Directorate Change

BP PLC
05 February 2004


Press Release
February 5, 2004




                             BP BOARD ANNOUNCEMENT

The board of BP p.l.c. announced today that it has appointed Mr. Antony Burgmans
as a non-executive director of the company with immediate effect. Mr. Burgmans,
56, is the chairman of Unilever N.V. and vice-chairman Unilever PLC. After
completing his education in The Netherlands, Sweden and the UK, Mr. Burgmans
joined Unilever in 1972 and has held a number of posts for Unilever throughout
the world, with a clear focus on marketing.

Mr. Burgmans is a member of the supervisory board of ABN Amro Bank, a member of
the international advisory board of Allianz AG, co-chairman of the Global
Commerce Initiative and chairman of the supervisory board of Mauritshuis Museum
in The Hague.


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