BAE Systems plc: Transaction in own shares
BAE Systems plc announces that on 23 September 2014 it transferred 36,930 ordinary shares of 2.5p each held in treasury to participants in its Executive Share Option Plan at transfer prices of between 264 and 428 pence per share.
Following the transfer of these shares, BAE Systems plc holds 317,294,156 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 3,156,338,044 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). This figure (3,156,338,044 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 Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
23 September 2014