SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
Report of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
for the period ended 22 February 2018
BP p.l.c.
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
1 ST JAMES'S SQUARE, LONDON, SW1Y 4PD, ENGLAND
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the
information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing
the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities
Exchange Act of
1934.
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22
February 2018
BP p.l.c.
Fourth quarter interim dividend for 2017
Scrip Dividend Programme
On 6
February 2018 the Directors of BP p.l.c. announced that the interim
dividend for the fourth quarter 2017 would be US$0.10 per ordinary
share (US$0.60 per ADS). This interim dividend is to be paid on 29
March 2018 to shareholders on the share register on 16 February
2018. The dividend is payable in cash in sterling to holders
of ordinary shares and in US dollars to holders of ADSs. A scrip
dividend alternative will be made available for this dividend
allowing shareholders to elect to receive their dividend in the
form of new ordinary shares and ADS holders in the form of new
ADSs.
The
'Reference Share Price' for the issue of new ordinary shares under
the scrip dividend alternative is:
US$6.627 for each new ordinary share.
For holders of ordinary shares this is equivalent to 1 new share
for
approximately every 66.270 shares held prior to the
ex-dividend
date of 15 February 2018.
The
Reference Share Price is the average of the US dollar
equivalent of the closing mid price quotation for a BP ordinary
share on the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five
consecutive dealing days beginning on the ex-dividend date of 15
February 2018. The US dollar equivalent price each day is
calculated from the sterling closing mid price using an exchange
rate published by the Bank of England.
The
'Reference ADS Price' for the issue of new ADSs under the scrip
dividend alternative is:
US$39.812 for each new ADS.
For holders of ADSs this is equivalent to 1 new ADS
for
approximately every 66.353 ADSs held prior to the
ex-dividend
date of 15 February 2018.
The
Reference ADS Price is calculated by multiplying the Reference
Share Price by six (as there are six ordinary shares underlying
each ADS) and adjusting for the fee payable to the Depositary under
the ADS Deposit Agreement (US$0.05 per ADS). Prior to the 2012
first quarter dividend payment stamp duty reserve tax ("SDRT") of
1.5% was deducted from this calculation, but following a tax
tribunal decision in 2012, HM Revenue & Customs will no longer
seek to impose 1.5% SDRT on issues of UK shares and securities to
non-EU clearance services and depositary receipt
systems.
Dividends
payable in cash in sterling on 29 March 2018 will be converted
from US dollars at the average of the market exchange
rates for the four dealing days from 13 to 16 March 2018. The
sterling cash dividend will be announced to
the London Stock Exchange on 19 March 2018.
The
latest date for receipt of elections to participate in the Scrip
Dividend Programme for this interim dividend is 12 March 2018.
Shareholders must return their mandate form or otherwise input
their CREST elections, to be received by BP's Registrar, Capita, by
5.00 pm (London time) on 12 March 2018, and ADS holders must return
their election form to the Depositary, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., by
5.00 pm (New York time) on that date. Elections received after this
deadline will apply to subsequent dividends only. Unless revoked by
you, your scrip dividend election will apply for all future
dividends for which a scrip dividend is offered. Evergreen
elections for CREST shareholders will not be accepted and elections
will revert to cash by default after the payment of each
dividend.
Details
of the fourth quarter 2017 dividend and timetable are available at
www.bp.com/dividends
and details of the Scrip Dividend Programme are available at
www.bp.com/scrip.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: 22 February 2018
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BP
p.l.c.
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(Registrant)
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/s/
D.J. JACKSON
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D.J.
JACKSON
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Company Secretary
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