QinetiQ Group PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • May 30, 2014

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RNS Number : 4843I

QinetiQ Group plc

30 May 2014

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:		Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Artisan Investments GP LLC, Artisan Partners Holdings LP, and Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):		State Street Bank, Bank of New York, Mellon Bank, Northern Trust, and Pictet & Cie
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		May 28, 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:		May 29, 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		Above 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
Direct		Direct			Indirect	Direct			Indirect
GB00B0WMWD03	32,661,791			4.95%							33,091,913				5.01%
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
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
33,091,913							5.01%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Artisan Partners Limited Partnership ("APLP"), a U.S. registered investment adviser, is a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Control of APLP is vested in its general partner, Artisan Investments GP LLC ("Artisan LLC"), a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.  Artisan Partners Holdings LP ("Artisan Holdings") is the sole member of Artisan LLC, and is the sole limited partner of APLP.  Control of Artisan Holdings is vested in its general partner, Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. ("APAM"), organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.   APAM is a publicly traded Company and has in issue three classes of common stock as well as preferred stock.  No single undertaking is now in control of APAM.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		Artisan Partners Limited Partnership
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
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Jon Messent
15. Contact telephone number:	+44 (0) 1252 392000

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