Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7999F

British Airways PLC

14 October 2008

 



TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached (ii):

British Airways Plc

2. Reason for the notification (please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( X )

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ( )

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( )

Other (please specify) : ( )

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):

INVESCO Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different) (v):

    9 October 2008

6. Date on which issuer notified:

14 October 2008

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

9%, 8%, 7%, 6%, 5%, 4%

8. Notified details:

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A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction (vi)
	Number of shares	Number of voting Rights (viii)
Ordinary Shares 25p	109,882,430	109,882,430

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights (ix)		% of voting rights
		Direct (x)	Indirect (xi)	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary Shares 25p	49,613,646		49,613,646		4.30%

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date (xiii)	Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date (xiv)	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
49,613,646	4.30%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):

Name of the Company/Fund	Number of Shares
Bank of Ireland (Dublin)	645,302
Bank of New York	107,279
Banque Paribas	815,824
Bank of New York (Brussels)	80,523
Bank of New York (Singapore)	36,000
Citibank (Hong Kong)	292,942
JP Morgan Chase	4,739,634
Citibank	39,126,548
HSBC Bank plc (London)	392,063
Mellon Bank (Pittsburgh)	135,218
Santander Central Hispano Investment	20,495
State Street (Sydney)	6,300
State Street Trust & Banking (London)	2,907,079
Trust & Custody Services	11,738
Northern Trust Company (London)	259,239
Other	37,462

Proxy Voting:            

10. Name of the proxy holder:

……………..

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

……………..

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

……………..

13. Additional information:

……………..

14. Contact name:

15. Contact telephone number:

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Alan Buchanan

Company Secretary

British Airways Plc

020 8738 5119

 

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