BP p.l.c.
Transaction in own shares
BP p.l.c. announces that on 14 February 2012 it transferred the following number of ordinary shares, which were previously held as treasury shares, to participants in its employee share schemes:
Date of transfer: 14 February 2012
Number of ordinary shares transferred: 393,187
Transfer price per share: Nil
Following the above transfer, BP p.l.c. holds 20,813,962,189 ordinary shares in treasury, and has 18,977,467,497 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
BP p.l.c. also announces that on 15 February 2012 it transferred the following number of ordinary shares, which were previously held as treasury shares, to participants in its employee share schemes:
Date of transfer: 15 February 2012
Number of ordinary shares transferred: 562,395
Transfer price per share: £4.934
Following the above transfer, BP p.l.c. holds 20,813,962,189 ordinary shares in treasury, and has 18,978,029,892 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of Listing Rule 12.6.4.