Holding(s) in Company

BP PLC
12 December 2005

Letter to RNS


We write to inform you that we received notification on 9 December 2005, dated 9
December 2005, from Kuwait Investment Office disclosing that they ceased to have
a notifiable interest in our Ordinary Shares of US$0.25 each.  The disclosure of
their interest pursuant to Sections 198 to 202 of the Companies Act 1985 is
shown below.

Letter from BP Plc


Letter to BP PLC 
Dated 9 December, 2005


Part VI of the Companies Act 1985 (the 'Act')

This notification relates to the ordinary shares of US$0.25 each of BP p.l.c
(the 'Company').

We hereby give you notice under Part VI of the Companies Act 1985 that, a result
of our sale of a portion of the shares of the Company held by us, we are no
longer under an obligation to notify an interest in such shares under Part VI of
the Act. Prior to the cessation of this obligation, we had an interest in
715,040,000 shares.


From Kuwait Investment Office




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