Holding(s) in Company
British Airways PLC
26 February 2007
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: ( )
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) : (X)
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):
AMVESCAP plc.................
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):
6. Date on which issuer notified:
21 February 2007
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
5%, 6%
8. Notified details:
.................
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible Situation previous to the Triggering transaction (vi)
using the ISIN CODE
Number of shares Number of voting Rights (viii)
Ordinary Shares 25p 77,645,109 77,645,109
(GB0001290575)
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)
Class/type of shares if Number of shares Number of voting rights (ix) % of voting rights
possible using the ISIN CODE
Direct Direct (x) Indirect (xi) Direct Indirect
77,645,109 77,645,109 6.74%
B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)
Type of Expiration Date Exercise/Conversion Number of voting rights % of voting rights
financial (xiii) Period/ Date (xiv) that may be acquired if the
instrument instrument is exercised/
converted.
Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights % of voting rights
77,645,109 6.74%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):
Allianz Investment Bank AG 763,900
Bank of Ireland (Dublin) 1,040,858
Bank of New York 81,654
Banque Paribas 191,551
Banque Paribas (Frankfurt) 164,428
Banque Paribas (Jersey) 73,607
Bank of New York (Brussels) 47,677
Bank of New York (Singapore) 36,000
JP Morgan Chase 108,910
Chase Nominees 772,118
Chase (Frankfurt) 947,004
Vidacos Nominees 57,891,062
Credit Agricole Indosuez 2,512,273
Dresdner Bank (Frankfurt) 90,174
EKK EG Kassel 32,035
Erste Bank 73,494
HSBC Nominees 1,254,916
Japan Trustees Services Bank 1,618
KAS Bank Amsterdam 325,926
Kommunal Kredit Depotbank (Austria) 155,856
Landersbank Hessen - Thurigen Girozentrale 26,195
Mellon Bank (Pittsburgh) 600,993
Morgan Stanley (London) 36,883
Santander Central Hispano Investment 4,473
State Street (Sydney) 6,300
State Street Trust & Banking (London) 9,303,087
Trust & Custody Services 5,497
Northern Trust Company (London) 1,087,792
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:
Samantha Edwards
15. Contact telephone number:
01491 416381
.................
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Alan Buchanan
Company Secretary
British Airways Plc
020 8738 5119
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