6th Oct 2006 16:41
BAE SYSTEMS PLC06 October 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 Bournemouth 25,713,550Northern Trust London 6,765,240State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndon 6,182,446HSBC Bank plc 3,412,930JP Morgan Bournemouth 2,298,300Bank of New York Brussels 1,142,817Mellon Bank 947,000Bankers Trust London 518,000Chase Manhttn Bk AG Frankfrt 311,800Midland Securities Services 240,400Societe Generale 235,100JP Morgan Chase Bank 171,000Dexia Privatbank 35,600Chase Manhattan London 32,600State Street Bank and Tr Co 12,139,931Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 7,796,000Northern Trust Co 4,334,268Mellon Bank N A 3,109,455JP Morgan Chase Bank 2,864,600Bank of New York 1,563,500CIBC Mellon Trust 917,996Royal Trust - Toronto 113,844JP Morgan Chase Bank 25,971,009State Street Bank and Tr Co 6,374,780Mellon Bank N.A 1,789,900Northern Trust London 498,600Mellon Bank N.A 95,800JP Morgan Bournemouth 16,701,006Bermuda Trust Far East HK 957,480JP Morgan, Bournemouth 7,651,937Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux 4,967,940Chase Manhatn Bk AG Frankfrt 1,404,100Northern Trust London 1,041,830HSBC Bank plc 918,100BNP Paribas, Paris 893,150State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn 667,640JP Morgan, Bournemouth 618,800State Street Bank Australia 540,800National Astl Bk Melbourne 347,500Brown Bros Harriman & Co 328,400Bank of New York Brussels 311,200Northern Trust Co 232,000BNP Paribas, Paris 194,800Ing Luxembourg 109,395Morgan Stanley London 96,804Master Trust Bank of Japan 703,500Brown Brothers Harriman and Co 282,520Nomura Trust and Banking 207,000Trust & Cust Svcs Bk Ltd, Toko 111,350Bank of New York Europe Ldn 3,809,100CDC Finance 531,900State Street Bank and Tr Co 1,185,000State Street Hong Kong 70,200 5. Number of shares / amount 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 5 October 2006 11. Date company informed 6 October 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 160,399,918 shares 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 4.96% 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 6 October 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
BAE Systems