Director/PDMR Shareholding

BAE SYSTEMS PLC
24 April 2007



BAE SYSTEMS plc


NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
OR THEIR CONNECTED PERSONS


Notification made in accordance with Disclosure rule 3.1.4R(1)(a) of the
Disclosure Rules.

The Company was today notified by the trustee of the BAE Systems Share Incentive
Plan, Hill Samuel ESOP Trustees Limited, that on 23 April 2007 the following
Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ('PDMRs') purchased ordinary
shares of 2.5 pence each in BAE Systems plc under the Partnership Shares element
of the BAE Systems Share Incentive Plan at a price of 453.93 pence per share and
were also awarded ordinary shares of 2.5p at nil consideration under the
Matching Shares element of the same share plan.  The transactions took place on
the London Stock Exchange.  The shares are held in the name of Lloyds TSB
Registrars Corporate Nominee Limited.

The number of shares purchased or acquired by PDMRs is as follows:

Name of PDMR          Number of BAE Systems plc       Number of BAE Systems plc
                      Ordinary shares purchased -     Ordinary shares acquired -
                      Partnership Shares              Matching Shares

Philip Bramwell       330                             3
Alastair Imrie        330                             3
Ian King              27                              3
Steve Mogford         27                              3
George Rose           330                             3


24 April 2007






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