Director/PDMR Shareholding

BAE SYSTEMS PLC
22 August 2007


BAE SYSTEMS plc


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


Notification made in accordance with Disclosure rule 3.1.4R(1)(a) of the
Disclosure Rules.

The Company was today notified by the trustee of the BAE Systems Share Incentive
Plan, Hill Samuel ESOP Trustees Limited, that on 21 August 2007 the following
Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ('PDMRs') purchased 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 430.61 pence per share and
were also awarded ordinary shares of 2.5p at nil consideration under the
Matching Shares element of the same share plan.  The transactions took place on
the London Stock Exchange.  The shares are held in the name of Lloyds TSB
Registrars Corporate Nominee Limited.

The number of shares purchased or acquired by PDMRs is as follows:


Name of PDMR           Number of BAE Systems plc      Number of BAE Systems plc
                       Ordinary shares purchased -    Ordinary shares acquired -
                       Partnership Shares             Matching Shares

Philip Bramwell        29                             3
Alastair Imrie         29                             3
Ian King               29                             3
George Rose            29                             3





22 August 2007






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