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BP PLC AGM Information 2018

Apr 5, 2018

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AGM Information

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BP p.l.c. Annual General Meeting

BP's 109th Annual General Meeting will be held at Manchester Central Convention Complex on Monday 21 May 2018 and will start at 11.30am.

Admission Card

If you are attending in person, please bring this card with you.

This card is formal notification to you that company reports are now available online.

This is an important document and requires your immediate attention.

Shareholder documents are now available to view or download on our website using the above link.

For those appointing a proxy: see overleaf for details

I have appointed

NAME OF PROXY

to attend/vote on my behalf. Please admit him/her to the meeting.

If you would like to appoint more than one proxy please contact the BP Registrar, Link Asset Services. Contact details are overleaf.

For those appointing a corporate representative: see overleaf for details

NAME OF CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVE bp.com/annualreport

Security policy: proxies and corporate representatives must bring photographic proof of identity.

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Tear here

BP p.l.c. AGM Proxy Form

Investor code: Event code:

notice of at least 14 clear days.

I appoint as my proxy the chairman of the annual general meeting (AGM) to attend and vote for me at the AGM on Monday 21 May 2018 at 11.30am and at any adjournment of the meeting.

or I appoint as my proxy

DO NOT SIGN HERE

Write the name of your proxy here if you are not appointing the chairman. Your proxy may be anyone of your own choice and does not have to be a shareholder.

FOR AGAINST WITHHELD

The board considers that resolutions 1 to 24 are in the best interests of the company and its shareholders as a whole and recommends that you vote in favour of these resolutions.

The resolutions FOR AGAINST WITHHELD

  • 1 To receive the annual report and accounts.
  • 2 To approve the directors' remuneration report.
  • 3 To re-elect Mr R W Dudley as a director.
  • 4 To re-elect Mr B Gilvary as a director.
  • 5 To re-elect Mr N S Andersen as a director.
  • 6 To re-elect Mr A Boeckmann as a director.
  • 7 To re-elect Admiral F L Bowman as a director.
  • 8 To elect Dame Alison Carnwath as a director.
  • 9 To re-elect Mr I E L Davis as a director.
  • 10 To re-elect Professor Dame Ann Dowling as a director.
  • 11 To re-elect Mrs M B Meyer as a director. 12 To re-elect Mr B R Nelson as a director.
  • 13 To re-elect Mrs P R Reynolds as a director.
  • 14 To re-elect Sir John Sawers as a director.
  • 15 To re-elect Mr C-H Svanberg as a director.
  • 16 To appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors and to authorize the directors to fix their remuneration.
  • 17 To give limited authority to make political donations and incur political expenditure.
  • 18 To give limited authority to allot shares up to a specified amount.
19 Special resolution: to give authority to allot a limited
number of shares for cash free of pre-emption rights.
20 Special resolution: to give additional authority
to allot a limited number of shares for cash free
of pre-emption rights.
21 Special resolution: to give limited authority for the
purchase of its own shares by the company.
22 Special resolution: to adopt new Articles of Association.
23 To approve the renewal of the Scrip Dividend
Programme.
24 Special resolution: to authorize the calling of general
meetings (excluding annual general meetings) by

Votes cast as withheld will not be counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for or against a resolution.

Signature of shareholder, attorney
or an authorized officer of a corporate
shareholder or its common seal.
SIGN HERE
Date /
/
Daytime telephone number. This will only
be used if your instructions are not clear.

Getting to BP's Manchester AGM

Location

Date

Manchester Central Convention Complex Windmill Street Manchester M2 3GX Monday 21 May 2018

Time Registration desks open at 10.00am, meeting

starts at 11.30am

Note the different AGM location and venue. Please use the Charter Foyer entrance.

This card is formal notification to you that company reports are now available online.

The reports available online contain the information you need for a full understanding of the resolutions to be put to the meeting. Shareholders should read all the documents before voting or attending the meeting.

bp.com/evoting

You can vote your shares online using the above address and selecting the ordinary/preference shareholders option.

bp.com/agm

Information about the AGM and the notice of meeting is available to view or download on our website using the above address.

bp.com/annualreport

BP's reports are now available to view or download on our website using the above address.

bp.com/papercopies

If you would like to receive a paper copy of a company report, please order online using the above address.

How to fill out your proxy form

  • To instruct your proxy to vote your shares according to your wishes, sign the form and mark X in the relevant voting boxes.
  • To instruct your proxy to vote your shares at their discretion, sign the form and leave the voting boxes blank.
  • If you are appointing someone other than the chairman, write their name in the box on the form, sign it yourself, send it to the BP Registrar and give your proxy your admission card. Your proxy will need to bring their photographic identification to gain entry to the meeting.
  • If the form has been signed on your behalf by your attorney, they should send it to the BP Registrar, along with a certified copy of the relevant power of attorney appointing them.

By what date

  • To vote at the AGM, your name must appear on the register of members by 6pm (BST) on Thursday 17 May 2018.
  • The BP Registrar, Link must receive your proxy appointment by 6pm (BST) on Thursday 17 May 2018.

Return address

Please use the reply-paid envelope provided, or mail your completed form to The BP Registrar, Link Asset Services, The Registry, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 4TU, UK.

For those appointing a proxy:

Please notify the BP Registrar, Link Asset Services ("Link" ). You can do this using the attached proxy form or online at bp.com/evoting or, where appropriate, through CREST to reach Link by 6pm on Thursday 17 May 2018. If your proxy is not the chairman, complete the proxy card and return it to the BP Registrar, Link, and then complete this admission card and give it to your proxy to bring to the meeting.

For those appointing a corporate representative:

Please notify the BP Registrar (as above). Please complete this card and ask the appointed corporate representative to bring it to the meeting together with the letter of representation appointing them as a corporate representative. A sample of a letter of representation can be found at bp.com/corprep.

Security policy:

Proxies and corporate representatives must bring photographic proof of identity.

Guests:

Please refer to the Notice of Meeting for BP's guest permission policy and pre-registration requirements.

How to get to the AGM:

Please see bp.com/notice or the Notice of Meeting for public transport routes and more details.

NCP public car park