BP Parent Company Name Change Following AGM Approval
Release date:
01 May 2001
BP announced today that following an overwhelming vote of approval at its Annual General Meeting (AGM), the name of the parent company has been changed to BP p.l.c. with effect from today, Tuesday, 1 May 2001.
The resolution at the AGM on Thursday, 19 April was carried with a 98.25% vote in favour of the name change (12,145,436,700 votes cast for the resolution).
The parent company was previously called BP Amoco p.l.c. - the name given on 31 December 1998, the date of the merger between BP and Amoco.
Trading in the company's shares will continue as normal. The Reuters Instrument Code (RIC) on the London Stock Exchange remains BP.L. Other Stock Exchanges trading BP shares are in Germany, France, Switzerland and Japan.
The ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange remains BP and the company's ADS shares will continue to be listed and traded on the Pacific, Chicago and Toronto Stock Exchanges as well as New York.
The resolution at the AGM on Thursday, 19 April was carried with a 98.25% vote in favour of the name change (12,145,436,700 votes cast for the resolution).
The parent company was previously called BP Amoco p.l.c. - the name given on 31 December 1998, the date of the merger between BP and Amoco.
Trading in the company's shares will continue as normal. The Reuters Instrument Code (RIC) on the London Stock Exchange remains BP.L. Other Stock Exchanges trading BP shares are in Germany, France, Switzerland and Japan.
The ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange remains BP and the company's ADS shares will continue to be listed and traded on the Pacific, Chicago and Toronto Stock Exchanges as well as New York.
Further information:
Office: BP Press Office
Location: London
Phone : +44 (020) 7496 4324/4624/4358/4708/5256
Location: London
Phone : +44 (020) 7496 4324/4624/4358/4708/5256
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