RNS Number : 7351Z
BAE SYSTEMS PLC
17 September 2025
 

BAE Systems plc

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

 

Name

 

Charles Woodburn ("CW")

Bradley Greve ("BG")

Gabrielle Costigan ("GC")

Julian Cracknell ("JC")

Tania Gandamihardja ("TG")

Edward Gelsthorpe ("EG")

Caitlin Hayden ("CH")

Karin Hoeing ("KH")

Andrea Thompson ("AT")

 

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

 

CW - Group Chief Executive Officer

BG - Chief Finance Officer

GC - Group Managing Director, Business Development

JC - Chief Technology & Information Officer

TG - Group Human Resources Director

EG - Group General Counsel

CH - Group Communications Director

KH - Group ESG, Culture & Business Transformation Director

AT - Group Managing Director, Digital Intelligence

 

b)

 

Initial notification /Amendment

 

 

Initial notification

3

 

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

                                                                               

a)

 

Name

 

 

BAE Systems plc

b)

 

LEI

 

 

8SVCSVKSGDWMW2QHOH83

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

£20.08348

CW - 7

BG - 7

GC - 7

JC - 7

TG - 8

EG - 7

CH - 7

KH - 7

AT - 7

 

Price(s)

 

Volume(s) of Matching Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nil

CW - 3

BG - 3

GC - 3

JC - 3

TG - 3

EG - 3

CH - 3

KH - 3

AT - 3

d)

 

Aggregated information

 

- Price

 

- Aggregated volume

 

 

 

 

 

Prices(s)

Volume

£14.058

CW - 10

£14.058

BG - 10

£14.058

GC - 10

£14.058

JC - 10

£14.606

TG - 11

£14.058

EG - 10

£14.058

CH - 10

£14.058

KH - 10

£14.058

AT - 10

 

 

e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

 

2025-09-15

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

- Partnership shares

 

- Matching shares

 

 

 

 

XLON - London Stock Exchange

 

Outside of a trading venue (sourced from Treasury shares)

 

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

 

Name

 

Ed Gelsthorpe

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

 

Group General Counsel

 

b)

 

Initial notification /Amendment

 

 

Initial notification

3

 

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

                                                                               

a)

 

Name

 

 

BAE Systems plc

b)

 

LEI

 

 

8SVCSVKSGDWMW2QHOH83

 

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

 

 

Exercise of 8,981 Performance Shares under the BAE Systems Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) and the subsequent sale of 8,981 shares.

 

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

 


Price

Volume(s)

Acquisition of shares on exercise of share option

 

Nil

8,981

Sale of shares including those to satisfy tax liabilities

 

£19.925

8,981

d)

 

Aggregated information

 

 

- Aggregated volume

- Price

 

 

 

Exercise---

Volume: 8,981

Price GBP: Nil

 

Shares sold including those to satisfy income tax liabilities

Volume: 8,981

Price GBP: £178,946.42

 

e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

 

2025-09-15

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

 

XLON - London Stock Exchange

 

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

 

Name

 

Ed Gelsthorpe

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

 

Group General Counsel

 

b)

 

Initial notification /Amendment

 

 

Initial notification

3

 

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

                                                                               

a)

 

Name

 

 

BAE Systems plc

b)

 

LEI

 

 

8SVCSVKSGDWMW2QHOH83

 

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

 

 

Exercise of 25,789 options under the BAE Systems Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP), and the subsequent sale of 7,789 shares to satisfy tax liabilities. Ed Gelsthorpe retained 9,368 shares.

 

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Price

Volume(s)

Acquisition of shares on exercise of share option

 

£7.8320

25,789

Shares retained to cover the costs of exercise

£19.925

8,632

Sale of shares to satisfy tax liabilities

£19.925

7,789

Shares retained

 


9,368

d)

 

Aggregated information

 

 

- Aggregated volume

- Price

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise---

Volume: 25,789

Price GBP:  £201,979.45

 

Shares retained to cover the costs of exercise

Volume: 8,632

Price GBP: £171,992.60

 

Sale of shares to satisfy tax liabilities

Volume: 7,789

Price GBP: £155,195.82

 

e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

 

2025-09-15

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

 

XLON - London Stock Exchange

 

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

 

Name

 

Simon Barnes

G

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

 

Group Managing Director, Air

 

b)

 

Initial notification /Amendment

 

 

Initial notification

3

 

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

                                                                               

a)

 

Name

 

 

BAE Systems plc

b)

 

LEI

 

 

8SVCSVKSGDWMW2QHOH83

 

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

 

 

Sale of shares.

 

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

 

 

 


Price

Volume(s)

Sale of shares

 

£19.815

18,000

d)

 

Aggregated information

 

 

- Aggregated volume

- Price

 

 

 

 

 

Volume: 18,000

Price GBP: £356,670

 

e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

 

2025-09-12

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

 

XLON - London Stock Exchange

 

 

17 September 2025

 

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