Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9471P

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

01 April 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  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				31/03/2009
6.Date on which issuer notified				01/04/2009
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
	206,877,729	206,877,729	27,430,718	27,430,718	168,495,414	0.78	4.78
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
195,926,132			5.55%

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:	Kyere Tabiri
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7003 1510

9.Chain
Name of the Company / Fund		Number of Shares		% of issued share capital
Alliance Capital Management		3,353,069.00		0.09503
Direct
AXA		7,093,555.00		0.20103
Direct
AXA Australia		213,014.00		0.00604
Indirect
AXA Colonia Konzern		3,028,544.00		0.08583
Direct
AXA Colonia Konzern		271,174.00		0.007685198
Indirect
AXA Financial, Inc		121,399,261.00		3.44
Indirect
AXA Framlington		19,375.00		0.000549097
Indirect
AXA Framlington Blue Chip		175,000.00		0.004959582
Indirect
AXA France		3,413,062.00		0.096727779
Indirect
AXA IM UK		3,590,077.00		0.101744467
Direct
AXA IM UK		683,423.00		0.019368529
Indirect
AXA Rosenberg		4,058,929.00		0.115031953
Direct
AXA Rosenberg		42,321,105.00		1.199399981
Indirect
AXA Winterthur		6,304,113.00		0.178661522
Direct
Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd		2,431.00		0.00007
Direct
Total Direct		27,430,718		0.77740
Total Indirect		168,495,414		4.77524
TOTAL		195,926,132		5.55264

 

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