Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9173U

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

03 January 2012

 



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		30 December 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		03 January 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		12%, 11%

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

388,390,704

388,390,704

387,747,699

11.98%

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

387,747,699

11.98%

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 - 322,694,751 Bank of New York Mellon - 3,475,057 Bank of New York, Singapore - 106,867 Citibank Hong Kong - 849,057 JP Morgan Chase - 753,856 Citibank, Frankfurt - 225,925 HSBC Bank Plc, London - 7,137,437 Japan Trustee Services Bank - 345,549 Master Trust Bank JP - 31,291 Societe Generale FR - 142,625 State Street Trust & Banking Co Hong Kong - 10,747 State Street Trust & Banking Co London - 47,192,281 Trust & Custody Services JP - 21,071 Northern Trust Company, London - 975,232 ADR's Ratio 1:4 - 4,768 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC - 295,911 Van Kampen Asset Management - 2,164,859
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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