Holding(s) in Company

BAE SYSTEMS PLC
16 August 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 - 56,700

Bank of New York Europe Ldn - 5,907,000

Master Trust Bank of Japan - 601,500

Nomura Trust and Banking - 165,100

Trust & Cust Svcs Bk Ltd, Toko - 131,400

Bank of New York Brussels - 632,600

Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux - 45,326,248

Chase Manhttn Bk AG Frankfrt - 1,455,100

Ing Luxembourg - 111,172

JP Morgan Bournemouth - 2,707,277

National Astl Bk Melbourne - 1,991,318

Northern Trust London - 7,762,040

State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndon - 724,400

State Street Bank Australia - 533,700

State Street Bank T&B Co Ltd Tokyo - 155,700

Bermuda Trust Far East HK - 933,140

JP Morgan Bournemouth - 9,698,200

Brown Brothers Harriman and Co - 156,600

JP Morgan Chase Bank - 46,578,309

Northern Trust London - 1,419,830

State Street Bank and Tr Co - 10,489,680

Bank of New York - 1,378,500

Brown Bros Harriman & Co - 8,055,900

CIBC Mellon Trust - 997,707

JP Morgan Chase Bank - 2,966,900

Mellon Bank N.A. - 161,700

Northern Trust Co - 5,374,015

Royal Trust - Toronto - 123,100

State Street Bank and Tr Co - 16,718,357

Bank of New York Brussels - 3,155,111

Bankers Trust London - 914,900

Chase Manhattan London - 47,800

Chase Manhatn Bk AG Frankfrt - 348,700

Clydesdale Bank plc - 196,200

Dexia Privatbank - 40,300

HSBC Bank plc - 918,100

JP Morgan Bournemouth - 560,700

Mellon Bank - 3,451,786

Midland Securities Services - 460,900

Northern Trust London - 481,300

Societe Generale - 132,800

State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn - 7,639,150

State Street Munich - 107,600

CDC Finance - 459,900

BNP Paribas - 422,550

State Str Bk and Tr Lndn - 711,816

JP Morgan, Bournemouth - 27,591,905

Brown Brothers Harriman and Co - 2,853,910

HSBC Bank lpc - 2,141,230

JP Morgan Chase Bank - 193,000

Mellon Bank - 2,104,600




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 12 August 2005



11. Date company informed


16 August 2005



12. Total holding following this notification


228,247,451 shares



13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


7.11%



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


16 August 2005




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