FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) EADS N.V.

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) EADS N.V.

BARCLAYS PLC

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN

EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY (“RI”) STATUS (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a)	Name of exempt principal trader:	Â	BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
(b)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose		EADS(EURO AERONAUTIC DEFENSE SPACE) N.V.
Â	relevant securities this form relates:		Â
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt		Advisor to Offeror
Â	principal trader is connected		Â
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:		3 October 2012
(e)	Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it		YES:
	today disclosing, under the Code in respect		BAE SYSTEMS PLC
Â	of any other party to this offer?		Â

2. POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

Class of relevant security:	Â	Â	ORD	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â
			Interests		Â		Short Positions		Â
Â	Â		Number		(%)		Number		(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:		3,533,593		0.43%		674,196		0.08%
Â	Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(2)	Derivatives (other than
	options):		188,630		0.02%		3,432,992		0.42%
Â	Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(3)	Options and agreements to
	purchase/sell:		420,020		0.05%		100,000		0.01%
Â	Â		Â		Â		Â		Â
(4)	TOTAL:
			4,142,243		0.50%		4,207,188		0.51%

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’ and other executive options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:	Â
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:	Â

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant	Â	Purchase/sale	Â	Number of	Â	Price per unit
security		Â		securities		Â
ORD		Purchase		26		25.4100 EUR
ORD		Purchase		140		25.8571 EUR
ORD		Purchase		200		25.6739 EUR
ORD		Purchase		249		25.4302 EUR
ORD		Purchase		731		25.6000 EUR
ORD		Purchase		1,208		25.3899 EUR
ORD		Purchase		1,296		25.7940 EUR
ORD		Purchase		1,311		25.6111 EUR
ORD		Purchase		1,319		25.4822 EUR
ORD		Purchase		1,485		25.5924 EUR
ORD		Purchase		2,212		25.5468 EUR
ORD		Purchase		2,500		25.5577 EUR
ORD		Purchase		2,530		25.5857 EUR
ORD		Purchase		2,672		25.5676 EUR
ORD		Purchase		5,582		25.5569 EUR
ORD		Purchase		9,506		25.6176 EUR
ORD		Purchase		15,000		25.6778 EUR
ORD		Purchase		17,623		25.6300 EUR
ORD		Purchase		25,000		25.4427 EUR
ORD		Purchase		30,797		25.6246 EUR
ORD		Sale		140		25.8571 EUR
ORD		Sale		485		25.6300 EUR
ORD		Sale		804		25.7165 EUR
ORD		Sale		992		25.6233 EUR
ORD		Sale		1,000		25.7322 EUR
ORD		Sale		1,234		25.3903 EUR
ORD		Sale		1,295		25.6349 EUR
ORD		Sale		1,296		25.7316 EUR
ORD		Sale		1,311		25.5643 EUR
ORD		Sale		1,319		25.4822 EUR
ORD		Sale		2,500		25.7972 EUR
ORD		Sale		2,651		25.4206 EUR
ORD		Sale		2,879		25.6052 EUR
ORD		Sale		2,894		25.5910 EUR
ORD		Sale		6,260		25.6431 EUR
ORD		Sale		35,532		25.6197 EUR
ORD		Sale		37,064		25.6571 EUR
ORD		Sale		48,753		25.4680 EUR

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of	Â	Product	Â	Nature of dealing	Â	Number of	Â	Price per
relevant		description				reference		unit
security		Â		Â		securities		Â
ORD		SWAP		Long		992		25.6233 EUR
ORD		CFD		Long		1,000		25.7322 EUR
ORD		CFD		Long		2,500		25.7972 EUR
ORD		SWAP		Long		3,743		25.5382 EUR
ORD		CFD		Long		6,973		25.7503 EUR
ORD		CFD		Long		11,951		25.6657 EUR
ORD		CFD		Long		48,753		25.4680 EUR
ORD		SWAP		Short		200		25.6738 EUR
ORD		SWAP		Short		1,788		25.3022 EUR
ORD		CFD		Short		2,500		25.5576 EUR
ORD		SWAP		Short		3,498		25.6288 EUR
ORD		SWAP		Short		40,000		25.5308 EUR

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

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Product description e.g. call option

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Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Â

Number of securities to which option relates

Â

Exercise price per unit

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Type e.g. American, European etc.

Â

Expiry date

Â

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercising

Class of relevant security

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Product description e.g. call option

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Number of securities

Â

Exercise price per unit

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

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Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion

Â

Details

Â

Price per unit (if applicable)

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

4. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”

NONE

(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to: (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or (ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”

NONE

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

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YES

Date of disclosure:	Â	4 Oct 2012
Contact name:	Â	Geoff Smith
Telephone number:	Â	020 3555 4632

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at [e-mail]. The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s dealing disclosure requirements on [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

143221.01

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)

DETAILS OF OPEN OPTION AND DERIVATIVE POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1. KEY INFORMATION

Identity of the person whose positions/dealings	Â	BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
are being disclosed:		Â
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose		EADS(EURO AERONAUTIC DEFENSE SPACE) N.V.
relevant securities this from relates:		Â

2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES

Class

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Product

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Writing,

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Number

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Exercise

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Type

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Expiry

of

description

purchasing,

of

price

date

relevant

selling,

securities

per unit

security

varying etc

to which

option

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Â

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relates

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ORD

Call Options

Purchased

100,000

27.0000

American

5 Oct 2012

ORD

Call Options

Purchased

300,000

28.0000

American

5 Oct 2012

ORD

Call Options

Written

-100,000

29.0000

American

5 Oct 2012

ORD

Equity Forward

Purchased

20,020

30.0943

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3. AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:

It is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form (Open Positions) with regard to contracts for differences (“CFDs”) or spread bets.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s dealing disclosure requirements on [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.