Tuesday 22 December, 2009
BAE SYSTEMS PLC
Holding(s) in Company
RNS Number : 5539E BAE SYSTEMS PLC 22 December 2009
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TR-1
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Notification of a Major Interest in Shares
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached
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BAE SYSTEMS plc
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2. Reason for Notification
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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X
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An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached.
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
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Other: Please Specify
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation: iii
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Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)
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4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):iv
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Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)
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5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached: v
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17 December 2009
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6. Date on which issuer notified:
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18 December 2009
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: vi, vii
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L&G (From 4% to 3%)
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8. Notified details:
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A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
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Class/type of
shares
if possible using
the ISIN CODE
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Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Number
of
Shares
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Number
of
Voting
Rights
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Number
of shares
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Number of voting
rights
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% of voting rights x
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Direct
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Direct xi
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Indirect xii
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Direct
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Indirect
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Ordinary 2.5p
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143,148,529
(As on 31/10/2007)
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140,501,377
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140,501,377
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3.96%
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financial
instrument
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Expiration
date xiii
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Exercise/
Conversion Period xiv
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Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
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% of voting
rights
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financial
instrument
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Exercise price
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Expiration date xvii
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Exercise/
Conversion period xviii
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Number of voting rights instrument refers to
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% of voting rights xix, xx
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Nominal
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Delta
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Total (A+B+C)
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Number of voting rights
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Percentage of voting rights
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140,501,377
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3.96%
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
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Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)
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Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)
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Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)
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Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) ( 140,501,377 - 3.96%= LGAS, LGPL & PMC)
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Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) ( 128,067,989 - 3.61%= PMC)
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Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH)
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Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) ( 128,067,989 - 3.61%= PMC)
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Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)
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Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL)
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Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the proxy holder:
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N/A
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:
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N/A
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:
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N/A
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13. Additional information:
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Notification using the total voting rights figure of 3,540,558,850
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14. Contact name:
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Helen Lewis (LGIM)
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15. Contact telephone number:
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020 3124 3851
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