16th Sep 2009 15:00
BP p.l.c.
Voting Rights and Capital - Transparency Directive Disclosure
London 16 September 2009
Pursuant to Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.5:-
BP p.l.c. (the 'Company') announces that following the transfer of 1,304,449 ordinary shares to participants in its employee share schemes announced earlier today, the company holds 1,874,551,557 ordinary shares in treasury and has 18,748,334,933 ordinary shares in issue (excluding Treasury shares).
The Company announces in accordance with DTR 5.5.1 that the percentage of voting rights attributable to those shares it holds in treasury following that transfer is 9.99%. These shares are not taken into consideration in relation to the payment of dividends and voting at shareholders' meetings.
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