Transaction in Own Shares

BP PLC
04 August 2004


BP p.l.c. - Transaction in Own Shares
BP p.l.c. - 04 August 2004

BP p.l.c. announces that on 3 August 2004, it purchased for cancellation
12,628,000 ordinary shares at prices between 515.75 pence and 522.0 pence per
share and between 946.66 US cents and 951.0 US cents per share.

Enquiries : Fergus MacLeod, BP p.l.c. Tel : [phone]



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