AGM - Special Business

BP PLC
18 April 2008


Items of Special Business - BP p.l.c. 2008 Annual General Meeting

The following items of special business were passed at the BP p.l.c. Annual
General Meeting held on 17 April 2008:

Resolution 18 - Articles of Association

To adopt as the new Articles of Association of the company the draft Articles of
Association as set out in the document produced to the meeting and, for the
purposes of identification signed by the chairman.

Resolution 19 - Share buyback

To authorize the company generally and unconditionally to make market purchases
(as defined in Section 163(3) of the Companies Act 1985) of ordinary shares with
nominal value of $0.25 each in the company, provided that:
          
(a)  the company does not purchase under this authority more than 1.9 billion 
     ordinary shares;
      
(b)  the company does not pay less than $0.25 for each share; and
      
(c)  the company does not pay more for each share than 5% over the average of 
     the middle market price of the ordinary shares for the five business days
     immediately preceding the date on which the company agrees to buy the 
     shares concerned, based on share prices and currency exchange rates 
     published in the Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange.

In executing this authority, the company may purchase shares using any currency,
including pounds sterling, US dollars, and euros.

            This authority shall continue for the period ending on the date of
the annual general meeting in 2009 or 16 July 2009, whichever is the earlier,
provided that, if the company has agreed before this date to purchase ordinary
shares where these purchases will or may be executed after the authority
terminates (either wholly or in part), the company may complete such purchases.

Resolution 20 - Directors' authority to allot shares (Section 80)

To renew, for the period ending on the date of the annual general meeting in
2009 or 16 July 2009, whichever is the earlier, the authority and power
conferred on the directors by the company's Articles of Association to allot
relevant securities up to an aggregate nominal amount equal to the Section 80
Amount of $1,586 million.

Resolution 21 - Directors' authority to allot shares (Section 89)

To renew, for the period ending on the date of the annual general meeting in
2009 or 16 July 2009, whichever is the earlier, the authority and power
conferred on the directors by the company's Articles of Association to allot
equity securities wholly for cash (a) in connection with a rights issue; (b)
otherwise than in connection with a rights issue up to an aggregate nominal
amount equal to the Section 89 Amount of $238 million.



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