7 Nov 2012 10:56

Financial Services Authority
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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES | ||||
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: 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.  | ||||
 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 thenotification obligation: | Legal & General Group Plc (Group) Â Legal & General Investment Management Limited (LGIM) | |||
4. Full name of shareholder(s) Â (if different from 3.): | Â Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) Â Â | |||
 5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached:  | 05 November 2012 | |||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 06 November 2012 | |||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: Â | Group (Below 5%) Â LGIM (Below 5%) | |||
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8. Notified details: Â | |||||||||||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares | |||||||||||||||
Class/type ofshares if possible usingthe ISIN CODE | Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||
NumberofShares | NumberofVotingRights | Â Numberof shares | Number of votingrights | % of voting rights | |||||||||||
Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||||
Ordinary 60p | Â 17,979,717 Â (As on 14/06/2012) | Â Below 5% | |||||||||||||
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||
 Type of financialinstrument |  Expirationdate |  Exercise/Conversion Period | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. |  % of votingrights | |||||||||||
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||
 Type of financialinstrument  |  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 | ||||||||||||||
Below 5% | |||||||||||||||
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial 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 ceaseto hold: | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights: | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
13. Additional information: | Notification using the total voting rights figure of  360,270,941 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eunice Payne
Company Secretarial Department
Babcock International Group PLC