Holding(s) in Company

BAE SYSTEMS PLC
17 January 2005

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company
BAE SYSTEMS plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
FMR Corp and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, and Fidelity International Limited and its direct and
indirect subsidiaries

3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18
Shareholder named in 2 above

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them
State Street Hong Kong - 67,300

Bank of New York Europe Ldn - 6,682,600

Master Trust Bank of Japan - 520,500

Nomura Trust and Banking - 90,800

Trust & Cust Svcs Bk Ltd, Toko - 81,800

Bank of New York Brussels - 259,500

Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux - 4,948,835

Chase Manhttn Bk AG Frankfrt - 834,000

Citibank NA, Hong Kong BR - 61,300

Ing Luxembourg - 66,905

JP Morgan Bournemouth - 2,572,320

National Astl Bk Melbourne - 1,930,100

Northern Trust London - 719,400

RBC Global Services - 695,000

State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndon - 782,796

State Street Bank Australia - 959,700

State Street Bank T&B Co Ltd Tokyo - 97,100

Bermuda Trust Far East HK - 725,147

JP Morgan Bournemouth - 16,296,434

Brown Brothers Harriman and Co - 845,549

JP Morgan Chase Bank - 24,619,817

Northern Trust Co London - 572,700

State Street Bank and Tr Co - 6,896,280

Bank of New York - 1,103,400

Brown Bros Harriman & Co - 4,660,700

CIBC Mellon Trust - 590,567

JP Morgan Chase Bank - 2,004,500

Mellon Bank N.A. - 2,288,200

Morgan Stanley and Co Inc - 23,300

Northern Trust Co - 4,353,758

Royal Trust - Toronto - 71,600

State Street Bank and Tr Co - 10,875,206

Bank of New York Brussels - 3,183,203

Bankers Trust London - 622,800

Chase Manhattan London - 56,900

Chase Manhatn Bk AG Frankfrt - 413,200

Citibank London - 578,600

Clydesdale Bank plc - 281,000

Dexia Privatbank - 48,000

HSBC Bank plc - 1,058,930

JP Morgan Bournemouth - 6,013,800

Mellon Bank - 1701,300

Midland Securities Services - 314,300

Nordea Bank AB - 130,300

Northern Trust London - 6,991,640

Societe Generale - 109,700

State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn - 3,045,390

State Street Munich - 63,200


5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
N/A

6. Percentage of issued class
N/A

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed
N/A

8. Percentage of issued class
N/A

9. Class of security
Ordinary shares of 2.5 pence each

10. Date of transaction
Not disclosed. Figures given as at 14 January 2005

11. Date company informed
17 January 2005

12. Total holding following this notification
121,909,377 shares

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
4.01%

14. Any additional information
Notification received under s198 CA85

15. Name and contact details of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
Ann-Louise Holding, Assistant Company Secretary (tel: [phone])

16. Date of notification
17 January 2005

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