SAR - Alvis PLC

BAE SYSTEMS PLC 3 September 2003 FORM SAR 3 Date of disclosure.2 SEPTEMBER 2003.. DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 3 OF THE RULES GOVERNING SUBSTANTIAL ACQUISITIONS OF SHARES ('SARs') Date of acquisition.......2 SEPTEMBER 2003............................... Acquisition in............ALVIS PLC.....................(name of company) (1) Class of voting shares Number of shares/rights If rights over shares (eg ordinary shares) over shares acquired acquired, as opposed to the shares themselves, specify nature of rights ORDINARY SHARES OF 25P 31,882,534..shares THE ACQUISITION OF SHARES ...N/A..........rights FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF AN AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE THOSE SHARES FROM GKN (UNITED KINGDOM) PLC. THE RIGHTS OVER SHARES ARISING IN FAVOUR OF BAE SYSTEMS PLC UNDER THAT AGREEMENT WERE NOTIFIED ON FORM SAR 3, DATED 22 AUGUST 2003. (2) Resultant total holding Resultant total holding Total percentage of voting shares (and % of rights over shares of total voting shares (and % of total voting in issue) shares in issue) ..31,882,534...(28.95%) .....0.....( %) ...28.95....( %) (3) Party making disclosure.......BAE SYSTEMS PLC..................... (4) (a) Name of person acquiring shares or rights over shares BAE SYSTEMS PLC and, if different, beneficial owner............................... (b) Names of any other persons acting by agreement or understanding (see SAR 5)........N/A............. Signed, for and on behalf of the party named in (3) above................... (Also print name of signatory)...DAVID PARKES........................... Telephone and extension number......01252 383857................... Note. Under SAR 5, the holdings of and acquisitions by persons acting by agreement or understanding must be aggregated and treated as a holding of or acquisition by one person. Note 3 on SAR 5 requires persons who must aggregate holdings to disclose certain disposals. For full details of the SARs disclosure requirements, see Rules 3 and 5 of the SARs. If in doubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, Monitoring Section, Tel. No: 020 7638 0129. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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