Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0655V

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

22 May 2008

 

TR-1	Notification of a Major Interest in Shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached		BAE SYS EQUITIES
2. Reason for Notification
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights							X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached.
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other: Please Specify
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation				AXA S.A, 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s) if different from 3.
5.Date of the transaction and date in which threshold is crossed or breached				19/05/2008
6.Date on which issuer notified				20/05/2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:				10 %.
8. Notified details:				TOTAL
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class or Type of shares	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
	355,539,160	355,539,160	30,085,585	30,085,585	307,822,703	0.85	8.74
0263494
B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after triggering transaction
Type of Financial Instrument	Expiration date	Exercise / conversion period / date	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised / converted				% of voting rights
Total A + B
Number of Voting Rights			% of voting rights
337,908,288			9.60%

9.Chain
Name of the Company / Fund		Number of Shares		% of issued share capital
AXA Ireland Pension Fund		68,000		0.00193
Indirect
AXA Rosenberg		2,902,000		0.08244
Direct
Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X		1,160,000		0.03295
Direct
Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X		110,000		0.00312
Direct
AXA UK Investment Co ICVC		897,000		0.02548
Global Growth Fund
Indirect
AXA UK Investment Co ICVC		275,000		0.00781
UK Equity Income Fund
Indirect
AXA UK Investment Co ICVC		325,000		0.00923
UK Opportunities Fund
Indirect
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd A/c X		750,000		0.02131
Direct
AXA Rosenberg		1,931,000		0.05485
Direct
AXA Financial, Inc		96,300,371		2.73564
Indirect
AXA Colonia Konzern		2,108,000		0.05988
Direct
AXA Colonia Konzern		229,501		0.00652
Indirect
AXA France		5,390,629		0.15313
Indirect
AXA Australia		717,900		0.02039
Indirect
AXA Rosenberg		65,896,971		1.87196
Indirect
Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd		2,427		0.00007
Direct
AXA Financial, Inc *		137,510,120		3.90631
Indirect
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd		245,426		0.00697
Direct
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd		47,046		0.00134
Direct
Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd		10,000		0.00028
LTAV UK Equity
Direct
Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd		799,730		0.02272
ABL High Alpha
Direct
Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd		589,293		0.01674
FTSE All Share Tracker
Direct
Sun Life Pensions Management		1,815,000		0.05156
LTAV UK Equity
Direct
Sun Life Pensions Management		4,138,614		0.11757
ABL High Alpha
Direct
Sun Life Pensions Management		3,122,284		0.08870
FTSE All Share Tracker
Direct
AXA Winterthur		6,768,644		0.19228
Direct
Axa Sun Life With Profits Passive		2,350,495		0.06677
Direct
Axa Sun Life With Profits Passive		1,235,626		0.03510
Direct
Axa Global Distribution OEIC		212,211		0.00603
Total Direct		30,085,585		0.85465
Total Indirect		307,822,703		8.74445
TOTAL		337,908,288		9.59910

 

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