Result of AGM

BP Amoco PLC
1 May 2001



BP PARENT COMPANY NAME CHANGE
FOLLOWING AGM APPROVAL


BP announced today that following an overwhelming vote of approval at its
Annual General Meeting (AGM), the name of the parent company has been changed
to BP p.l.c. with effect from today, Tuesday, May 1, 2001.


The resolution at the AGM on Thursday, April 19 was carried with a 98.25 per
cent vote in favour of the name change (12,145,436,700 votes cast for the
resolution).


The parent company was previously called BP Amoco p.l.c. - the name given on
December 31, 1998, the date of the merger between BP and Amoco.


Trading in the company's shares will continue as normal. The Reuters
Instrument Code (RIC) on the London Stock Exchange remains BP.L. Other Stock
Exchanges trading BP shares are in Germany, France, Switzerland and Japan.


The ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange remains BP and the company's
ADS shares will continue to be listed and traded on the Pacific, Chicago and
Toronto Stock Exchanges as well as New York.


Further enquiries:


BP Press Office, London: [phone]/4624/4358/4708/5256



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