SAR - Babcock Int Grp

15th Mar 2005 12:25

Schroder Investment Management Ltd15 March 2005 FORM SAR 5 Lodge with a RIS or Newstrack if appropriate and the Takeover Panel. A copy must also be sent to the company the shares of which are being sold. Date of disclosure 15 March 2005............................................................... DISCLOSURE UNDER NOTE 3 OF RULE 5 OF THE RULES GOVERNING SUBSTANTIALACQUISITIONS OF SHARES ("SARs") Date of sale 14 March 2005............................................................... Sale of (name of company) Babcock International Group Plc...................................................... 1. Class of voting shares (eg ordinary shares) 60p............................................................... Number of shares/rights over shares sold 1,900,000........................Shares........................Rights If rights over shares sold, as opposed to the shares themselves, specify natureof rights ............................................................... 2. Resultant total holding of voting shares (and % of total voting shares inissue) 37,086,105.......... 17.827% Resultant total holding of rights over shares (and % of total voting shares inissue) .......... ..........% Total percentage 17.827% 3. Party making disclosure Schroders Investment Management Limited.......................................... 4. (a) Name of person selling shares or rights over shares Schroders Investment Management Limited and, if different, beneficial owner ............................................................... (b) Names of any other persons acting by agreement or understanding ............................................................... Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above ............................................................... (Also print name of signatory) Alison Dunn ............................................................... Telephone and extension number 020 7658 2959............................................................... Note. The resultant total percentage holding of voting shares and rights overshares is to be calculated by reference to the percentage held and in issueoutside treasury. For full details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see Rules 3 and 5 of theSARs. If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, MonitoringSection, Tel. No: 020 7638 0129. E-mail: [email protected] This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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