BAE Systems : Transaction in Own Shares

BAE Systems plc: Transaction in own shares

BAE Systems plc announces that on 19 September 2014 it transferred 19,264 ordinary shares of 2.5p each held in treasury to a participant in its Executive Share Option Plan at a transfer price of 428 pence per share. 

Following the transfer of these shares, BAE Systems plc holds 317,416,955 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 3,156,215,245 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).  This figure (3,156,215,245 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.

19 September 2014