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Notification of a Major Interest in Shares |
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached |
BAE SYSTEMS plc |
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2. Reason for Notification |
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |
X |
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An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached. |
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |
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Other: Please Specify |
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation |
Invesco Limited |
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) if different from 3. |
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5.Date of the transaction and date in which threshold is crossed or breached |
16 July 2009 |
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6.Date on which issuer notified |
20 July 2009 |
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: |
5 % |
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8. Notified details: |
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A: Voting rights attached to shares |
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Class or Type of shares |
Situation Previous to the triggering transaction |
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Number of shares |
Number of voting rights |
Number of shares |
Number of voting rights |
% of voting rights |
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Direct |
Direct |
Indirect |
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Indirect |
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176,055,200 |
176,055,200 |
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179,769,582 |
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5.08 |
Ordinary 2.5p Shares GB000263494 |
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B: Financial Instruments |
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Resulting situation after triggering transaction |
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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 |
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Total A + B |
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Number of Voting Rights |
% of voting rights |
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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 |
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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 |
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Proxy Voting: |
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10. Name of the proxy holder: |
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: |
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: |
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13. Additional information: |
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14. Contact name: |
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15. Contact telephone number: |
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