Serco Group PLC - Major Shareholding Notification 2014

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RNS Number : 0851M

Serco Group PLC

11 July 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:		Serco 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:	Woodford Investment Management LLP
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	State Street as custodian Northern Trust as custodian
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	10th July 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	11th July 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	3%


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 x
Direct		Direct		Indirect	Direct			Indirect
Ord 2p GB0007973794	Below 3%			N/A			N/A		N/A		16,719,030	N/A			3.04


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			N/A		N/A					N/A				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		N/A		N/A		N/A			N/A				Nominal			Delta
N/A			N/A

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
16,719,030								3.04


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Woodford Investment Management LLP as the investment manager is entitled to exercise the voting rights attached to the shares.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		N/A
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:	Serco Group plc is disclosing this information in accordance with DTR 5.8.12
14. Contact name:	Sarah Howfield
15. Contact telephone number:	01256 744272

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