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Aaron S. Welling (#024840)

PERKINS COIE LLP

2901 North Central Avenue, Suite 2000

Phoenix, Arizona 85012-2788

AWelling@perkinscoie.com

DocketPHX@perkinscoie.com

Telephone: 602.351.8000

Facsimile: 602.648.7000

Attorneys for Defendant 

BAE Systems Protection Systems, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

COLETTE CARPENTER, individually and as 

Administrator of the Estate of CLAYTON O. 

CARPENTER, deceased; JON TERNSTROM, 

an individual; MARIA TERNSTROM, an 

individual; CAMERON WITZLER, an 

individual; and MICHELLE WITZLER, an 

individual,

Plaintiffs,

v.

BAE SYSTEMS PROTECTION SYSTEMS, 

INC.,

Defendant,

PAUL CARPENTER, an individual,

Nominal Defendants.

No. 2:15-cv-01694-DLR

CORPORATE DISCLOSURE 

STATEMENT OF BAE SYSTEMS 

PROTECTION SYSTEMS, INC.

This Corporate Disclosure Statement is filed on behalf of BAE Systems Protection 

Systems, Inc., in compliance with the provisions of:

 x Rule 7.1, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which provides that a 

nongovernmental corporate party to an action in a district court must file a statement that 

identifies any parent corporation and any publicly held corporation that owns 10% or 

more of its stock or states that there is no such corporation.
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___ Rule 12.4(a)(1), Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure, which provides that 

any nongovernmental corporate party to a proceeding in a district court must file a 

statement that identifies any parent corporation and any publicly held corporation that 

owns 10% or more of its stock or states that there is no such corporation.

___ Rule 12.4(a)(2), Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure, which provides that if 

an organizational victim of alleged criminal activity is a corporation, the government must 

file a statement identifying the victim and the statement must also disclose the information 

required by Rule 12.4(a)(1).

BAE Systems Protection Systems, Inc., hereby declares as follows: 

 No such corporation.

 x Defendant is a parent, subsidiary or other affiliate of a publicly owned 

corporation as listed below. 

BAE Systems plc, which is publicly traded, is the parent of BAE 

Systems Holdings, Ltd.; 

BAE Systems Holdings Ltd. is the parent of BAE Systems Holdings, 

Inc.; 

BAE Systems Holdings, Inc., is the parent of BAE Systems, Inc.;

BAE Systems, Inc., is the parent of Armor Holdings, Inc.; 

Armor Holdings, Inc. is the parent of Defendant 

__ Publicly held corporation, not a party to the case, with a financial interest in 

the outcome. List identity of corporation and the nature of financial interest. (Attach 

additional pages if needed.)

___ Other (please explain)

A Supplemental disclosure statement will be filed upon any change in the 

information provided herein.
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Dated: September 24, 2015 PERKINS COIE LLP

By: s/ Aaron S. Welling

Aaron S. Welling

2901 North Central Avenue, Suite 2000

Phoenix, Arizona 85012-2788

Attorneys for Defendant BAE Systems 

Protection Systems, Inc.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on September 24, 2015, I electronically transmitted the 

attached documents to the Clerk’s Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and 

transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the following CM/ECF registrants: 

C. Lincoln Combs (lincoln.combs@gknet.com)

Timothy A. Loranger (tloranger@baumhedlundlaw.com)

I hereby certify that on September 24, 2015, I served the attached document 

by U.S. First Class Mail on Judge Douglas L. Rayes, United States District Court of 

Arizona, 401 West Washington Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85003-2118. 

s/ Kaye Leach

127964124.1