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BP Annual Report and Form 20-F 2012
HM Revenue & Customs no longer seeks to impose 1.5% stamp duty
reserve tax on issues of UK shares and securities to non-EU clearance
services and depositary receipt systems.
Major shareholders
The disclosure of certain major and significant shareholdings in the share
capital of the company is governed by the Companies Act 2006, the UK
Financial Services Authority’s Disclosure and Transparency Rules (DTR)
and the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Register of members holding BP ordinary shares as at
31 December 2012
Range of holdings
Number of ordinary
shareholders
Percentage of total
ordinary shareholders
Percentage of total
ordinary share capital
excluding shares
held in treasury
1-200 59,427 20.03 0.02
201-1,000 107,447 36.23 0.30
1,001-10,000 117,024 39.46 1.83
10,001-100,000 11,072 3.73 1.16
100,001-1,000,000 882 0.30 1.74
Over 1,000,000a728 0.25 94.95
Totals 296,580 100.00 100.00
aIncludes JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. holding 26.91% of the total ordinary issued share capital
(excluding shares held in treasury) as the approved depositary for ADSs, a breakdown of which is
shown in the table below.
Register of holders of American depositary shares (ADSs) as at
31 December 2012a
Range of holdings
Number of
ADS holders
Percentage of total
ADS holders
Percentage of total
ADSs
1-200 60,231 56.96 0.40
201-1,000 28,844 27.28 1.60
1,001-10,000 15,759 14.90 4.85
10,001-100,000 899 0.85 1.79
100,001-1,000,000 9 0.01 0.15
Over 1,000,000b1 0.00 91.21
Totals 105,743 100.00 100.00
aOne ADS represents six 25 cent ordinary shares.
bOne holder of ADSs represents 792,838 underlying shareholders.
As at 31 December 2012, there were also 1,544 preference shareholders.
Preference shareholders represented 0.44% and ordinary shareholders
represented 99.56% of the total issued nominal share capital of the
company (excluding shares held in treasury) as at that date.
In accordance with DTR 5, we have received notification that as at
31 December 2012 BlackRock, Inc. held 5.43 %, The Capital Group
Companies, Inc. held 3.76% and Legal & General Group Plc held 3.75% of
the voting rights of the issued share capital of the company. As at
19 February 2013 BlackRock, Inc. held 5.39%, The Capital Group
Companies, Inc. held 3.88% and Legal & General Group Plc held 3.82% of
the voting rights of the issued share capital of the company.
Under the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934 we have received
notification of the following interests as at 19 February 2013:
Holder
Holding of
ordinary shares
Percentage
of ordinary
share capital
excluding
shares held
in treasury
JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., depositary
for ADSs, through its nominee Guaranty
Nominees Limited 5,183,195,517 27.05
BlackRock, Inc. 1,032,851,797 5.39
The company’s major shareholders do not have different voting rights.
The company has also been notified of the following interests in
preference shares as at 19 February 2013:
Holder
Holding of 8%
cumulative first
preference shares
Percentage
of class
The National Farmers Union Mutual
Insurance Society 945,000 13.07
M & G Investment Management Ltd. 528,150 7.30
Barclays Wealth 430,894 5.96
Smith & Williamson Investment
Management Ltd. 405,350 5.60
Duncan Lawrie Ltd. 395,876 5.47
Holder
Holding of 9%
cumulative second
preference shares
Percentage
of class
The National Farmers Union Mutual
Insurance Society 987,000 18.03
M & G Investment Management Ltd. 644,450 11.77
Royal London Asset Management Ltd. 388,000 7.09
Smith & Williamson Investment
Management Ltd. 385,500 7.04
Lazard Asset Management Limited disposed of its interests in 374,000
8% cumulative first preference shares and 404,500 9% cumulative
second preference shares during 2011.
Gartmore Investment Management Limited disposed of its interest in
394,538 8% cumulative first preference shares and 500,000 9%
cumulative second preference shares during 2010.
In accordance with DTR 5.8.12, The Capital Group of Companies, Inc.
notified the company on 24 September 2012 that due to their group
reorganization their holdings would not be reported separately but as a
combined holdings thereby taking their interest in shares above the 3%
threshold as of 1 September 2012.
As at 19 February 2013, the total preference shares in issue comprised
only 0.44% of the company’s total issued nominal share capital (excluding
shares held in treasury), the rest being ordinary shares.
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