5th Jul 2006 17:59
BAE SYSTEMS PLC05 July 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company BAE SYSTEMS plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest FMR Corp and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, and Fidelity InternationalLimited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 Shareholder named in 2 above 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them JP Morgan Chase Bank 172,800Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 56,400JP Morgan Bournemouth 30,164,470Northern Trust London 8,321,840State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndon 8,130,846JP Morgan Bournemouth 4,031,000HSBC Bank plc 3,367,330Mellon Bank 1,434,000Bank of New York Brussels 1,283,717Bankers Trust London 765,200Midland Securities Services 338,200Chase Manhatn Bk AG Frankfrt 337,500JP Morgan Chase Bank 182,400Societe Generale 173,200Dexia Privatbank 38,800Chase Manhattan London 36,000State Street Bank and Tr Co 13,369,633Brown Bros Harriman & Co 8,285,700Northern Trust Co 5,583,468Mellon Bank N.A. 3,883,509JP Morgan Chase Bank 9,031,400Bank of New York 1,558,700CIBC Mellon Trust 956,437Royal Trust - Toronto 113,844JP Morgan Chase Bank 30,250,404State Street Bank and Tr Co 11,013,580Mellon Bank N.A 2,828,085Northern Trust Co 2,136,880Brown Bros Harriman & Co 1,175,200Northern Trust London 462,300Mellon Bank 99,000JP Morgan Bournemouth 12,796,559Bermuda Trust Far East HK 957,480Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux 41,228,319JP Morgan Bournemouth 6,814,597Chase Manhttn Bk AG Frankfrt 1,404,100Northern Trust London 1,232,530HSBC Bank plc 918,100State Street Bank and Tr Co 900,686BNP Paribas, Paris 834,550JP Morgan, Bournemouth 672,200Bank of New York Brussels 564,100State Street Bank Australia 524,700National Astl Bk Melbourne 340,900Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 328,400Northern Trust Co 232,000BNP Paribas, Paris 194,800Ing Luxembourg 109,395Morgan Stanley, London 96,804Master Trust Bank of Japan 709,200Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 231,030Nomura Trust and Banking 193,500Trust & Cust Svcs Bk Ltd, Toko 116,550Bank of New York Europe Ldn 1,572,500CDC Finance 513,000State Street Bank and Tr Co 1,293,800State Street Hong Kong 76,000 5. Number of shares / amou nt of stock acquired N/A 6. Percentage of issued class N/A 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed N/A 8. Percentage of issued class N/A 9. Class of security Ordinary shares of 2.5 pence each 10. Date of transaction Not disclosed. Figures given as at 4 July 2006 11. Date company informed 5 July 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 218,208,443 shares 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 6.78% 14. Any additional information Notification received under s198 CA85 15. Name and contact details of authorised company official responsible formaking this notification Ann-Louise Holding, Assistant Company Secretary (tel: 01252 373232) 16. Date of notification 5 July 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
BAE Systems