22 Jun 2010 16:41

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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES | ||||
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: Â | Babcock International Group PLC | |||
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | Yes | |||
 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached.  |
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments  |
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |
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 Other (please specify):  |
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: | Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) | |||
4. Full name of shareholder(s) Â (if different from 3.): | Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) | |||
 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:  | 21 June 2010 | |||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 22 June 2010 | |||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Â | L&G (From 5% to 4%) | |||
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8. Notified details: Â | ||||||||||||||||
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 | Â Number of shares | Number of voting rights | % of voting rights | ||||||||||||
Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||||||||||||
Ordinary 60p | Â 11,608,203 Â (As on 20/05/2010) | Â 11,471,276 | Â 11,471,276 |
| 4.99% |
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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 | ||||||||||||
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
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  | |||||||||||
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Total (A+B+C) | ||||||||||||||||
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||
  11,471,276  | 4.99% | |||||||||||||||
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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13. Additional information: | Notification using the total voting rights figure of  229,693,610 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eunice Payne
Company Secretarial Department
Babcock International Group PLC