AGM 2011 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 14th April 2011 are:-

 

   
For           
%
  Against  
  %  
Vote withheld*
 
Votes Total
 
% of Issued Share Capital Voted**
Resolution 1:
   
           
To receive the directors' annual report and accounts

9,665,705,619   95.36   470,775,910 4.64   1,299,618,577   11,436,100,106  60.60
Resolution 2:                    
To approve the directors' remuneration report 8,418,639,975   88.38   1,106,866,107   11.62   1,909,107,243   11,434,613,325  60.59
                       
Resolution 3:                    
To re-elect Mr P M Anderson as a director 11,204,817,251   98.21   204,279,659   1.79   26,788,988   11,435,885,898  60.60
                       
Resolution 4:                    
To re-elect Mr A Burgmans as a director 9,618,723,366   89.20   1,165,037,064   10.80   652,111,545  11,435,871,975  60.60
                       
Resolution 5:                    
To re-elect Mrs C B Carroll as a director 10,059,972,256   89.52   1,177,563,851   10.48   198,356,548   11,435,892,655  60.60
                       
Resolution 6:                    
To re-elect Sir William Castell as a director 6,515,447,352   74.20   2,265,981,870   25.80   2,654,401,335   11,435,830,557  60.60
                       
Resolution 7:                    
To re-elect Mr I C Conn as a director 11,310,202,476   99.13   98,956,986   0.87   26,801,242  11,435,960,704   60.60
                       
Resolution 8:                    
To re-elect Mr G David as a director 10,908,976,878   96.93   345,361,937   3.07   181,534,987   11,435,873,802  60.60
                       
Resolution 9:                    
To re-elect Mr I E L Davis as a director 11,130,174,713   97.56   277,879,385   2.44   27,820,191  11,435,874,289  60.60
                       
Resolution 10:                    
To re-elect Mr R W Dudley as a director 11,334,976,532   99.34   75,135,342   0.66   25,809,672   11,435,921,546   60.60
                       
Resolution 11:                    
To re-elect Dr B E Grote as a director 11,298,744,556   99.03   110,278,195   0.97   26,917,776   11,435,940,527   60.60
                       
Resolution 12:                    
To elect Mr F L Bowman as a director 11,184,452,242   98.04   223,567,374   1.96   27,906,602   11,435,926,218   60.60
                       
Resolution 13:                    
To elect Mr B R Nelson as a director 11,300,959,712   99.07   105,865,433   0.93   29,070,964   11,435,896,109   60.60
                       
Resolution 14:                    
To elect Mr F P Nhleko as a director 11,347,335,159   99.47   60,272,738   0.53   28,238,373   11,435,846,270   60.60
                       
Resolution 15:                    
To re-elect Mr C-H Svanberg as a director 9,635,364,736   92.40   792,047,651   7.60   1,008,165,259   11,435,577,646   60.60
                       
Resolution 16:                    
To reappoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors and authorize the board to fix their remuneration 11,345,557,851   99.58   47,669,531   0.42   42,721,765   11,435,949,147   60.60
                       
Resolution 17:                    
Special Resolution: to give limited authority for the purchase of its own shares by the company 11,337,922,446   99.37   72,276,683   0.63   25,865,117   11,436,064,246   60.60
                       
Resolution 18:                    
To give limited authority to allot shares up to a specified amount 10,256,384,273   91.53   949,682,909   8.47   229,893,088   11,435,960,270   60.60
                       
Resolution 19:                    
Special Resolution: to give authority to allot a limited number of shares for cash free of pre-emption rights 11,019,047,528   97.40   294,138,499   2.60   122,710,477   11,435,896,504   60.60
                       
Resolution 20:                    
Special Resolution: to authorize the calling of general meetings (excluding annual general meetings) by notice of at least 14 clear days 10,340,255,374   90.67   1,063,621,511   9.33   32,196,843   11,436,073,728   60.60
                       
Resolution 21:                    
To give limited authority to make political donations and incur political expenditure 10,782,551,072   94.85   585,019,560   5.15   67,909,665   11,435,480,297   60.60
                       
Resolution 22:                    
To approve the renewal of the BP ShareMatch Plan 10,950,235,203   96.11   443,724,931   3.89   42,178,005   11,436,138,139   60.60
                       
Resolution 23:                    
To approve the renewal of the BP Sharesave UK Plan 11,253,879,251   98.81   135,450,100   1.19   46,713,526   11,436,042,877   60.60
                       
Resolutions 1-23 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: 18,871,666,808. 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
14 April 2011