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These excerpts taken from the BP 6-K filed May 22, 2008.

Rights of Appointed Persons

162     (A)     Subject to the Statutes and subject to the provisions of these Articles an Appointed Person:

(i)     shall upon production to the Company at any general meeting of written evidence of his status as an Appointed Person (which shall be in such form as the Company and the Approved Depositary shall determine from time to time) be entitled in relation to that meeting to the same rights, and subject to the same restrictions, in relation to his Appointed Number of Specified Shares as though he had been validly appointed as a proxy in relation to such Specified Shares by his Approved Depositary or his Approved Depositary’s Nominee in accordance with Articles 82 – 86 (inclusive); and

(ii)     shall himself be entitled to appoint any other person as proxy in relation to his Appointed Number of Specified Shares (or some lesser number of them) using any of the means by which a proxy may be appointed under or pursuant to Articles 82 – 86 (inclusive) and so that the provisions of these Articles relating to the appointment by a member of a person to act as proxy, and to the revocation of such an appointment, and relating to the rights and duties of the person so appointed, shall apply mutatis mutandis in relation to the appointment of a person as the proxy of an Appointed Person in relation to his Appointed Number of Specified Shares, as though the Appointed Person was the registered holder of Ordinary Shares of the Appointed Number and he had appointed his proxy under or pursuant to the provisions of Articles 82 – 86 (inclusive).

(B)     Subject to such terms and conditions as may have been agreed between the Company and the Approved Depositary and to such terms and conditions as govern the relationship between the Approved Depositary and its Appointed Persons, the Approved Depositary or its Nominee shall, on the request of an Appointed Person, exercise in relation to the Appointed Person’s Appointed Number of Specified Shares such other rights in relation to general meetings of the Company as may be conferred upon a member of the Company by the Statutes.

Rights
of Appointed Persons


162     (A)     Subject
to the Statutes and subject to the provisions of these Articles an Appointed Person:



(i)     shall
upon production to the Company at any general meeting of written evidence of his status as an Appointed Person (which shall be in
such form as the Company and the Approved Depositary shall determine from time to time) be entitled in relation to that meeting to
the same rights, and subject to the same restrictions, in relation to his Appointed Number of Specified Shares as though he had been
validly appointed as a proxy in relation to such Specified Shares by his Approved Depositary or his Approved Depositary’s
Nominee in accordance with Articles 82 – 86 (inclusive); and



(ii)     shall
himself be entitled to appoint any other person as proxy in relation to his Appointed Number of Specified Shares (or some lesser
number of them) using any of the means by which a proxy may be appointed under or pursuant to Articles 82 – 86 (inclusive) and
so that the provisions of these Articles relating to the appointment by a member of a person to act as proxy, and to the revocation
of such an appointment, and relating to the rights and duties of the person so appointed, shall apply mutatis
mutandis
in relation to the appointment of a person as the proxy of an Appointed Person in
relation to his Appointed Number of Specified Shares, as though the Appointed Person was the registered holder of Ordinary Shares of
the Appointed Number and he had appointed his proxy under or pursuant to the provisions of Articles 82 – 86 (inclusive).



(B)     Subject
to such terms and conditions as may have been agreed between the Company and the Approved Depositary and to such terms and conditions
as govern the relationship between the Approved Depositary and its Appointed Persons, the Approved Depositary or its Nominee shall,
on the request of an Appointed Person, exercise in relation to the Appointed Person’s Appointed Number of Specified Shares such
other rights in relation to general meetings of the Company as may be conferred upon a member of the Company by the Statutes.





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6-K (2 sections)
May 22, 2008
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