Form 8 (OPD) BAE Systems

(a) Identity of the party to the offer making the disclosure:

European Aeronautic Defence & Space Company EADS N.V. ("EADS")

(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient

N/A

(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

Use a separate form for each party to the offer

BAE Systems plc

(d) Is the party to the offer making the disclosure the offeror or the offeree?

OFFEROR

(e) Date position held:

24 September 2012

(f) Has the party previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?

NO

Class of relevant security:

Ordinary shares of £0.25 each

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

Nil

N/A

Nil

N/A

(2) Derivatives (other than options):

Nil

N/A

Nil

N/A

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:

Nil

N/A

Nil

N/A

TOTAL:

Nil

N/A

Nil

N/A

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:

N/A

Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

N/A

Details of any irrevocable commitments or letters of intent procured by the party to the offer making the disclosure or any person acting in concert with it (see Note 3 on Rule 2.11 of the Code):

None

Details of any interests, short positions and rights to subscribe of any person acting in concert with the party to the offer making the disclosure:

Name

Number of £0.25 ordinary shares the party is interested in

% of issued share capital

Connected advisers

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

10,465,677

0.32%

BNP Paribas Investment Partners Luxembourg

174,443

J.P. Morgan Securities plc

86,000

J.P. Morgan Securities plc

21,500* (short)

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank

519,990

0.02%

Oppenheim Asset Management Services S.a.r.l

167,200

Deutsche Bank Suisse SA

6,390

Citibank Channel Island

7,779

Citibank London Nom

2,865

Citibank NA

136*

Citibank Global Markets Inc

36,820*

Citibk Switzerland

20,480

Citigroup Trust - DE, NA

4,628*

Citicorp Trust, NA

1,376*

Citicorp Trust South Dakota

1,540*

Cititrust Switzerland

3,238

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the party to the offer making the disclosure or any person acting in concert with it:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

None

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the party to the offer making the disclosure, or any person acting in concert with it, and any other person relating to:

(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

(ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

None

Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions)

YES

Supplemental Form 8 (SBL)

YES

25 September 2012

Elisabeth Marsden

020 7006 8145