9th Feb 2016 17:38
RNS Number : 5802O
BP PLC
09 February 2016
BP p.l.c.
Transaction in own shares
BP p.l.c. announces that on 9 February 2016 it transferred the following number of ordinary shares, which were previously held as treasury shares, in connection with distributions to participants in certain of its employee share schemes:
Date of transfer: 9 February 2016
Number of ordinary shares transferred: 101,100,000
Following the above transfer, BP p.l.c. holds 1,623,966,662 ordinary shares in treasury, and has 18,484,804,311 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of Listing Rule 12.6.4.
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