Annual Report and Accounts & Annual Review 2008

The following table provides access to the BP Annual Report and Accounts 2008, the BP board performance report 2008 and the Directors´ Remuneration Report 2008. You can also read the BP Annual Review 2008 online
The BP Annual Report and Accounts 2008


Additional information for shareholders
Additional information about the cautionary statement


Annual Review

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BP Annual Review 2008 BP´s annual summary of the group´s strategy and performance View online pdf (7953KB)  

Annual Report and Accounts

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BP Annual Report and Accounts 2008 Detailed disclosure of our financial performance, including the Business Review   pdf (2242KB)  
Financial statements from the Annual Report and Accounts     pdf (65KB) xls (827KB)
BP board performance report 2008 View online pdf (205KB)  
Directors´ remuneration report 2008 View summary online pdf (187KB)  
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BP Annual Review 2007 BP´s annual summary of the group´s strategy and performance   pdf (3682KB)  
BP Annual Report and Accounts 2007 Detailed disclosure of our financial performance, includes a review of each business segment   pdf (3611KB) xls (2440KB)
Directors´ remuneration report 2007   pdf (209KB)  
Governance board performance report 2007   pdf (250KB)  
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BP Annual Review 2006 BP´s annual summary of the group´s strategy and performance   pdf (2181KB)  
BP Annual Report and Accounts 2006 Detailed disclosure of our financial performance, includes a review of each business segment   pdf (214KB) xls (4690KB)
Directors´ remuneration report 2006   pdf (205KB)  
Governance: board performance report 2006   pdf (167KB)  
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BP Annual Review 2005 BP´s annual summary of the group´s strategy and performance   pdf (2551KB)  
BP Annual Report and Accounts 2005 Detailed disclosure of our financial performance, includes a review of each business segment   pdf (2905KB) xls (3238KB)
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BP Annual Review 2004 BP´s annual summary of the group´s strategy and performance   pdf (8873KB)  
BP Annual Report and Accounts 2004 Detailed disclosure of our financial performance, includes a review of each business segment   pdf (9105KB) xls (2230KB)
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BP Annual Review 2003 BP´s annual summary of the group´s strategy and performance   pdf (1844KB)  
BP Annual Report and Accounts 2003 Detailed disclosure of our financial performance, includes a review of each business segment   pdf (441KB) xls (2100KB)
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BP Annual Report 2002   pdf (1844KB)  
BP Annual Accounts 2002   pdf (441KB) xls (1904KB)
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BP Annual Report 2001   pdf (1160KB)  
BP Annual Accounts 2001   pdf (974KB) xls (3149KB)
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BP Annual Review 2000   pdf (1100KB)  
BP Annual Report and Accounts 2000   pdf (1856KB) xls (4692KB)

Information for shareholders



The Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2008 contains the Directors´ Report, including the Business Review and Management Report, on pages 2-76 and 89-100, 102 and 191. The Directors´ Remuneration Report is on pages 77-87. The consolidated financial statements are on pages 101-190. The report of the auditor is on page 103 for the group and page 192 for the company.

The Annual Review for the year ended 31 December 2008, which can be viewed online and downloaded from this page, includes the summary financial statement (on pages 1-5 and 10-41), which comprises a summary of each of the Directors´ Report, the Directors´ Remuneration Report and the information in the consolidated financial statements. The summary financial statement complies with the information required under the Companies (Summary Financial Statement) Regulations 1995. It does not contain sufficient information to allow as full an understanding of the results and the state of affairs of BP and of its policies and arrangements concerning directors’ remuneration as BP Annual Report and Accounts 2008. Shareholders may obtain a copy of BP Annual Report and Accounts 2008 on request, free of charge (see link above).

BP p.l.c. is the parent company of the BP group of companies. Unless otherwise stated, the text of BP Annual Report and Accounts 2008 and BP Annual Review 2008 does not distinguish between the activities and operations of the parent company and those of its subsidiaries.

The term ‘shareholders´ in BP Annual Report and Accounts 2008 and BP Annual Review 2008 means, unless the context otherwise requires, investors in the equity capital of BP p.l.c., both direct and/or indirect.

BP Annual Report and Accounts 2008 and BP Annual Review 2008 may be downloaded from this page. BP Annual Review 2008 may also be viewed online. No material on the BP website, other than the items identified as BP Annual Report and Accounts 2008 and BP Annual Review 2008, forms any part of those documents.

As BP shares, in the form of ADSs, are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), an Annual Report on Form 20-F will be filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in accordance with the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934. When filed, copies may be obtained, free of charge (see link above). BP discloses in its Annual Report on Form 20-F 2008 and on its website (see link below) significant ways (if any) in which its corporate governance practices differ from those mandated for US companies under NYSE listing standards.

NYSE corporate governance rules

Cautionary statement



Please refer to the Cautionary statement on page 1, and to the forward-looking statements on page 14, of the BP Annual Report and Accounts 2008.

Accounting and legal notice
BP Annual General Meeting 2009

Details of the 100th BP Annual General Meeting, to be held on Thursday 16 April
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