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BP p.l.c.: 2021 AGM poll results
2021-05-12 / 19:00
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BP p.l.c
AGM 2021 poll results
BP p.l.c. held its Annual General Meeting on 12 May 2021 and announces the results of the voting below:
Total Votes % of
Votes Votes Cast issued
For % Against % (excluding share Votes
withheld) capital Withheld**
voted*
Resolution 1: Report and accounts 11,658,091,914 98.57 168,905,789 1.43 11,826,997,703 58.23 90,367,351
Resolution 2: Directors' remuneration 11,135,068,136 95.20 561,740,530 4.80 11,696,808,666 57.59 220,577,221
report
Resolution 3 (a): To elect Mr M 11,779,114,964 99.43 66,966,098 0.57 11,846,081,062 58.33 71,273,944
Auchincloss as a director
Resolution 3 (b): To elect Mr T Morzaria 11,764,225,393 99.34 77,630,646 0.66 11,841,856,039 58.30 75,498,274
as a director
Resolution 3 (c): To elect Mrs K 11,788,568,396 99.51 58,061,613 0.49 11,846,630,009 58.33 70,709,551
Richardson as a director
Resolution 3 (d): To elect Dr J Teyssen 11,786,938,495 99.51 57,907,358 0.49 11,844,845,853 58.32 72,508,460
as a director
Resolution 3 (e): To re-elect Mr B 11,637,651,838 98.23 210,124,092 1.77 11,847,775,930 58.33 69,587,770
Looney as a director
Resolution 3 (f): To re-elect Miss P 11,747,305,190 99.16 99,825,722 0.84 11,847,130,912 58.33 70,223,401
Daley as a director
Resolution 3 (g): To re-elect Mr H Lund 11,571,336,811 97.68 274,679,769 2.32 11,846,016,580 58.33 71,338,420
as a director
Resolution 3 (h): To re-elect Mrs M B 11,618,124,973 99.25 87,254,151 0.75 11,705,379,124 57.63 211,975,195
Meyer as a director
Resolution 3 (i): To re-elect Mrs P R 11,623,969,198 98.12 222,686,815 1.88 11,846,656,013 58.33 70,698,300
Reynolds as a director
Resolution 3 (j): To re-elect Sir J 11,783,254,008 99.47 62,200,616 0.53 11,845,454,624 58.32 71,920,523
Sawers as a director
Resolution 4: Reappointment of auditor 11,815,390,328 99.68 38,271,500 0.32 11,853,661,828 58.36 63,678,912
Resolution 5: Remuneration of auditor 11,788,155,982 99.53 55,945,495 0.47 11,844,101,477 58.32 73,261,489
Resolution 6: Political donations and 11,483,983,651 97.01 353,610,504 2.99 11,837,594,155 58.28 79,764,259
political expenditure
Resolution 7: Renewal of the Scrip 11,745,736,511 99.27 86,302,941 0.73 11,832,039,452 58.26 85,326,270
Dividend Programme
Resolution 8: Limited authority to allot 10,907,898,150 92.12 933,200,413 7.88 11,841,098,563 58.30 76,256,215
shares up to a specified amount
Resolution 9: Special resolution: 11,671,861,491 98.73 150,587,870 1.27 11,822,449,361 58.21 94,907,655
Authority to allot a limited number of
shares for cash free of pre-emption
rights
Resolution 10: Special resolution: 11,254,658,616 95.18 569,832,734 4.82 11,824,491,350 58.22 92,887,900
Additional authority to allot a limited
number of shares for cash free of
pre-emption rights
Resolution 11: Special resolution: share 11,570,621,952 98.00 236,175,710 2.00 11,806,797,662 58.13 110,581,318
buyback
Resolution 12: Special resolution: 10,855,141,740 91.59 996,734,596 8.41 11,851,876,336 58.35 65,502,914
notice of general meetings
Resolution 13: Special resolution: 2,379,179,781 20.65 9,144,857,306 79.35 11,524,037,087 56.74 393,351,549
Follow This shareholder resolution on
climate change targets * Total voting rights of the shares in issue excluding Treasury shares: 20,310,258,178
Every shareholder has one vote for every ordinary share held and two votes for every GBP5 in nominal amount of bp preference shares held.
** 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.
Resolution 13
We note that Resolution 13, a shareholder resolution on climate change targets, that the board of directors recommended not to approve, has been rejected by shareholders. However, we recognise that some shareholders (20.65% of votes cast) chose to support this resolution.
We will continue to engage with shareholders on our strategy, targets and aims so as to ensure their views are fully understood. We will publish an update on this engagement, in accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code, within six months of the 2021 AGM.
Board changes
As previously announced, Professor Dame Ann Dowling and Brendan Nelson did not stand for re-election at the AGM. Following the conclusion of the AGM, Tushar Morzaria has been appointed as chair of the audit committee and Karen Richardson has become a member of the audit committee.
This notice is given in fulfilment of the obligations under paragraph 9.6.11R of the Listing Rules.
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