Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 6358Q

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

15 April 2009

 



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.

(i)        The Company was notified yesterday that:

(a)  the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ('PDMRs') had a tranche of vested shares automatically released on 14 April 2009 at nil consideration under the BAE Systems Performance Share Plan, whilst some of the shares under the same contingent award lapsed on account of the related performance condition not having been fully met.  A number of the shares in the tranche that vested were subsequently disposed of as indicated below and the transactions took place on the London Stock Exchange.  

Name of PDMR	Number of vested shares released	Number of shares sold	Price per share at which sold	Number of shares under contingent award which  lapsed
Walt Havenstein	17,640	8,380	326.43 pence	11,382
Mike Heffron	4,221	1,410	326.43 pence	2,725

               (b) a number of shares under option held by the following PDMRs under the 

BAE Systems Performance Share Plan lapsed on 14 April 2009, as set out below, as a result of not having fully met the related performance condition.  One of the PDMRs exercised vested shares under this option, at nil consideration, and subsequently disposed of some of the shares (the transaction taking place on the London Stock Exchange), also as set out below.         

Name of PDMR	Number of vested shares under option exercised	Number of shares sold	Price per share at which sold	Number of shares under option which lapsed
Andrew Davies	4,971	2,428	325.54 pence	3,208
Alastair Imrie	-	-	-	13,441
Ian King	-	-	-	17,163
Charlotte Lambkin	-	-	-	2,654
George Rose	-	-	-	21,919
Nigel Whitehead	-	-	-	9,926

(ii)         The Company was notified yesterday that the following PDMRs had vested shares automatically
              released on 14 April 2009 at nil consideration under the BAE Systems Restricted Share Plan. 
              Some of the shares were subsequently disposed of as indicated below and the transactions took 
              place on the London Stock Exchange.

Name of PDMR	Number of vested shares released	Number of shares sold	Price per share at which sold
Andrew Davies	3,581	1,475	326.43 pence
Walt Havenstein	10,249	4,869	326.43 pence

15 April 2009

 

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