Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9188E

BP PLC

06 November 2015

BP p.l.c. Holding(s) in Company

BP p.l.c. received confirmation from UBS Investment Bank on 6 November 2015 of the information contained below:

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ⁱⁱ		BP p.l.c. GB0007980591
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ	UBS Investment Bank UBS Group AG
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv	UBS AG London Branch UBS Securities LLC
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	4 November 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:	6 November 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	3%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares ^{viii, ix}

Class/type of
shares

if possible using
the ISIN CODE

Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number
of
Shares

Number
of
Voting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of voting rights ^x

Direct

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

GB0007980591

Below Notifiable Threshold

593,143,739

3.24%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date ^xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period ^xiv

Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments ^{xv, xvi}

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date ^xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period ^xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

593,143,739

3.24%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi
UBS Group AG is a group holding company for UBS Investment Bank business. Voting rights are held through its controlled undertakings as set out below. UBS AG: - directly through its branches: UBS AG London Branch - 592,738,739 (3.24%); and - indirectly through its subsidiaries: UBS Securities LLC - 405,000 (0.002%)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A

13. Additional information:	N/A
14. Contact name:	Denise Dillon
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7496 4476