Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5965B
British Airways PLC
29 October 2009
 




TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST 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 the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):


An acquisition or disposal of voting rights


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:


Lloyds Banking Group plc

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):


See Section 9.

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:


27 October 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:


28 October 2009

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:


Direct/Indirect decrease to below 6%

  

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares


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

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary 25p

69,649,048

69,649,048

7,519,488

7,519,488

61,457,801

0.652%

5.327%

GB0001290575


B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the 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 the 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

Percentage of voting rights

68,977,289

5.979%


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

26,713,066 shares (2.316 %) are held by State Street Nominees Ltd. Shares are under the control of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc (Indirect Interests).


41,056,494 shares (3.559%) are under the control of Insight Investment Management (Global) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Insight Investment Management Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS Insurance & Investment Group Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc (Direct/Indirect Interests).




Proxy Voting:


10. Name of the proxy holder:


N/A

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:


Notification using the Total Voting Rights figure of 1,153,642,398

14. Contact name:


Matthew Wilson

15. Contact telephone number:


0113 235 7729



---------------------------------

Alan Buchanan

Company Secretary

British Airways Plc

020 8738 5119


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