Directors' Dealings

BPT PLC
21 October 1999


BPT plc (the 'Company')

The Company has today been informed by N.R.A. Denham, a director of the
Company, that 69,155 ordinary shares of 5p each in which he had a
non-beneficial interest have today been transferred, for no consideration, to
his niece.  Following this transaction N.R.A. Denham is beneficially
interested in 280,027 ordinary shares representing 0.2% of the Company's
issued share capital and has a non beneficial interest in 1,414,028 ordinary
shares representing 1.0% of the Company's issued share capital.