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:   BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose EADS(EURO AERONAUTIC DEFENSE SPACE) N.V.
  relevant securities this form relates:  
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt Advisor to Offeror
  principal trader is connected  
(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 1 October 2012
(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it YES:
today disclosing, under the Code in respect BAE SYSTEMS PLC
  of any other party to this offer?  

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:     ORD            
Interests   Short Positions  
    Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 3,651,236 0.44% 599,485 0.07%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 206,030 0.02% 3,556,229 0.43%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 420,020 0.05% 100,000 0.01%
           
(4) TOTAL:
4,277,286 0.52% 4,255,714 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:  
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:  

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   Purchase/sale   Number of   Price per unit
security   securities  
ORD Purchase 110 24.8800 EUR
ORD Purchase 259 24.8642 EUR
ORD Purchase 998 25.0511 EUR
ORD Purchase 1,000 24.9074 EUR
ORD Purchase 1,849 24.9703 EUR
ORD Purchase 2,165 24.9539 EUR
ORD Purchase 2,302 24.9086 EUR
ORD Purchase 2,612 24.8552 EUR
ORD Purchase 2,658 24.9081 EUR
ORD Purchase 4,538 24.9106 EUR
ORD Purchase 4,618 24.9088 EUR
ORD Purchase 5,000 25.1504 EUR
ORD Purchase 5,756 24.9182 EUR
ORD Purchase 7,498 24.8975 EUR
ORD Purchase 13,490 24.7472 EUR
ORD Purchase 21,459 24.9316 EUR
ORD Purchase 30,296 24.9223 EUR
ORD Purchase 41,398 24.9139 EUR
ORD Purchase 42,488 24.8806 EUR
ORD Purchase 78,842 24.9353 EUR
ORD Sale 167 24.7555 EUR
ORD Sale 210 25.0050 EUR
ORD Sale 296 24.9350 EUR
ORD Sale 300 24.9962 EUR
ORD Sale 452 24.8136 EUR
ORD Sale 968 24.7418 EUR
ORD Sale 1,671 24.9500 EUR
ORD Sale 1,745 24.9043 EUR
ORD Sale 1,849 24.9321 EUR
ORD Sale 2,036 24.9131 EUR
ORD Sale 2,192 24.8381 EUR
ORD Sale 2,658 24.8699 EUR
ORD Sale 2,895 24.8884 EUR
ORD Sale 3,920 24.9198 EUR
ORD Sale 11,843 24.8768 EUR
ORD Sale 16,727 24.9105 EUR
ORD Sale 23,096 24.8968 EUR
ORD Sale 24,015 24.9934 EUR
ORD Sale 36,244 24.9223 EUR
ORD Sale 130,232 24.9101 EUR

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of   Product   Nature of dealing   Number of   Price per
relevant description reference unit
security     securities  
ORD SWAP Long 300 24.9962 EUR
ORD SWAP Long 2,511 24.6650 EUR
ORD SWAP Long 13,718 24.9473 EUR
ORD SWAP Long 15,378 24.8972 EUR
ORD CFD Long 16,798 24.9092 EUR
ORD CFD Long 24,015 24.9934 EUR
ORD SWAP Short 48 24.9400 EUR
ORD SWAP Short 113 24.9399 EUR
ORD CFD Short 1,000 24.9074 EUR
ORD SWAP Short 2,511 24.6650 EUR
ORD CFD Short 5,000 25.1504 EUR
ORD SWAP Short 12,500 24.9283 EUR
ORD SWAP Short 13,207 24.9118 EUR
ORD CFD Short 41,621 24.9231 EUR

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security   Product description e.g. call option   Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.   Number of securities to which option relates   Exercise price per unit   Type

e.g. American, European etc.

  Expiry date   Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercising

Class of relevant security   Product description

e.g. call option

  Number of securities   Exercise price per unit

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

Class of relevant security   Nature of dealing

e.g. subscription, conversion

  Details   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?  

YES

Date of disclosure:  

2 Oct 2012

Contact name:   Geoff Smith
Telephone number:  

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 monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

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   BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
are being disclosed:  
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose EADS(EURO AERONAUTIC DEFENSE SPACE)
relevant securities this from relates:  

2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES

Class   Product   Writing,   Number   Exercise   Type   Expiry
of description purchasing, of price date
relevant selling, securities per unit
security varying etc to which
option
      relates      
ORD Call Options Purchased 100,000 27.0000 American 3 Oct 2012
ORD Call Options Purchased 300,000 28.0000 American 3 Oct 2012
ORD Call Options Written -100,000 29.0000 American 3 Oct 2012
ORD Equity Forward Purchased 20,020 30.0943    

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 +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

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

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