Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0369W

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

21 July 2009

 



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 SYSTEMS plc
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				Invesco Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) if different from 3.
5.Date of the transaction and date in which threshold is crossed or breached				16 July 2009
6.Date on which issuer notified				20 July 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:				5 %
8. Notified details:
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
	176,055,200	176,055,200			179,769,582		5.08
Ordinary 2.5p Shares GB000263494
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
179,769,582			5.08%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or  the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable
Brown Brothers Harriman, New Jersey Bank of Ireland, Dublin Bank of New York Banque Paribas Bank of New York, Brussels Chase Bank JP Morgan Chase Citibank SG Private Banking HSBC Bank plc, London Japen Trustee Services Bank Mellon Bank, Pittsburgh Master Trust Bank JP Nomura Trust & Banking JP State Street Trust & Banking Co Trust & Custody Services JP Northern Trust Company, London Invesco Global Asset Management (NA) Inc ADR's Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC AIM Other	437,276 807,496 104,704,887 275,191 64,615 245,565 8,280,073 3,300,275 37,989 1,887,178 173,651 781,435 169,773 64,878 17,721,548 8,509 540,640 17,953,910 7,666,024 70,336 14,553,654 24,679

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:
15. Contact telephone number:

 

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