Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6049A

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

21 March 2013

 



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 Jefferies International Limited.

Date of purchase:	21 March 2013
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	500,000
Highest price paid per share (pence):	390.000
Lowest price paid per share (pence):	383.000
Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence):	385.630

BAE Systems plc intends to cancel the purchased shares.

Following the purchase of these shares, BAE Systems plc holds 335,527,838 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 3,245,285,017 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).  This figure (3,245,285,017) 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.

 

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