Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6536G

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

03 February 2010

 



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
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				02/02/2010
6.Date on which issuer notified				03/02/2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:				INCREASE IN TOTAL HOLDINGS FROM 4.92% TO 5%.
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
	174,344,267	174,344,267	13,241,221	13,241,221	163,875,462	0.37	4.63
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
177,116,683			5.00%

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 Bernstein		1,847,400.00		0.052167
Direct
Alliance Capital Management		2,379,900.00		0.067203
Direct
AXA Australia		124,381.00		0.003512
Indirect
AXA Colonia Konzern		1,203,183.00		0.033975
Direct
AXA Financial, Inc		157,907,459.00		4.458976
Indirect
AXA France		2,980,973.00		0.084176
Indirect
AXA IM UK		7,808,296.00		0.220490
Direct
AXA IM UK		1,173,649.00		0.033141
Indirect
AXA Rosenberg		1,689,000.00		0.047694
Indirect
Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd		2,442.00		0.000069
Direct
Total Direct		13,241,221		0.37390
Total Indirect		163,875,462		4.62750
TOTAL		177,116,683		5.00140

 

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