Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5421X

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

17 August 2009

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 14 August 2009 the following 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 327.96 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	38	19
Andrew Davies	38	19
Alan Garwood	38	19
Guy Griffiths	38	19
Alastair Imrie	38	19
Ian King	38	19
Charlotte Lambkin	38	19
George Rose	38	19
Nigel Whitehead	19	19