Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7277G

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

04 February 2010

 



TR-1	Notification of a Major Interest in Shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached		BAE SYSTEMS PLC
2. Reason for Notification
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights							X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the aquisition 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				AXA S.A, 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s) if different from 3.
5.Date of the transaction and date in which threshold is crossed or reached				03/02/2010
6.Date on which issuer notified				04/02/2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:				DECREASE IN TOTAL HOLDINGS FROM 5% TO 4.98%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class or Type of shares	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
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
	177,116,683	177,116,683	13,241,221	13,241,221	163,066,782	0.37	4.60
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after triggering transaction
Type of Financial Instrument	Expiration date	Exercise / conversion period	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
Resulting situation after triggering transaction
Type of Financial Instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to		% of voting rights
						Nominal	Delta
Total A + B + C
Number of Voting Rights			% of voting rights
176,308,003			4.98%
Proxy Voting
10. Name of 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		Kyere Tabiri
15. Contact telephone number		020 7003 1510

9.Chain
Name of the Company / Fund		Number of Shares		% of issued share capital
Alliance Bernstein		1,847,400.00		0.052167
Direct
Alliance Capital Management		2,379,900.00		0.067203
Direct
AXA Australia		124,381.00		0.003512
Indirect
AXA Colonia Konzern		1,203,183.00		0.033975
Direct
AXA Financial, Inc		157,098,779.00		4.436140
Indirect
AXA France		2,980,973.00		0.084176
Indirect
AXA IM UK		7,808,296.00		0.220490
Direct
AXA IM UK		1,173,649.00		0.033141
Indirect
AXA Rosenberg		1,689,000.00		0.047694
Indirect
Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd		2,442.00		0.000069
Direct
Total Direct		13,241,221		0.37390
Total Indirect		163,066,782		4.60466
TOTAL		176,308,003		4.97857

 

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