Director/PDMR Shareholding

BAE SYSTEMS PLC
22 May 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 May 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 445.25 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              28                                    3
Alastair Imrie               28                                    3
Ian King                     28                                    3
George Rose                  28                                    3





22 May 2007






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