BAE Systems PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2014

Apr 3, 2014

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RNS Number : 0066E

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

03 April 2014

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			BAE Systems Plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				X
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: iii		Invesco Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		02 April 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:		03 April 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		13% & 12%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
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 x
Direct		Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct			Indirect
Ordinary 2.5p Shares	423,033,400				423,033,400							412,077,707				12.99%
GB0002634946
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date xiii			Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv					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 xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date xvii			Exercise/ Conversion period xviii			Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights xix, xx
														Nominal			Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights									Percentage of voting rights
412,077,707									12.99%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Invesco Asset Management Ltd & Invesco Asset Management Ireland - 3,277,150 Invesco Asset Management Ltd & Invesco Asset Management Japan - 1,717,251 Invesco Advisers Inc. & Invesco Asset Management Ltd - 8,167 Invesco Asset management Japan - 203,645 Invesco Asset Management Dublin - 15,753,760 Invesco Asset Management GmbH Germany - 306,749 Invesco Asset Management GmbH Germany & Invesco GT Management - 1,549,991 Invesco Asset Management Limited - 90,561,690 Invesco Asset Management S.A France - 55,194 Invesco GT Management S.A - 274,017 Invesco Hong Kong Limited - 1,115,869 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management Ireland - 203,357 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC - 203,196 Invesco Fund Managers Limited - 295,290,875 ADR's Ratio 4:1- 1,556,796 : 389,199
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Philippa Sadler
15. Contact telephone number:	01491 417 447

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