BAE Systems chairman Dick Olver has invested nearly £22,000 in the defence company's shares.
He bought 3,343 shares at 337.6p each and his wife acquired 3,133 shares at 338.27p each.
This follows yesterday's disappointing trading statement. BAE is expecting sales in 2011 to dip as cutbacks in government spending start to bite.
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The company saw sales edge up by 1.8% in 2010 to £22,392m from £21,990m in 2009. The market had pencilled in a figure of £22,548m for sales.
Profit before tax from continuing operations was £1,027m, compared to a loss of £61m in 2009.
Underlying earnings before interest, tax and amortisation improved to £2,214m from £2,197m the year before, while underlying earnings per share (EPS) climbed to 40.8p, versus market expectations of 41.85p, from 40.1p the year before.
BAE has declared its bid for AIM-quoted IT security business Norkom unconditional.
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