Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 8149D

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

29 March 2011

BAE SYSTEMS plc

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

Notifications made in accordance with DTR 3.1.4R(1)(a) of the Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules:

The Company was notified on 28 March 2011 by the trustee of the BAE Systems ESOP

Trust, IFG Trust (Jersey) Limited, that on 28 March 2011:

(i) Contingent Awards over Matching Shares (being ordinary shares of 2.5p each in BAE Systems plc) were automatically released under the BAE Systems Share Matching Plan, together with additional shares deriving from the notional dividends on these awards which have accrued during the three year performance period, to the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMRs) as set out below, the related performance condition having been met. No consideration was paid for the acquisition of these shares. The shares were sourced from treasury shares. Some of the shares were subsequently disposed of on 28 March 2011, as set out below, to cover related taxes on release. The relevant shares were disposed of at a consideration of 328.7 pence per share and these transactions took place on the London Stock Exchange.

Name of PDMR	Number of shares acquired	Number of shares sold
Philip Bramwell	78,819	40,299
Andrew Davies	26,796	13,701
Alan Garwood	9,848	5,036
Guy Griffiths	21,157	10,818
Alastair Imrie	86,835	44,397
Ian King	123,701	63,246
George Rose	59,113	30,224
Nigel Whitehead	39,407	20,148

(ii) Conditional awards over ordinary shares of 2.5 pence each in BAE Systems plc were automatically released under the BAE Systems Performance Share Plan, together with additional shares deriving from the notional dividends on these awards which have accrued during the three year performance period, to the following PDMRs, the related performance condition having been met. No consideration was paid for the acquisition of these shares. The shares were sourced from treasury shares. Some of the shares were subsequently disposed of on 28 March 2011 as indicated below, to cover related taxes on release. The relevant shares were disposed of at a consideration of 328.7 pence per share and these transactions took place on the London Stock Exchange.