Transaction in Own Shares

Total S.A.
3 May 2005


Re: Notice of Repurchase of Ordinary Shares of TOTAL


Please, be advised that in connection with TOTAL's share repurchase program,
TOTAL S.A. reacquired 1,450,000 of its ordinary shares, nominal value 10 euros
per share, in April 2005, through trades executed at the Paris Stock Exchange.





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