Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 0710Y

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

24 February 2012

 



BAE Systems plc: Transaction in own shares

BAE Systems plc announces that on 23 February 2012 it transferred 6,000 ordinary shares of 2.5p each held in treasury to a participant in its Executive Share Option Scheme at a transfer price of 172 pence per share. 

Following the transfer of these shares, BAE Systems plc holds 350,480,371 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 3,237,079,927 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).  This figure (3,237,079,927) 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 Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

24 February 2012

 

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