22nd Dec 2005 18:32
Babcock International Group PLC22 December 2005 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF LISTED COMPANY BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL GROUP PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holding of the shareholder named in 2 above; in respect of a non-beneficial interest; or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. SEE SCHEDULE BELOW 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. 6) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 419,753 8) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) -0.2% 9) Class of security 60P ORDINARY SHARES 10) Date of transaction 22 DEC 2005 11) Date listed company informed 22 DEC 2005 12) Total holding following this notification 22,721,656 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 10.86% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries STANLEY BILLIALD 020 7291 5049 16) Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company responsible for making this notification Date of Notification ..... 22 DECEMBER 2005 ................... SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER REGISTER Name of Shareholder:- Fidelity Beneficial Date of Number ofBargain Number of % of Shares Date Company Total No. of % of Issued Date Company Shares issued Currently in Received Shares in Capital of Announcements Traded + or - class Issue Notification BIG PLC BIG PLC Office Notified10/05/2002 148,126,466 15/05/2002 14,676,806 9.91% 15/05/200231/01/2003 -1,413,033 -1.0% 148,126,466 03/02/2003 13,263,773 8.95% 03/02/200311/04/2003 890,836 0.6% 148,126,466 11/04/2003 14,154,609 9.6% 14/04/200323/04/2003 865,559 0.6% 148,588,755 23/04/2003 15,020,168 10.1% 25/04/200322-Dec-03 -255,540 -0.17% 148,671,978 23/12/2003 14,764,628 9.93% 24/12/200326-Feb-04 1,320,600 0.88% 150,249,029 27/02/2004 16,085,228 10.71% 27/02/200426-May-04 588,700 0.39% 150,407,999 27/05/2004 16,673,928 11.09% 28/05/200420-Jun-04 5,887,271 3.91% 150,462,999 21/06/2004 22,561,199 14.99% 21/06/200404-Jul-04 1,282,504 0.63% 204,031,299 05/07/2004 23,843,703 11.69% 06/07/200430-Jun-05 -5,714,964 -2.74% 208,593,346 01/07/2005 18,128,739 8.69% 01/07/200525-Aug-05 -1,435,154 -0.69% 208,785,018 26/08/2005 16,693,585 8.00% 30/08/2005 0 0.00% 208,785,018 16,693,585 8.00%06-Sep-05 -25,400 -0.01% 208,785,018 07/09/2005 16,668,185 7.98%unknown 1,090,100 0.52% 208,785,018 18/10/2005 17,758,285 8.51% 18/10/200519-Oct-05 2,627,555 1.26% 208,785,018 20/10/2005 20,385,840 9.76% 20/10/200524-Oct-05 1,165,900 0.56% 208,785,018 25/10/2005 21,551,740 10.32% 26/10/200501-Nov-05 1,479,845 0.71% 208,785,018 02/11/2005 23,031,585 11.03% 03/11/200520-Nov-05 -308,967 -0.15% 208,785,018 21/11/2005 22,722,618 10.88% 22/11/200520-Dec-05 418,791 0.20% 209,143,478 21/12/2OO5 23,141,409 11.06% 22/12/200522-Dec-05 -419,753 -0.20% 209,143,478 22/12/2005 22,721,656 10.86% 22/12/2005 0 O.00% 209,143,478 22,721,656 10.86% Management Nominee/Registered Name Shares HeldCompanyFPM Citibank London 621,600FPM Northern Trust London 496,400FPM Bank of New York Brussels 246,200FPM Mellon Bank 126,300FMTC State Street Bank and TR Co 367,700FMTC Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 75,400FMTC JP Morgan Chase Bank 64,800FMRCO State Street Bank and TR Co 5,723,800FISL JP Morgan, Bournemouth 13,235,637FIL State Street Bank and TR Co Lnd (s 503,100FIL JP Morgan Bournemouth 285,800FIL Bank of New York Brussels 141,200FIL National Astl BK Melbourne 80,800FIL Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd Lux 5,524FIL JP Morgan, Bournemouth 747,395 22,721,656 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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