Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4695M

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

16 August 2011

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			BAE Systems Plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				X
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: iii		Invesco Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		04 August 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		05 August 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		10%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

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 x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary 2.5p Shares

179,769,582

179,769,582

342,540,498

10.05%

GB0002634946

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

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 xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

342,540,498

10.05%

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

Bank of Ireland, Dublin - 1,320,415 Bank of New York - 282,424,574 Bank of New York Mellon - 4,132,896 Bank of New York, Singapore - 106,867 Citibank Hong Kong - 781,438 JP Morgan Chase - 667,402 Chase Bank Frankfurt - 179,648 HSBC Bank Plc, London - 5,854,715 Japan Trustee Services Bank - 296,084 Mellon Bank, Pittsburgh - 321,555 Master Trust Bank JP - 29,203 Societe Generale FR - 140,923 State Street Trust & Banking Co Boston - 221,800 State Street Trust & Banking Co Hong Kong - 10,747 State Street Trust & Banking Co London - 40,960,086 Trust & Custody Services JP - 21,071 Northern Trust Company, London - 1,096,011 Van Kampen Asset Management Inc. - 3,772,040 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management Ltd - 203,023

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:

Samantha Edwards

15. Contact telephone number:

01491 416381

 

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