Items of Special Business / R

RNS Number : 7442Q

BP PLC

17 April 2009

 



Items of Special Business and Retirement of Director

BP p.l.c. 2009 Annual General Meeting

The following items of special business were passed at the BP p.l.c. Annual General Meeting held on 16 April 2009:

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 1.8 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 2010 or 15 July 2010, 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 2010 or 15 July 2010, 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 $1,561 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 2010 or 15 July 2010, 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 $234 million.

Resolution 22 - Notice of general meetings

To authorize the calling of general meetings of the company (not being an annual general meeting) by notice of at least 14 clear days.

Retirement of Director

The Board of BP p.l.c. announces that Sir Tom McKillop retired as a non-executive director of the company with effect from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting held on 16 April 2009.

 

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