Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1985Y

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

21 January 2014

 



BAE Systems plc: Transaction in Own Shares

BAE Systems plc (the "Company") announces that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 2.5p each on the London Stock Exchange from Jefferies International Limited.

Date of purchase:	21st January 2014
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	300,000
Highest price paid per share (pence):	445.700p
Lowest price paid per share (pence):	436.900p
Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence):	439.947p

BAE Systems plc intends to cancel the purchased shares.

Following the purchase of these shares, BAE Systems plc holds 327,409,813 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 3,204,032,861 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).  This figure (3,204,032,861) 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 Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

 

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