Director Shareholding

BP PLC
12 July 2004


We were today notified by Computershare Plan Managers that the following
directors of BP p.l.c. were granted options over the numbers of BP Ordinary
shares detailed below on 1 July 2004 @ £3.86 per share under the BP ShareSaveUK
Plan:

Mr. J. A. Manzoni      847 shares
                       exercisable between 1 September 2009 and 28 February 2010

Mr. I. C. Conn         1186 shares
                       exercisable between 1 September 2009 and 28 February 2010


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