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Capital Group Companies Inc12 April 2006 FORM 8.3 DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE (Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of person dealing (Note 1) The Capital Group Companies Company dealt in BAE Systems plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Shares dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) Date of dealing 11 April 2006 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevantsecurity dealt in (Note 3) Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities 96,711,411 3.00% N/A (2) Derivatives (other than - N/A options) (3) Options and agreements to - N/A purchase/sell Total 96,711,411*** 3.00% N/A (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, otherthan the class dealt in (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Long Short Number (%) Number (%) (1) Relevant securities N/A N/A (2) Derivatives (other than options) N/A N/A (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell N/A N/A Total N/A N/A (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3) Class of relevant security: Details N/A N/A 3. DEALINGS (Note 4) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 5) Purchase 1,942,300 shares 4.1839 - GBP (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note Number of securities Price per unit e.g. CFD 6) (Note 7) (Note 5) N/A N/A N/A N/A (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money name,e.g. selling, securities price American, date paid/received call purchasing, to which the European per unit (Note option varying option etc. 5) etc. relates (Note 7) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 5) call option N/A N/A N/A (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4) Nature of transaction (Note 8) Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5) N/A N/A N/A 4. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the persondisclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevantsecurities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which anyderivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should bestated. .............................................................................. .............................................................................. Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO Date of disclosure 11 April 2006 Contact name Gina Martinez Telephone number (213) 615-0469 If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with N/A which connected If a connected EFM, state nature of connection N/A (Note 10) Notes *** (483,533) shares are due to an off-market transaction. The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
BAE Systems