FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
Report of Foreign Issuer
Furnished Pursuant to Rule 13a - 16 or 15d - 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the period ending 10 June 2003
BRITISH AIRWAYS Plc
Waterside HBA3, PO Box 365, Harmondsworth UB7 0GB
CONTENTS
1. Directors Shareholdings 10
June 2003
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorised.
BRITISH AIRWAYS Plc
Date: 10 June 2003
Sarah BillingtonManager
Shareholder Services
19 June 2002
BRITISH AIRWAYS LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN AWARDS
The Company has today notified Mr R I Eddington, Mr J F Rishton and Mr M A Street,
Directors of the Company, of conditional awards of ordinary share options at nil cost
under the British Airways Long Term Incentive Plan of 185,731, 79,599 and 107,901
respectively, which were formally granted to each of them on 12 June 2002. The awards will
vest at the end of the three year period starting with the year of the award only if the
performance of British Airways measured by total shareholder return ("TSR")
relative to other companies within the FTSE 100 index is satisfactory. If the British
Airways TSR performance places the Company in the top ten per cent then all the share
options awarded will be granted; at the 75th percentile in the ranking only sixty-five per
cent of the share options awarded will be granted, whilst median performance will deliver
thirty per cent of the share options. No awards will vest for less than median
performance.
Alan Buchanan
Company Secretary