Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6940X

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

27 June 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 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				25/06/2008
6.Date on which issuer notified				26/06/2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:				9 %.
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
	317,170,018	317,170,018	30,555,138	30,555,138	287,423,894	0.87	8.16
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
317,979,032			9.02%

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:	Terry Marsh
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7003 2637

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		0.08234
Direct
Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X		1,160,000		0.03291
Direct
Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X		110,000		0.00312
Direct
AXA UK Investment Co ICVC		897,000		0.02545
Global Growth Fund
Indirect
AXA UK Investment Co ICVC		275,000		0.00780
UK Equity Income Fund
Indirect
AXA UK Investment Co ICVC		450,000		0.01277
UK Opportunities Fund
Indirect
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd A/c		750,000		0.02128
Direct
AXA Rosenberg		1,931,000		0.05479
Direct
AXA Financial, Inc		62,882,219		1.78426
Indirect
AXA Colonia Konzern		3,021,000		0.08572
Direct
AXA Colonia Konzern		229,501		0.00651
Indirect
AXA France		5,390,629		0.15296
Indirect
AXA Australia		489,149		0.01388
Indirect
AXA Rosenberg		75,409,104		2.13971
Indirect
Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd		2,427		0.00007
Direct
AXA Financial, Inc *		141,121,081		4.00427
Indirect
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd		218,686		0.00621
Direct
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd		44,846		0.00127
Direct
Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd		10,000		0.00028
LTAV UK Equity
Direct
Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd		784,071		0.02225
ABL High Alpha
Direct
Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd		567,976		0.01612
FTSE All Share Tracker
Direct
Sun Life Pensions Management		1,550,000		0.04398
LTAV UK Equity
Direct
Sun Life Pensions Management		4,014,560		0.11391
ABL High Alpha
Direct
Sun Life Pensions Management		3,019,857		0.08569
FTSE All Share Tracker
Direct
AXA Winterthur		6,843,419		0.19418
Direct
Axa Sun Life With Profits Passive		2,364,644		0.06710
Direct
Axa Sun Life With Profits Passive		1,260,652		0.03577
Direct
AXA UK Investment Co ICVC Global Distribution OEIC Indirect		212,211		0.00602
Total Direct		30,555,138		0.86699
Total Indirect		287,423,894		8.15556
TOTAL		317,979,032		9.02255

 

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