TR-1 |
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 |
Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) |
4. Full name of shareholder(s) |
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) |
5. Date of the transaction and date on |
17 December 2009 |
6. Date on which issuer notified: |
18 December 2009 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or |
L&G (From 4% to 3%) |
8. Notified details: |
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A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix |
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Class/type of
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Situation previous |
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Number |
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Number of voting |
% of voting rights x |
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Direct |
Direct xi |
Indirect xii |
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Indirect |
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Ordinary 2.5p |
143,148,529 (As on 31/10/2007) |
140,501,377 |
140,501,377 |
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3.96% |
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Type of financial |
Expiration |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting |
% of voting |
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Type of financial |
Exercise price |
Expiration date xvii |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to |
% of voting rights xix, xx |
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Nominal |
Delta |
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Total (A+B+C) |
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Number of voting rights |
Percentage of voting rights |
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140,501,377 |
3.96% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the |
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Proxy Voting: |
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10. Name of the proxy holder: |
N/A |
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease |
N/A |
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold |
N/A |
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Notification using the total voting rights figure of 3,540,558,850 |
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14. Contact name: |
Helen Lewis (LGIM) |
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15. Contact telephone number: |
020 3124 3851 |