BP PLC AGM 2018 results and directorate changes (7876O)

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RNS Number : 7876O

BP PLC

21 May 2018

BP p.l.c.

AGM 2018 poll results and directorate changes

BP p.l.c. held its Annual General Meeting on 21 May 2018 and announces the results of the voting below.

 
                               Votes For        %     Votes Against    %     Votes Withheld*     % of 
                                                                                                issued 
                                                                                                 share 
                                                                                                capital 
                                                                                                 voted 
 Resolution 1: 
  To receive the 
  directors' annual 
  report and accounts.       13,183,200,683   98.42     211,977,045   1.58        42,597,254      67.13 
                            ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ----------------  --------- 
 Resolution 2: 
  To receive and 
  approve the directors' 
  remuneration 
  report.                    12,915,411,756   96.42     479,623,059   3.58        42,741,541      67.13 
                            ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ----------------  --------- 
 Resolution 3: 
  To re-elect Mr 
  R W Dudley as 
  a director.                13,374,027,173   99.66      45,819,656   0.34        17,931,561      67.26 
                            ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ----------------  --------- 
 Resolution 4: 
  To re-elect Mr 
  B Gilvary as 
  a director.                13,192,379,736   98.31     226,795,736   1.69        18,602,883      67.25 
                            ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ----------------  --------- 
 Resolution 5: 
  To re-elect Mr 
  N S Andersen 
  as a director.             13,356,481,830   99.54      61,096,652   0.46        20,056,834      67.25 
                            ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ----------------  --------- 
 Resolution 6: 
  To re-elect Mr 
  A Boeckmann as 
  a director.                13,347,722,236   99.51      65,659,993   0.49        24,394,626      67.22 
                            ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ----------------  --------- 
 Resolution 7: 
  To re-elect Admiral 
  F L Bowman as 
  a director.                13,378,243,707   99.70      40,452,761   0.30        19,088,075      67.25 
                            ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ----------------  --------- 
 Resolution 8: 
  To elect Dame 
  Alison Carnwath 
  as a director.             12,785,560,909   96.36     483,070,716   3.64       169,149,535      66.50 
                            ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ----------------  --------- 
 Resolution 9: 
  To re-elect Mr 
  I E L Davis as 
  a director.                13,336,520,049   99.42      77,437,341   0.58        23,676,859      67.23 
                            ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ----------------  --------- 
 Resolution 10: 
  To re-elect Professor 
  Dame Ann Dowling 
  as a director.             13,350,038,051   99.51      65,166,231   0.49        22,580,932      67.23 
                            ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ----------------  --------- 
 Resolution 11: 
  To re-elect Mrs 
  M B Meyer as 
  a director.                13,382,713,846   99.74      35,445,370   0.26        19,483,452      67.25 
                            ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ----------------  --------- 
 Resolution 12: 
  To re-elect Mr 
  B R Nelson as 
  a director.                13,367,648,537   99.62      50,520,385   0.38        19,475,613      67.25 
                            ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ----------------  --------- 
 Resolution 13: 
  To re-elect Mrs 
  P R Reynolds 
  as a director.             13,149,683,189   98.00     268,538,343   2.00        19,398,714      67.25 
                            ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ----------------  --------- 
 Resolution 14: 
  To re-elect Sir 
  John Sawers as 
  a director.                13,347,878,900   99.51      65,071,444   0.49        24,831,896      67.22 
                            ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ----------------  --------- 
 Resolution 15: 
  To re-elect Mr 
  C-H Svanberg 
  as a director.             13,040,252,927   97.28     364,032,729   2.72        33,491,262      67.18 
                            ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ----------------  --------- 
 Resolution 16: 
  To appoint Deloitte 
  LLP as auditors 
  and to authorize 
  the directors 
  to fix their 
  remuneration.              13,375,324,076   99.65      46,823,584   0.35        15,604,926      67.27 
                            ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ----------------  --------- 
 Resolution 17: 
  To give limited 
  authority to 
  make political 
  donations and 
  incur political 
  expenditure.               12,927,339,580   96.85     420,645,175   3.15        89,785,164      66.90 
                            ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ----------------  --------- 
 Resolution 18: 
  To give limited 
  authority to 
  allot shares 
  up to a specified 
  amount.                    12,519,176,380   93.36     890,236,000   6.64        28,357,047      67.21 
                            ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ----------------  --------- 
 Resolution 19: 
  Special resolution: 
  to give authority 
  to allot a limited 
  number of shares 
  for cash free 
  of pre-emption 
  rights.                    13,255,471,414   98.98     136,399,336   1.02        45,898,821      67.12 
                            ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ----------------  --------- 
 Resolution 20: 
  Special resolution: 
  to give additional 
  authority to 
  allot a limited 
  number of shares 
  for cash free 
  of pre-emption 
  rights.                    12,780,470,501   95.44     610,648,926   4.56        46,648,423      67.11 
                            ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ----------------  --------- 
 Resolution 21: 
  Special resolution: 
  to give limited 
  authority for 
  the purchase 
  of its own shares 
  by the company.            13,142,581,458   98.05     261,605,238   1.95        33,591,531      67.18 
                            ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ----------------  --------- 
 Resolution 22: 
  Special resolution: 
  to adopt new 
  Articles of Association 
  of the company.            13,267,971,677   99.54      60,794,760   0.46       109,025,664      66.80 
                            ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ----------------  --------- 
 Resolution 23: 
  To approve the 
  renewal of the 
  Scrip Dividend 
  Programme.                 13,333,363,589   99.52      63,700,503   0.48        40,589,291      67.14 
                            ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ----------------  --------- 
 Resolution 24: 
  Special resolution: 
  to authorize 
  the calling of 
  general meetings 
  (excluding annual 
  general meetings) 
  by notice of 
  at least 14 clear 
  days.                      12,325,939,499   92.37   1,018,139,655   7.63        93,678,384      66.88 
                            ---------------  ------  --------------  -----  ----------------  --------- 
 

* 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.

** Total voting rights of the shares in issue: 19,952,994,832 (share capital as at 17 May 2018). Every shareholder has one vote for every ordinary share held and two votes for every GBP5 in nominal amount of BP preference shares held.

Board retirement and election of new Non-Executive Director

The Board of BP p.l.c. announces that with effect from the close of the AGM on 21 May 2018, Mr Paul Anderson has retired as a Non-Executive Director and Dame Alison Carnwath has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director. On joining the Board, Dame Alison will also be appointed to the audit committee.

Dame Alison Carnwath practiced as a chartered accountant before going on to hold a number of senior financial advisory roles with Schroder Wagg & Co and the Phoenix Partnership. Dame Alison has worked as a senior advisor at Evercore Partners (previously Lexicon) since 2005 and has been involved with Livingbridge LLP as chairman of the investment committee and chairman of the strategic advisory board. She is currently a non-executive chairman of Land Securities Group plc and will be stepping down from this role in July 2018. She is also a non-executive director of PACCAR Inc and Broadwell Capital Limited, and a non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of both Zurich Insurance Company Ltd and BASF SE.

Previous roles include non-executive directorships of Barclays plc and Man Group plc. Dame Alison has also served on the boards of Friends Provident plc, Welsh Water, Gallaher Group, Vitec Group plc and MFGlobal Inc. Dame Alison holds a graduate degree, has two honorary degrees and in 2014 was appointed to the order of Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE).

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