British Airways PLC
17 December 2001
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - - U.K. COMPANIES ACT
1. Company in which shares are held: British Airways
2. Notifiable Interest: Ordinary Shares + ADRs
(A) FMR Corp.
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109
Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research
Company (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds. (See
Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and their
holdings.)
(B) Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
P.O. Box HM 670
Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda
Parent holding company for various direct and indirect
subsidiaries, including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd.
(FISL), investment managers for various non-US investment
companies and institutional clients. (See Schedule A for
listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings.)
3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:
Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109
A principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited.
4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized
unit trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption from
reporting pursuant to Section 209 (1) (h) of the Companies Act 1985.
5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate
notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the
purposes of clarity. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR
Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International
Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr. Edward C. Johnson
3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the disclosed interests, or
that they are required to submit these notifications on a joint basis.
6. The disclosable interests arise under section 208 (4) (b) of the Act,
namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to
exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the
exercise of such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.
By Eric D. Roiter
Senior V.P. & General Counsel - FMR Co.
Duly authorized under Powers of Attorney dated December 30, 1997, by and on
behalf of FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, and Fidelity
International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries.
Schedule A
Security: British Airways Plc
SHARES HELD MANAGEMENT NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
COMPANY
(Ordinary Shares)
5,072,300 FMRCO HBSC
3,707,000 FMRCO Chase Nominees Limited
152,200 FMRCO State Street Nominees
Limited
4,768,009 FISL Chase Nominees Limited
327,922 FIL Chase Nominees Limited
18,728,133 FIL HBSC
Total ordinary shares 32,755,564
The following shares are based on the assumed conversion of 7,500 ADRs (10
shares per ADR)
75,000 FMRCo HBSC
Total Ordinary Shares and 32,830,564
ADRs
Current ownership 3.03%
percentage:
Shares in issue: 1,082,742,850
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