Director Shareholding

BP PLC
07 April 2003

We were advised on 4 April 2003 by JPMorgan Chase Bank that the following
Directors of BP p.l.c. received the numbers of BP ADSs shown opposite their
names below on 27 March 2003 @ $39.4923 per ADS under the Company's US dividend
reinvestment plan:-

Mr. E.B. Davis, Jr      58.3567 ADSs   (equivalent to approximately 350 Ordinary
                                       shares)

Mr. C.F. Knight        145.9733 ADSs   (equivalent to approximately 876 Ordinary
                                       shares)

Dr. W.E. Massey         44.5601 ADSs   (equivalent to approximately 267 Ordinary
                                       shares)


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