Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 4160K

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

18 December 2008

BAE SYSTEMS plc

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

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

The Company was notified today by the trustee of the BAE Systems Share Incentive Plan, Equiniti Share Plan Trustees Limited, that on 15 December 2008 the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ('PDMRs') acquired 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 340.37 pence per share and were also awarded ordinary shares of 2.5 pence at nil consideration under the Matching Shares element of the same share plan. The transactions for the Partnership Shares took place on the London Stock Exchange; the Matching Shares were sourced from Treasury Shares.

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

Name of PDMR	Number of BAE Systems plc Ordinary shares purchased - Partnership Shares	Number of BAE Systems plc Ordinary shares acquired - Matching Shares
Philip Bramwell	36	18
Andrew Davies	37	18
Alan Garwood	37	18
Guy Griffiths	37	18
Alastair Imrie	36	18
Ian King	37	18
Charlotte Lambkin	36	18
George Rose	36	18
Nigel Whitehead	18	18