Ad-hoc | 21 October 2004 15:42

BP Plc announces Directorate Change

Ad-hoc-announcement processed and transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ——————————————————————————– October 21, 2004 BP NON-EXECUTIVE BOARD CHANGES The board of BP p.l.c. announced today that Mr. Douglas Flint has been appointed as a non-executive director with effect from January 1, 2005. Mr. Flint is the group finance director of HSBC Holdings plc. He has held this post since 1995. Previously he was a partner with the auditing firm KPMG. Mr. Flint is a member of the Accounting Standards Board and also a member of the Standards Advisory Council of the International Accounting Standards Committee. He is presently chairing a review on behalf of the Financial Reporting Council of the Turnbull Guidance on internal control. Although he will initially have no BP board committee appointments, Mr. Flint will join the audit committee in the first half of 2005. Sir Robin Nicholson and Mr. Charles Knight will be retiring from the BP board at the 2005 AGM. Both are members of the board’s remuneration committee, with Sir Robin as chairman. Dr. DeAnne Julius, a current member of the remuneration committee, will take the chair in succession to Sir Robin. Mr. John Bryan has now been appointed to the remuneration committee. Mr. Tony Burgmans and Sir Tom McKillop, both recently appointed non-executive directors of the board, have joined the ethics and environment assurance committee and the remuneration committee respectively. end of ad-hoc-announcement (c)DGAP 21.10.2004 ——————————————————————————– WKN: 850517; ISIN: GB0007980591; Index: Listed: Amtlicher Markt in Düsseldorf (Dt. Zertifikate DE0008618737), Frankfurt (General Standard) und Hamburg; Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Hannover und Stuttgart / Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, München und Stuttgart 211542 Okt 04