Director Shareholding

BP PLC
16 September 2003

We were advised today 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 11
September 2003 @ $43.3139 per ADS under the Company's US dividend reinvestment
plan:-


Mr. E.B. Davis, Jr        56.3521 ADSs
                          (equivalent to approximately 338 Ordinary shares)


Mr. C.F. Knight           140.9596 ADSs
                          (equivalent to approximately 846 Ordinary shares)


Dr. W.E. Massey            43.0296 ADSs
                           (equivalent to approximately 258 Ordinary shares)


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