1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:
Chemring 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:
Invesco Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s)(if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
09 January 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:
10 January 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
From 23% to 22%
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
GB00B45C9X44
46,379,767
46,379,767
44,400,085
22.97%
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
44,400,085
22.97%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Invesco Advisers Inc. - 2,119,313
Invesco Asset Management Dublin - 122,019
Invesco Asset Management Japan Limited - 1,970
Invesco Asset Management Limited - 13,825,240
Invesco Canada Limited - 64,475
Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC - 17,021
Invesco Fund Managers Limited - 28,110,728
Invesco GT Management SA Luxembourg - 139,319
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:
Helen Marsh
15. Contact telephone number:
01489 881 880
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Chemring Group PLC is a United Kingdom-based technology solutions company. The Company operates through two segments: Sensors & Information and Countermeasures & Energetics. Its Sensors & Information segment is engaged in providing consulting and technology services to solve security-critical issues. Its Sensors & Information segment is engaged in the development and manufacture of electronic countermeasures, chemical and biological threat detection equipment and explosive hazard detection (EHD) equipment. Its Countermeasures & Energetics segment is engaged in the development and manufacture of expendable countermeasures for air and sea platforms, cartridge/propellant actuated devices, pyrotechnic devices for satellite launch and deployment, missile components, propellants, separation sub-systems, actuators and energetic materials. Its customer base spans national defense organizations, security and law enforcement agencies, as well as commercial markets, such as space and transport.