Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8448G

British Airways PLC

08 February 2010

 



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:		British Airways
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached			No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights			No
Other (please specify):______________			No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	AEGON UK Group of Companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	4th February 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	5th February 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	3%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0001290575	Below 3%	Below 3%	34,625,705	32,346,042	2,279,663	2.80	0.20

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
34,625,705	3.00%

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

AEGON UK Group of companies - parent undertaking of: AEGON Asset Management UK plc AEGON Investment Management UK ltd. AEGON ICVC

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	AEGON UK Group of Companies
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:	AEGON UK Group of Companies consists of: AEGON Asset Management UK plc AEGON Investment Management UK ltd AEGON ICVC
14 Contact name:	Miranda Beacham
15. Contact telephone name:	0131 549 3460

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Alan Buchanan

Company Secretary

British Airways Plc

020 8738 5119

 

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