Transaction in Own Shares

BP PLC
22 December 2005


BP p.l.c. - Transaction in Own Shares
BP p.l.c. - 22 December 2005

BP p.l.c. announces that on 21 December 2005, it transferred to participants in
its employee share schemes 14,713 ordinary shares at prices between 304.00 pence
and 511.00 pence. These shares were previously held as treasury shares.

Following the above transaction, BP p.l.c. holds 982,624,971 ordinary shares in
Treasury, and has 20,656,623,070 ordinary shares in issue (excluding Treasury
shares).

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



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