Form 8.1 - Norkom Group plc | Company Announcement

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FORM 8.1(a)&(b)(i) IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.1(a) AND (b)(i) OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2007 (AS AMENDED) DEALINGS BY OFFERORS, OFFEREES OR THEIR ASSOCIATES FOR THEMSELVES OR FOR DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS 1. KEY INFORMATION
Name of person dealing (Note 1)	BAE Systems plc, parent of BAE Systems (Holdings) Limited
Company dealt in	Norkom Group plc
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)	Ordinary Shares of €0.01 each
Date of dealing	14 January 2011
2. INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 3)
	Long	Short
	Number (%)	Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities	13,225,750 (14.7%)	N/A
(2) Derivatives (other than options)	N/A	N/A
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell	N/A	N/A
Total	13,225,750 (14.7%)	N/A
(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3)
Class of relevant security:	Long	Short
	Number (%)	Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities	N/A	N/A
(2) Derivatives (other than options)	N/A	N/A
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell	N/A	N/A
Total	N/A	N/A

3. DEALINGS (Note 4) (a) Purchases and sales
Purchase/sale				Number of relevant securities				Price per unit (Note 5)
Purchase				13,225,750				€2.10
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions)
Product Name e.g. CFD		Nature of transaction (Note 6)				Number of relevant securities (Note 7)				Price per unit (Note 5)
N/A
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Product name, e.g. CFG	Writing, selling, purchasing, varying etc.		Number of securities to which the option (Note 7)		Exercise price		Type, e.g. American, European etc.		Expiry date		Option money paid/received per unit (Note 5)
N/A
(ii) Exercising
Product name, e.g. call option				Number of securities				Exercise price per unit (Note 5)
N/A
(d) Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note 4)
Nature of transaction (Note 8)				Details				Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5)
N/A

4. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.
None.
Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9)	NO
Date of disclosure	14 January 2011
Contact name	Sarah Turner
Telephone number	00 44 207 996 1000
Name of offeree/offeror with which associated	BAE Systems (Holdings) Limited
Specify category and nature of associate status (Note 10)	Financial Advisor

Form 8.1 - Norkom Group plc

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