Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 7016H

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

17 March 2015

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, Capita IRG Trustees Limited, that on 16 March 2015 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 535.91 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	28	13
Claire Divver	24	13
Alan Garwood	28	13
Guy Griffiths	28	13
Ian King	23	13
Lynn Minella	28	13
Nigel Whitehead	12	12