Ownership of BP…WOW!!! look at this…

^a Reflects the beneficial (underlying) ownership of the shares.
^b Represents BP’s best efforts to determine the domicile of the beneficial (underlying) owners of the group’s shares, based on analysis of the year-end share register. Note that institutions include custodians, market makers, delivery by value, brokerage, stocklending, clearing and non-American depositary receipt arbitrage.
^c Miscellaneous represents shareholders below the 100,000-share threshold and unidentified shares. Unidentified shares represent holdings that are awaiting confirmation of the identity of the beneficial holder and the nature of their interest in the shares following enquiries made under Section 793 of the Companies Act 2006.

Source: Financial and Operating Information 2005- 2009

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