LONDON (Dow Jones)--BAE Systems Plc (BA.LN), announced Tuesday that it has purchased 1,500,000 ordinary shares of 2.5 pence at a volume weighted average price per share of 321.884 pence. MAIN FACTS: -BAE Systems plc intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. -Shares at 1554 GMT down 2 pence, or 0.62%, at 321.80 pence. -By Zechariah Hemans, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9411; [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires June 22, 2010 11:55 ET (15:55 GMT)