Total Voting Rights and Share Capital

BP PLC

15 December 2023

 

15 December 2023

BP p.l.c.

Total voting rights and share capital

BP p.l.c. announces that on 15 December 2023, 204,000,000 ordinary shares with a par value of US$0.25 each ("Shares") were transferred out of treasury in connection with distributions to participants in certain of its employee share schemes.

BP p.l.c.'s issued share capital now comprises 17,173,532,821 Shares (excluding treasury shares), each with one vote; and 12,706,252 preference shares par value £1 per share with two votes for every £5 in nominal capital held.

The number of Shares now held in treasury by BP p.l.c. is 727,267,664, representing 4.23% of total voting rights. These treasury shares are not taken into consideration in relation to the payment of dividends and voting at shareholder meetings.

The total number of voting rights in BP p.l.c. is 17,178,615,321. This information may be used by shareholders for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, BP p.l.c. under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules ("DGTRs").

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of Listing Rule 12.6.4 and DGTR 5.6.1A and 5.5.1.

Publication of new total number of voting rights according to Sec. 41 WpHG

Publication of total number of voting rights 

1. Information on the issuer 

BP p.l.c. 

1 St. James's Square 

London 

SW1Y 4PD 

UK 

2. Type of capital measure 

	Type of capital measure	Status at / date of effectiveness
	Issue of subscription shares (Section 41 (2) WpHG)
X	Other capital measure (§ 41 (1) WpHG)	15 December 2023

3. New total number of voting rights: 

No. Ordinary shares of US$0.25 each (excluding treasury shares)	17,173,532,821
No. Preference shares of £1 each	12,706,252
No. Ordinary shares held in treasury	727,267,664
New total number of voting rights (including treasury shares):	17,905,882,985

Ordinary shares have one vote per share and preference shares two votes for every £5 in nominal capital held.

 

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