(Sharecast News) - BAE Systems revealed on Wednesday that chair Cressida Hogg had acquired 13,698 ordinary shares in the FTSE 100-listed weapons manufacturer.

Hogg, who was appointed as chair of BAE in May 2023, purchased the shares on Tuesday at an average price of 1,319.75p each, for a total value of £180,779.36.

As of 1640 GMT, BAE shares were up 0.75% at 1,337.50p.

Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com

Top Director Buys

Bae Systems (BA.)

Director name: Hogg,Cressida

Amount purchased: 13,698 @ 1,319.75p

Value: �180,779.36

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)

Director name: Hogg,Cressida

Amount purchased: 533 @ 9,410.00p

Value: �50,155.30

Genuit Group (GEN)

Director name: Boyd,Kevin

Amount purchased: 11,872 @ 418.95p

Value: �49,737.20

Lindsell Train Inv Trust (LTI)

Director name: Lindsell,Michael

Amount purchased: 50 @ 79,900.00p

Value: �39,950.00

Lindsell Train Inv Trust (LTI)

Director name: Lindsell,Michael

Amount purchased: 50 @ 79,898.00p

Value: �39,949.00

Lindsell Train Inv Trust (LTI)

Director name: Lindsell,Michael

Amount purchased: 49 @ 80,600.00p

Value: �39,494.00

Public Policy Holding Company, Inc.(di) (PPHC)

Director name: Lee,Simon P G

Amount purchased: 30,000 @ 109.67p

Value: �32,901.00

Discoverie Group (DSCV)

Director name: Thompson,Bruce

Amount purchased: 4,000 @ 672.00p

Value: �26,880.00

Public Policy Holding Company, Inc.(di) (PPHC)

Director name: Lee,Simon P G

Amount purchased: 15,000 @ 109.50p

Value: �16,425.00

Tirupati Graphite (TGR)

Director name: Bath,Alastair

Amount purchased: 290,199 @ 4.97p

Value: �14,422.89

Grafton Group Ut (cdi) (GFTU)

Director name: Arnold,David

Amount purchased: 1,350 @ 976.50p

Value: �13,182.75

Tirupati Graphite (TGR)

Director name: Bath,Alastair

Amount purchased: 109,812 @ 4.98p

Value: �5,468.64

Mj Gleeson (GLE)

Director name: Prothero,Graham

Amount purchased: 37 @ 539.00p

Value: �199.43

Mj Gleeson (GLE)

Director name: Johnson,Leanne

Amount purchased: 37 @ 539.00p

Value: �199.43

Mj Gleeson (GLE)

Director name: Allanson ,Stefan

Amount purchased: 37 @ 539.00p

Value: �199.43

Wetherspoon (j.d.) (JDW)

Director name: Whitley ,Ben

Amount purchased: 18 @ 827.00p

Value: �148.86

Wetherspoon (j.d.) (JDW)

Director name: Connor ,Nigel

Amount purchased: 18 @ 827.00p

Value: �148.86

Wetherspoon (j.d.) (JDW)

Director name: Hutson,John

Amount purchased: 18 @ 827.00p

Value: �148.86

Top Director Sells

Coca-cola Europacific Partners (di) (CCEP)

Director name: Gammell,Damian

Amount sold: 64,983 @ $71.09

Value: $4,228,390.16

Keller Group (KLR)

Director name: Speakman,Michael

Amount sold: 66,460 @ 1,006.00p

Value: �668,587.63

Keller Group (KLR)

Director name: Burke,David

Amount sold: 38,789 @ 1,006.00p

Value: �390,217.36

Standard Chartered (STAN)

Director name: Winters,Bill

Amount sold: 40,432 @ 655.10p

Value: �264,870.04

Grafton Group Ut (cdi) (GFTU)

Director name: Arnold,David

Amount sold: 11,667 @ 976.50p

Value: �113,928.26

Keller Group (KLR)

Director name: Porritt,Kerry

Amount sold: 10,783 @ 1,006.00p

Value: �108,476.98

Spirax-sarco Engineering (SPX)

Director name: Patel,Nimesh

Amount sold: 660 @ 10,527.00p

Value: �69,478.20

Grafton Group Ut (cdi) (GFTU)

Director name: Arnold,David

Amount sold: 1,557 @ 976.38p

Value: �15,202.19

Proton Motor Power Systems (PPS)

Director name: Gierse,Helmut

Amount sold: 50,000 @ 3.50p

Value: �1,750.00