Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0374M

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

17 May 2010

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 May 2010 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 334.82 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	18
Andrew Davies	38	18
Alan Garwood	38	18
Guy Griffiths	37	18
Alastair Imrie	38	18
Ian King	38	18
Charlotte Lambkin	37	18
George Rose	38	18
Nigel Whitehead	19	18