Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8910I

British Airways PLC

19 March 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: ⁱⁱ		British Airways Plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ	TT International
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv	· Abu Dhabi Investment Council · Avon European Fund · AZL Pan European Fund · Bank of Ireland Private Banking Limited · Barclays UK Alpha · Bath & North East Somerset Pension Fund · British Columbia Investment Management Corporation · Caxton International Ltd Europe · Retirement Plan for Canadian Utilities Employees · Reitrement System of the City of Detroit · The Trustees of the Civil Aviation Authoirty · Police and Fireman Retirement System of Detroit · EDS Retirement Plan Trust · Eli Lilly · Frank Russell Elite Multi Gestion Europe · Federal Express Corp · Frank Russell Pan European Equity Fund · Gard Common Contractual Fund · Government of Singapore Investment Corp Pte Ltd · IBM Retirement Fund · ICL Pension Trust Ltd · Ikano European Fund · L and G (Barclays) UK Alpha S1 · L and G (Barclays) UK Alpha S2 · Los Angeles City Employees Retirement System · LGT Capital Investment (Sc3) Limited · LKCM International Fund · LMA SPC MAP 65 TT Midcap European Fd · Lyxor Asset Management · Main IV Universal Fund · McDermott Pension Fund · MSMM Pan European Equity Fund · Ohio Public Employees Retirement System · Ohio Schools Employee Retirement System · Oregon State Treasury · Pensionfonds Vervoer · Permal Europe Ltd · Permal European Long Only · PPL Electric Utilities · Railpen · Rolex Holdings SA · Saudi Aramco Retirement Trust · The Saudi Arabian Oil Company Retirment Income Plan · Scotia Gas UK Fund · Scottish Widows Inv Partnership UK Equity Focus Fund · SEI Islamic European Equity Fund · SGMF Pan Europe · Tacoma Employees · Taurus Mid-Cap Cayman Fd Ltd · Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System · Tesco Pensions Trustees Limited · The Pensions Trust UK Equity Fund · TKP Investments · Triton 660 Ltd · TT European Equity Fund · TT International Investment Trust · TT International Long Short European Equity Fd · TT Long Short Mid-Cap Europe Fund · TT UK Equity Fund · Valance · Victoria Pan European Fund · Wirral Borough Council as Administering Authority
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	16 March 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	17 March 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares ^{viii, ix}

Class/type of
shares

if possible using
the 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

% of voting rights ^x

Direct

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

GB0001290575

58,029,277

5.0301%

58,029,277

NIL

5.0301%

Nil

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date ^xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period ^xiv

Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments ^{xv, xvi}

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date ^xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period ^xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

58,029,277

5.0301%

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


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: