Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5071K

British Airways PLC

20 April 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 plc
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):______________			N/A
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Janus Capital Management LLC
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):	19 April 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	20 April 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	7%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code Ordinary ISIN: GB0001290575	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares 79,982,924	Number of voting rights 79,982,924	Number of shares 82,433,679	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				82,433,679 Direct	Indirect	7.15% Direct	Indirect

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
82,433,679	7.15%

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

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	Janus Capital Management LLC
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:
14 Contact name:	Kathy Valenta
15. Contact telephone name:	303-336-4528

Alan Buchanan

Company Secretary

British Airways Plc

20 April 2010

 

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