BAE Systems PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2014

May 7, 2014

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RNS Number : 4124G

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

06 May 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
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):	Change in Investment Manager.  Proxy Voting Rights no-longer owned by Invesco Limited.  No Market Transaction Completed.			X
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		28 April 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:		30 April 2014 (Received by BAE Systems plc on 6 May 2014)
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		13%, 12%, 11%, 10%

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							346,418,742				10.94%
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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
346,418,742								10.94%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Invesco Fund Managers Limited - 289,729,118 Invesco Asset Management Limited - 35,181,256 Invesco Asset Management GmbH Deutschland - 1,856,740 Invesco Hong Kong Limited - 1,115,869 Invesco Investment Advisers Inc. - 8,471 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC - 416,092 Invesco Asset Management Japan - 203,645 Invesco GT Management - 274,017 Invesco Global Asset Management Limited - 15,923,496 Invesco Asset Management S.A France - 55,194 ADR's Ratio 4:1- 413,711
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:	Sam Edwards
15. Contact telephone number:	01491 416381

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