Marconi Electronic Systems Merger Approved in US

British Aerospace PLC 22 November 1999 Not for release, publication or distribution in or into Canada, Australia or Japan BRITISH AEROSPACE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY ('British Aerospace') PROPOSED MERGER OF BRITISH AEROSPACE WITH THE MARCONI ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS BUSINESS British Aerospace has received US regulatory approval for its proposed merger with the Marconi Electronic Systems business (the 'proposed Merger'). British Aerospace has agreed undertakings in the US in line with those required by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in the UK as set out in the announcement made on 9 September 1999. Completion of the proposed Merger is expected to occur on 29 November 1999 with trading in the new British Aerospace ordinary shares and Capital Amortising Loan Stock to be issued pursuant to the proposed Merger expected to commence on 30 November 1999. Enquiries: British Aerospace 01252 373 232 Locksley Ryan Andrew Wrathall Dresdner Kleinwort Benson 0171 623 8000 Tim Shacklock Mark Hammond Goldman Sachs 0171 774 1000 Simon Robertson Simon Dingemans Kleinwort Benson Limited ('Dresdner Kleinwort Benson') and Goldman Sachs International ('Goldman Sachs'), which are regulated in the UK by The Securities and Futures Authority Limited, are acting for British Aerospace in connection with the proposed Merger and for no-one else and will not be responsible to anyone other than British Aerospace for providing the protections afforded to customers of Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and Goldman Sachs or for giving advice in relation to the proposed Merger. This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any solicitation of an offer for securities. Neither this document nor any copy of it may be taken, transmitted or distributed, directly or indirectly, into Canada, Australia or Japan. Any failure to comply with this restriction may constitute a violation of Canadian, Australian or Japanese securities laws. None of the British Aerospace new ordinary shares, the 7.45 per cent. Unsecured Capital Amortising Loan Stock 2000/2003 of British Aerospace, to be issued in connection with the proposed Merger, nor any other securities proposed to be issued in connection with the proposed Merger will be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933 or under the securities laws of any state of the United States and they may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under the US Securities Act of 1933 or an exemption from registration. This announcement is not an offer of any such securities for sale in the United States or elsewhere.

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