Director/PDMR Shareholding

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BAE Systems plc has announced transactions by several persons discharging managerial responsibilities and a person closely associated with them on September 18, 2026. These transactions involved the purchase of partnership shares at prices ranging from £14.35 to £14.91, with volumes varying per individual, and the award of matching shares at £20.50. Specifically, Group Managing Director, Business Development Gabrielle Costigan, Chief Technology & Information Officer Julian Cracknell, Group Human Resources Director Tania Gandamihardja, Group General Counsel Edward Gelsthorpe, Chief Finance Officer Bradley Greve, Group Communications Director Caitlin Hayden, Group ESG, Culture & Business Transformation Director Karin Hoeing, Group Managing Director, Digital Intelligence Andrea Thompson, and Group Chief Executive Officer Charles Woodburn all participated in purchasing partnership shares, with Eric Veignat, a person closely associated with the Group Human Resources Director, also purchasing partnership shares. The matching shares were awarded outside of a trading venue, while partnership shares were purchased on the London Stock Exchange.

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BAE SYSTEMS PLC
22 September 2026
 

22 September 2026

BAE Systems plc

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

 

1

 

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

           

a)

 

Name

 

BAE Systems plc

b)

 

LEI

 

8SVCSVKSGDWMW2QHOH83

 

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

 

GC - Group Managing Director, Business Development

JC - Chief Technology & Information Officer

TG - Group Human Resources Director

EG - Group General Counsel

BG - Chief Finance Officer

CH - Group Communications Director

KH - Group ESG, Culture & Business Transformation Director

AT - Group Managing Director, Digital Intelligence

EV - Person Closely Associated with Group Human Resources Director, TG

CW - Group Chief Executive Officer

 

b)

 

Initial notification /Amendment

 

Initial notification

3

 

 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated                                         

a)

 

Name

 

 

Gabrielle Costigan ("GC")

Julian Cracknell ("JC")

Tania Gandamihardja ("TG")

Edward Gelsthorpe ("EG")

Bradley Greve ("BG")

Caitlin Hayden ("CH")

Karin Hoeing ("KH")

Andrea Thompson ("AT")

Eric Veignat ("EV")

Charles Woodburn ("CW")

 

4

 

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

 

a)

 

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

 

Identification code

 

 

Ordinary shares of 2.5p each in BAE Systems plc

 

 

GB0002634946

b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 

 

Purchase of Partnership shares and the award of Matching shares under the BAE Systems Share Incentive Plan.

 

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

 

Price(s)

 

Volume(s) of Partnership Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

£20.50

GC - [7]

JC - [7]

TG - [8]

EG - [8]

BG - [7]

CH - [7]

KH - [7]

AT - [7]

EV - [8]


CW - [7]

 

Price(s)

 

Volume(s) of Matching Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nil

GC - [3]

JC - [3]

TG - [3]

EG - [3]

BG - [3]

CH - [3]

KH - [3]

AT - [3]

EV - [3]


CW - [3]

d)

 

Aggregated information

 

- Price

 

- Aggregated volume

 

 

 

 

 

Prices(s)

Volume

£14.35

GC - [10]

£14.35

JC - [10]

£14.91

TG - [11]

£14.91

EG - [11]

£14.35

BG - [10]

£14.35

CH - [10]

£14.35

KH - [10]

£14.35

AT - [10]

£14.91

EV - [11]

£14.35

CW - [10]

 

 

e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

2026-09-18

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

- Partnership shares

 

- Matching shares

 

 

 

 

XLON - London Stock Exchange

 

Outside of a trading venue (sourced from Treasury shares)

 

 

 

- ENDS -

For further information, please contact:


Investor Relations


Director, Media Relations

Telephone: +44 (0) 3300 46 6802

Telephone: +44 (0) 7540 628673

Email: investors@baesystems.com

Email: kristina.anderson@baesystems.com

 

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 8SVCSVKSGDWMW2QHOH83

 

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