TOTAL S.A. : Statement in compliance with the a...

TOTAL S.A. : Statement in compliance with the article 223-16 of the General Regulation of the Financial Markets Authority (AMF- Autorité des Marchés Financiers)

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TOTAL S.A.

Statement in compliance with the article 223-16 of the General Regulation of the Financial Markets Authority (AMF- Autorité des Marchés Financiers)

Date	Â	Total number of shares	Â	Number of voting rights exercisable at Shareholders’ meetings
October 31, 2008		2,371,662,101		2,337,577,496

A total number of 2,581,011,917 voting rights were attached to the 2,371,662,101 underlying Total shares (referred to as “theoretical voting rights”), including:

• 200,662,536 voting rights attached to the 100,331,268 Total shares held by Total S.A. subsidiaries that cannot be exercised at shareholders’ meetings pursuant to the provisions of the Article L.233-31 of the French Commercial Code, and
• 42,771,885 voting rights attached to the 42,771,885 Total shares held by Total S.A. that also cannot be exercised at shareholders’ meetings pursuant to the provisions of the Articles L.225-111 and L.225-210 of the French Commercial Code.