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 notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
no
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:
Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited (Parent Company) - 11.017 % comprised of:
Standard Life Investments Limited - 9.395 %
Ignis Investment Services Limited -1.622 %
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
Vidacos Nominees\HSBC
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached):
17/05/2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:
18/05/2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited -11%
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Type of financialinstrument
Exerciseprice
Expirationdate
Exercise/Conversionperiod
Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to
% of voting rights
Nominal
Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights
Percentage of voting rights
55,547,554
11.017
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
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:
Nazrin Quyyum
Group Secretariat
Babcock International PLC
18 May 2016