Babcock International Group PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Jan 10, 2013

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RNS Number : 2778V

Babcock International Group PLC

10 January 2013

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:	Babcock International 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:	The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See Schedule A
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	8 January 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	9 January 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Above 4%

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	Indirect	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary Shares	14,209,045	14,209,045		14,719,045		14,719,045		4.0855%
(ISIN: GB0009697037)

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
N/A

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
N/A					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
14,719,045	4.0855%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
See Schedule A

Eunice Payne

Company Secretarial Department

10 January 2013

SCHEDULE A

As of 8 January 2013

BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL GROUP PLC

The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CC") holdings Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds:	Number of Shares 14,719,045	Percent of Oustanding 4.086%
·      Capital Research and Management Company	14,719,045	4.086%

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