Serco Group PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Mar 4, 2016

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RNS Number : 0618R

Serco Group PLC

04 March 2016

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				Serco Group plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					þ
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: iii		Orbis Allan Gray Limited (parent) Orbis Investment Management Limited (investment manager and controlled undertaking) Orbis Asset Management Limited (investment manager and controlled undertaking) Orbis Portfolio Management (Europe) LLP (investment manager and controlled undertaking)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv		Vidacos Nominees Limited HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Ltd
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		1 March 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:		3 March 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
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 x
Direct		Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct			Indirect
GB0007973794	54,449,053			54,449,053							55,014,855				5.01%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date xiii		Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv					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 xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date xvii		Exercise/ Conversion period xviii			Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights xix, xx
													Nominal			Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
55,014,855								5.01%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Orbis Investment Management Limited, Orbis Asset Management Limited and Orbis Portfolio Management (Europe) LLP are controlled undertakings of Orbis Allan Gray Limited.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Steve Williams, Deputy Company Secretary
15. Contact telephone number:	01256 744485

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