Rule 8.3 - BAE SYSTEMS PLC
FORM 8.3
DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
(Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)
1. KEY INFORMATION
Name of person dealing BARCLAYS PLC
(Note 1)
Company dealt in BAE SYSTEMS PLC
Class of relevant security ORD GBP 0.025
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 28 MARCH 2006
2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE
(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant
security dealt in (Note 3)
Long Short
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant 111,287,016 (3.46%) 73,437 (0.00%)
securities
(2) Derivatives 301,584 (0.01%) 2,915,375 (0.09%)
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 (0.00%) 4,472,272 (0.14%)
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 111,588,600 (3.47%) 7,461,084 (0.23%)
(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
than the class dealt in (Note 3)
Class of Long Short
relevant
security:
Number Number
(%) (%)
(1) Relevant
securities
(2) Derivatives
(other than
options)
(3) Options and
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total
(c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3)
Class of relevant security: Details
3. DEALINGS (Note 4)
(a) Purchases and sales
Purchase/sale Number of Securities Price per unit
(GBP)
Purchase 970 4.0937
Purchase 1,710 4.0915
Purchase 600 4.0890
Purchase 610 4.0887
Purchase 2,500 4.0865
Purchase 1,200 4.1012
Purchase 1,330 4.0819
Purchase 950 4.0890
Purchase 855 4.0890
Purchase 1,830 4.0937
Purchase 730 4.0865
Purchase 1,171 4.1825
Purchase 18,862 4.0911
Purchase 20,569 4.0910
Purchase 19,440 4.0900
Purchase 1,456 4.1000
Purchase 46,721 4.0825
Purchase 8,008 4.0989
Purchase 32,106 4.0989
Purchase 70,275 4.0989
Purchase 48,736 4.0825
Purchase 5,894 4.0825
Purchase 27,639 4.0825
Purchase 153,502 4.0825
Purchase 11,654 4.0825
Purchase 105,486 4.0989
Purchase 33,491 4.0989
Purchase 18,992 4.0989
Purchase 26,771 4.0853
Purchase 102,264 4.0825
Sale 1,800 4.0885
Sale 750 4.0838
Sale 405 4.0810
Sale 64,408 4.0944
Sale 31,539 4.0992
Sale 2,887 4.1433
Sale 40,000 4.0912
(b) Derivatives transactions
(other than options)
Product Long/Short Number of Securities Price Per
name, (Note 6) (Note 7) Unit (GBP)
e.g. CFD
CFD Long 64,408 4.0944
CFD Long 31,539 4.0992
CFD Short 18,862 4.0911
CFD Short 20,569 4.0910
CFD Long 98,123 4.0903
(c) Options transactions in
respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing
or varying
Product name, Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money
e.g. call selling, securities to price American, date paid/received
option purchasing, which the option European etc. per unit (GBP)
varying etc. relates (GBP)
(ii) Exercising
Product name, e.g. Number of Exercise price per
call option securities unit (Note 5)
(d) Other dealings (including new
securities) (Note 4)
Nature of transaction Details Price per unit
(Note 8) (if applicable)
(Note 5)
4. OTHER INFORMATION
Agreements, arrangements or
understandings relating to options
or derivatives
Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the
person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of
any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or
relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any
relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is
referenced. If none, this should be stated.
Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached?
(Note 9) NO
Date of disclosure 29 MARCH 2006
Contact name BARCLAYS COMPLIANCE
Telephone number 020 7116 2913
If a connected EFM, name of
offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of
connection (Note 10)
Notes
The Notes on Form 8.3 can be
viewed on the Takeover Panel's
website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk