BP PLC 2020 AGM poll results (1117O)

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RNS Number : 1117O

BP PLC

27 May 2020

BP p.l.c.

AGM 2020 poll results

BP p.l.c. held its Annual General Meeting on 27 May 2020 and announces the results of the voting below.

 
                         Votes          %          Votes         %        Total Votes        % of     Votes Withheld** 
                           For                    Against                Cast (excluding    issued 
                                                                            withheld)        share 
                                                                                            capital 
                                                                                            voted* 
 Resolution 
  1: Report 
  and accounts       12,418,559,336   98.83%    147,578,942    1.17%     12,566,138,278     62.01%       26,456,490 
                    ---------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------------  ---------  ----------------- 
 Resolution 
  2: Directors' 
  remuneration 
  report             12,030,264,203   96.05%    494,706,414    3.95%     12,524,970,617     61.81%       67,623,825 
                    ---------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------------  ---------  ----------------- 
 Resolution 
  3: Directors' 
  remuneration 
  policy             12,098,606,966   96.58%    428,333,968    3.42%     12,526,940,934     61.81%       65,652,222 
                    ---------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------------  ---------  ----------------- 
 Resolution 
  4 (a): To 
  elect Mr B 
  Looney as 
  a director         12,532,352,066   99.67%    41,805,443     0.33%     12,574,157,509     62.05%       18,344,698 
                    ---------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------------  ---------  ----------------- 
 Resolution 
  4 (b): To 
  re-elect Mr 
  B Gilvary 
  as a director      12,371,650,335   98.39%    202,585,981    1.61%     12,574,236,316     62.05%       18,266,429 
                    ---------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------------  ---------  ----------------- 
 Resolution 
  4 (c): To 
  re-elect Dame 
  A Carnwath 
  as a director      11,652,243,952   92.67%    921,515,489    7.33%     12,573,759,441     62.05%       18,835,299 
                    ---------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------------  ---------  ----------------- 
 Resolution 
  4 (d): To 
  re- elect 
  Miss P Daley 
  as a director      12,512,596,702   99.50%    62,297,335     0.50%     12,574,894,037     62.05%       17,608,149 
                    ---------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------------  ---------  ----------------- 
 Resolution 
  4 (e): To 
  re-elect Sir 
  I E L Davis 
  as a director      12,207,648,744   97.08%    366,606,469    2.92%     12,574,255,213     62.05%       18,245,311 
                    ---------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------------  ---------  ----------------- 
 Resolution 
  4 (f): To 
  re-elect 
  Professor 
  Dame A Dowling 
  as a director      12,529,845,828   99.64%    45,108,093     0.36%     12,574,953,921     62.05%       17,546,599 
                    ---------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------------  ---------  ----------------- 
 Resolution 
  4 (g): To 
  re-elect Mr 
  H Lund as 
  a director         12,270,666,809   98.57%    177,559,293    1.43%     12,448,226,102     61.43%      144,276,636 
                    ---------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------------  ---------  ----------------- 
 Resolution 
  4 (h): To 
  re-elect Mrs 
  M B Meyer 
  as a director      12,513,080,351   99.51%    61,499,845     0.49%     12,574,580,196     62.05%       17,919,270 
                    ---------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------------  ---------  ----------------- 
 Resolution 
  4 (i): To 
  re-elect Mr 
  B R Nelson 
  as a director      12,170,052,831   96.79%    403,780,100    3.21%     12,573,832,931     62.05%       18,670,130 
                    ---------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------------  ---------  ----------------- 
 Resolution 
  4 (j): To 
  re-elect Mrs 
  P R Reynolds 
  as a director      12,360,611,065   98.60%    175,866,244    1.40%     12,536,477,309     61.86%       56,025,753 
                    ---------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------------  ---------  ----------------- 
 Resolution 
  4 (k): To 
  re-elect Sir 
  J Sawers as 
  a director         12,492,391,050   99.35%    81,592,196     0.65%     12,573,983,246     62.05%       18,517,603 
                    ---------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------------  ---------  ----------------- 
 Resolution 
  5: Reappointment 
  of auditor         12,553,598,397   99.79%    26,343,024     0.21%     12,579,941,421     62.08%       12,651,434 
                    ---------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------------  ---------  ----------------- 
 Resolution 
  6: Remuneration 
  of auditor         12,543,661,299   99.74%    32,938,947     0.26%     12,576,600,246     62.06%       15,995,007 
                    ---------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------------  ---------  ----------------- 
 Resolution 
  7: Renewal 
  of the Executive 
  Directors' 
  Incentive 
  Plan               12,159,658,741   96.86%    393,691,741    3.14%     12,553,350,482     61.95%       39,239,098 
                    ---------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------------  ---------  ----------------- 
 Resolution 
  8: Political 
  donations 
  and political 
  expenditure        12,105,207,038   96.37%    455,828,938    3.63%     12,561,035,976     61.98%       31,525,526 
                    ---------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------------  ---------  ----------------- 
 Resolution 
  9: Limited 
  authority 
  to allot shares 
  up to a 
  specified 
  amount.            11,558,627,449   91.98%   1,007,700,306   8.02%     12,566,327,755     62.01%       26,266,748 
                    ---------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------------  ---------  ----------------- 
 Resolution 
  10: Special 
  resolution: 
  Authority 
  to allot a 
  limited number 
  of shares 
  for cash free 
  of pre-emption 
  rights             12,391,423,879   98.72%    160,694,593    1.28%     12,552,118,472     61.94%       40,475,597 
                    ---------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------------  ---------  ----------------- 
 Resolution 
  11: Special 
  resolution: 
  Additional 
  authority 
  to allot a 
  limited number 
  of shares 
  for cash free 
  of pre-emption 
  rights             12,242,726,742   97.54%    308,963,966    2.46%     12,551,690,708     61.94%       40,904,543 
                    ---------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------------  ---------  ----------------- 
 Resolution 
  12: Special 
  resolution: 
  share buyback      12,307,400,995   97.93%    260,393,291    2.07%     12,567,794,286     62.02%       24,800,965 
                    ---------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------------  ---------  ----------------- 
 Resolution 
  13: Special 
  resolution: 
  notice of 
  general meetings   11,155,380,793   88.72%   1,418,966,180   11.28%    12,574,346,973     62.05%       18,248,278 
                    ---------------  -------  --------------  -------  -----------------  ---------  ----------------- 
 

* Total voting rights of the shares in issue excluding Treasury shares: 20,265,288,414. 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.

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