TOTAL: Statement in compliance with the article...

TOTAL S.A.
                  

                                   TOTAL S.A.

Statement in compliance with the article 223-16 of the General Regulation of the
       Financial Markets Authority (AMF- Autorité des Marchés Financiers)

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       Date        Total number of shares  Number of voting rights exercisable
                                                 at Shareholders' meetings
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   31 July 2008         2,371,402,408                 2,346,825,631
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A total number of 2,580,828,603 voting rights were attached to the 2,371,402,408
underlying Total shares (referred to as 'theoretical voting rights'), including:

    --  200,662,536 voting rights attached to the 100,331,268 Total shares held
        by Total S.A. subsidiaries that cannot be exercised at shareholders'
        meetings pursuant to the provisions of the Article L.233-31 of the
        French Commercial Code, and

    --  33,340,436 voting rights attached to the 33,340,436 Total shares held by
        Total S.A. that also cannot be exercised at shareholders' meetings
        pursuant to the provisions of the Articles L.225-111 and L.225-210 of
        the French Commercial Code.