Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7574Q

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

17 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
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: Variation in issued share capital							X
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				15/04/2009
6.Date on which issuer notified				16/04/2009
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
	182,384,320	182,384,320	28,212,772	28,212,772	147,144,112	0.80	4.16
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
175,356,884			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:	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		3,330,119.00		0.09424
Direct
AXA		7,093,555.00		0.20075
Direct
AXA Australia		213,014.00		0.00603
Indirect
AXA Colonia Konzern		3,028,544.00		0.08571
Direct
AXA Colonia Konzern		271,174.00		0.007674288
Indirect
AXA Financial, Inc		120,549,891.00		3.41
Indirect
AXA Framlington		239,812.00		0.006786736
Indirect
AXA France		3,413,062.00		0.096590457
Indirect
AXA IM UK		4,348,577.00		0.123065751
Direct
AXA IM UK		877,681.00		0.024838579
Indirect
AXA Rosenberg		4,058,929.00		0.114868645
Direct
AXA Rosenberg		21,579,478.00		0.6107043
Indirect
AXA Winterthur		6,350,617.00		0.179723954
Direct
Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd		2,431.00		6.87979E-05
Direct
Total Direct		28,212,772		0.79843
Total Indirect		147,144,112		4.16421
TOTAL		175,356,884		4.96264

 

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