BAE Systems plc: Transaction in own shares
BAE Systems plc (the "Company") announces that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 2.5p each on the London Stock Exchange from UBS Investment Bank.
Ordinary shares: 3,587,560,298
Date of purchase: 07 December 2011
Number of ordinary shares purchased: 2,000,000
Highest price paid per share: 281.6p
Lowest price paid per share: 276.4p
Volume weighted average price paid per share: 279.136p
BAE Systems plc intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.
Following the purchase of these shares, BAE Systems plc holds 351,392,226 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 3,236,168,072 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). This figure (3,236,168,072) represents the total voting rights in the Company and may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.