Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9834J

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

09 April 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
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):	Change in issued share capital			Yes
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:		08/04/2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:		09/04/2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		Decrease in total holdings from 5.07% to 4.94%

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

177,993,758

177,993,758

13,175,176

13,175,176

160,167,511

0.38

4.57

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

173,342,687

4.94%

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 0.052677 Direct Alliance Capital Management 2,192,400.00 0.062514 Direct AXA Australia 31,346.00 0.000894 Indirect AXA Colonia Konzern 1,203,183.00 0.034307 Direct AXA Financial, Inc 148,577,680.00 4.236529 Indirect AXA France 2,599,391.00 0.074119 Indirect AXA IM UK 7,929,751.00 0.226108 Direct AXA IM UK 1,171,899.00 0.033415 Indirect AXA Rosenberg 7,787,195.00 0.222043 Indirect Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd 2,442.00 0.000070 Direct Total Direct 13,175,176 0.37568 Total Indirect 160,167,511 4.56700 TOTAL 173,342,687 4.94268
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:	Balenkosi Dungeni
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7003 2823

 

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