Directors' Dealings

BPT PLC
16 February 2000


BPT plc ('BPT' or the 'Company')

The Company was notified on 15 February 2000 that a Will Trust Settlement, of
which Mr P H Reddihough, a director of the Company, is a Trustee (and is
deemed non-beneficially interested), acquired 3,040 ordinary shares of 5p on
11 February 2000 at a price of 209p.  Following this transaction, Mr
Reddihough is deemed to be beneficially interested in 840,133 ordinary shares
of 5p each (representing 0.57 per cent. of the Company's issued ordinary share
capital) and non-beneficially interested in 1,071,831 ordinary shares of 5p
each (representing 0.73 per cent. of the Company's issued ordinary share
capital).