Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5096Y

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

17 May 2016

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 May 2016 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 486.31 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	31	15
Claire Divver	26	15
Alan Garwood	31	15
Guy Griffiths	31	15
Ian King	26	15
Lynn Minella	31	15
Nigel Whitehead	30	15