Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4124G

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

06 May 2014

 



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
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 Investment Manager.  Proxy Voting Rights no-longer owned by Invesco Limited.  No Market Transaction Completed.			X
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		28 April 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:		30 April 2014 (Received by BAE Systems plc on 6 May 2014)
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		13%, 12%, 11%, 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

423,033,400

423,033,400

346,418,742

10.94%

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

346,418,742

10.94%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Invesco Fund Managers Limited - 289,729,118 Invesco Asset Management Limited - 35,181,256 Invesco Asset Management GmbH Deutschland - 1,856,740 Invesco Hong Kong Limited - 1,115,869 Invesco Investment Advisers Inc. - 8,471 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC - 416,092 Invesco Asset Management Japan - 203,645 Invesco GT Management - 274,017 Invesco Global Asset Management Limited - 15,923,496 Invesco Asset Management S.A France - 55,194 ADR's Ratio 4:1- 413,711
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:	Sam Edwards
15. Contact telephone number:	01491 416381

 

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