BAA plc - Notification of Acquisition of Shares by the Trustee of the BAA
Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust ("BAA QUEST")

I hereby give notice that the following directors of BAA plc, namely:

Mr M S Hodgkinson

Mr M Clasper

Mr B J Collie

Mrs M Ewing

Mrs J Kong

Mr M Toms

Mr T Ward

have an interest as potential beneficiaries in shares held by the BAA QUEST and
that on 4 June 2003 the Trustee of the QUEST, BAA QUEST Trustee Limited,
acquired the following ordinary shares in the Company:-

No of Shares              Price per Share            Percentage of Issued Share
                                                     Capital                   
                                                                               
45,705                    �4.97                      0.004271831%              

Subsequent to the acquisition, all the above shares were immediately
transferred to individuals exercising options over BAA shares under the BAA
Sharesave Scheme, reducing the number of shares held by the BAA QUEST and the
above directors' interest in those shares to nil.



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