Directors' Notification of Dealing in Shares

British Aerospace PLC
18 April 2000


Letter to Company Announcements Office

We write to inform you that we have today, 18th April, 2000 been notified of the
following exercise of options under our Savings Related Share Option Scheme.

Name of          No. of       Option         Class of         Date of
Director         Shares       Price (p)      Share            Transaction

John Weston       1,848       0.89362        2.5p Ordinary     17 April 2000


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