156,045
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		14th January 2011
13. Additional information:	None.
14. Contact name:	Jon Messent, Company Secretary, QinetiQ Group plc
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

 

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