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AGM 2012 poll results

 

Shareholders are informed that the results of the poll on the Resolutions put before the Annual General Meeting of BP p.l.c. held on 12th April 2012 are:-

 

   
For           
%
  Against  
  %  
Vote withheld*
 
Votes Total
 
% of Issued Share Capital Voted**
Resolution 1:
   
           
To receive the Directors' Annual Report and Accounts

11,818,408,498   98.40   192,199,321 1.60   20,237,013   12,030,844,832   63.24
Resolution 2:                    
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report 10,411,071,597   88.21   1,391,708,934   11.79   228,024,240   12,030,804,771   63.24
                       
Resolution 3:                    
To re-elect Mr R W Dudley as a Director 11,980,191,865   99.75   30,485,696   0.25   20,132,003   12,030,809,564   63.24
                       
Resolution 4:                    
To re-elect Mr I C Conn as a Director 11,954,427,119   99.54   54,752,522   0.46   21,642,289   12,030,821,930   63.24
                       
Resolution 5:                    
To elect Dr B Gilvary as a Director 11,958,541,863   99.58   50,344,638   0.42   21,928,055   12,030,814,556   63.24
                       
Resolution 6:                    
To re-elect Dr B E Grote as a Director 11,940,461,530   99.43   68,208,320   0.57   22,152,080   12,030,821,930   63.24
                       
Resolution 7:                    
To re-elect Mr P M Anderson as a Director 11,976,515,310   99.74   31,669,945   0.26   22,634,444   12,030,819,699   63.24
                       
Resolution 8:                    
To re-elect Mr F L Bowman as a Director 11,975,950,626   99.73   32,289,161   0.27   22,577,010   12,030,816,797   63.24
                       
Resolution 9:                    
To re-elect Mr A Burgmans as a Director 11,407,777,719   97.24   323,676,707   2.76   299,360,384   12,030,814,810   63.24
                       
Resolution 10:                    
To re-elect Mrs C B Carroll as a Director 11,743,251,152   98.91   129,034,841   1.09   158,533,441   12,030,819,434   63.24
                       
Resolution 11:                    
To re-elect Mr G David as a Director 11,537,158,797   96.11   467,333,174   3.89   26,327,047   12,030,819,018   63.24
                       
Resolution 12:                    
To re-elect Mr I E L Davis as a Director 11,691,640,961   98.52   176,021,668   1.48   163,155,294   12,030,817,923   63.24
                       
Resolution 13:                    
To elect Professor Dame Ann Dowling as a Director 11,976,298,493   99.73   31,948,631   0.27   22,578,023   12,030,825,147   63.24
                       
Resolution 14:                    
To re-elect Mr B R Nelson as a Director 11,819,012,343   99.56   52,052,655   0.44   159,746,843   12,030,811,841   63.24
                       
Resolution 15:                    
To re-elect Mr F P Nhleko as a Director 11,805,018,043   99.52   56,604,284   0.48   169,184,578   12,030,806,905   63.24
                       
Resolution 16:                    
To elect Mr A B Shilston as a Director 11,918,733,471   99.33   79,873,882   0.67   32,202,570   12,030,809,923   63.24
                       
Resolution 17:                    
To re-elect Mr C-H Svanberg as a Director 11,008,919,536   92.83   849,733,779   7.17   172,119,363   12,030,772,678   63.24
                       
Resolution 18:                    
To reappoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors and authorize the board to fix their remuneration 11,946,309,999   99.57   51,665,342   0.43   32,840,831   12,030,816,172   63.24
                       
Resolution 19:                    
Special Resolution: to give limited authority for the purchase of its own shares by the company 11,934,955,634   99.45   65,702,450   0.55   30,161,661   12,030,819,745   63.24
                       
Resolution 20:                    
To give limited authority to allot shares up to a specified amount 10,756,250,888   91.02   1,061,157,200   8,98   213,386,815   12,030,794,903   63.24
                       
Resolution 21:                    
Special Resolution: to give authority to allot a limited number of shares for cash free of pre-emption rights 11,798,296,930   98.89   132,033,827   1.11   100,442,131   12,030,772,888   63.24
                       
Resolution 22:                    
Special Resolution: to authorize the calling of general meetings (excluding Annual General Meetings) by notice of at least 14 clear days 10,614,072,110   88.41   1,391,722,123   11.59   25,028,019   12,030,822,252   63.24
                       
Resolutions 1-22 were carried.
 
*Please note a 'vote withheld' is not a vote under English law and is not counted in the calculation of votes 'for' or 'against' a resolution.
**Total voting rights of the shares in issue: 19,025,368,617. Every shareholder has one vote for every ordinary share held and two votes for every £5 in nominal amount of BP preference shares held.
 


     
David J Jackson
Company Secretary
12 April 2012