Transaction in Own Shares

BAE Systems plc: Transaction in own shares

BAE Systems plc announces that on 27 October 2014 it transferred 6,500 ordinary shares of 2.5p each held in treasury to a participant in its Executive Share Option Plan at a transfer price of 264 pence per share.

Following the transfer of these shares, BAE Systems plc holds 316,761,603 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 3,154,294,597 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). This figure (3,154,294,597) represents the total voting rights in the Company and may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

27 October 2014