Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8986C

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

05 September 2008

 



TR-1:   notification of major interests 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 the 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:	BlackRock, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	4 September 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	5 September 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Gone below 5%
8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares  if possible using the ISIN CODE	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
GB0002634946	176,354,758	176,354,758	N/A	N/A	N/A	174,990,935	N/A	4.96%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the 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
174,990,935	4.96 %

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 174,990,935 (4.96%)

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:

ANNEX NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

A. Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)	BlackRock, Inc
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	33 King William Street, London, EC3R 9AS
Phone number	020 7743 2602
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)	Kai Chew

 

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