Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8349G
BAE SYSTEMS PLC
08 February 2010
 



 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF 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 the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

Yes

 

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached.

 


 

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

 


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 on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:

 

05/02/2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

08/02/2010

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:

 

Increase in total holdings from 4.98% to 5.05%



 

8. Notified details:

 

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of
shares


if possible using
the ISIN CODE

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

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

263494

 

176,201,722

176,201,722

13,239,721

13,239,721

165,539,428

0.37

4.67


B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 

Type of financial
instrument

 

Expiration
date

 

Exercise/
Conversion Period

Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.

 

% of voting
rights







C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 

Type of financial
instrument

 

 

Exercise price

 

Expiration date

 

Exercise/
Conversion period

 

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

 

 

% of voting rights

 





 

 

Nominal

Delta




Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

178,779,149

5.05%

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

 

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


159,571,425.00


4.505963

Indirect





AXA France


2,980,973.00


0.084176

Indirect





AXA IM UK


7,806,796.00


0.220448

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


13,239,721


0.37386

Total Indirect


165,539,428


4.67449

TOTAL


178,779,149


5.04835


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

 


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