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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2005



<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration
No.&nbsp;333-_____</DIV>







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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B></DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>BP p.l.c.</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>England and Wales</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation<BR>
or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>1 St. James&#146;s Square<BR>
London SW1Y 4PD, England</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>BP p.l.c. Deferred Annual Bonus Plan 2005</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full title of plan)



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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Daniel B. Pinkert</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>With a copy to:</I></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Corporate Secretary<BR>
BP America Inc.<BR>
4101 Winfield Drive<BR>
Warrenville, Illinois 60555<BR>
(630)&nbsp;821-2375</B><BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone<BR>
number, including area code, of agent for service)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Peter B.P. Bevan<BR>
Group General Counsel<BR>
BP p.l.c.<BR>
1 St. James&#146;s Square<BR>
London SW1Y 4PD, England<BR>
44 (0)&nbsp;207-496-4000</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Amount of Shares</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Maximum</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">Title of Securities</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">to be</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Offering Price</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Aggregate</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Registration</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">To be Registered</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Registered (1)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Per Share (2)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Offering Price (2)</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Ordinary Shares to be
issued under the
Deferred Annual Bonus
Plan</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">40,000,000</TD>
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    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">10.7734</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">430,936,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">50,721.17</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement also registers such indeterminate number of additional shares as may be issuable
under the plan in connection with variations in share capital, demergers, special dividends or
similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee. Such estimate has
been computed in accordance with Rule 457(h) based on the average of the high and low
quotation for Ordinary Shares of BP p.l.c. on The London Stock Exchange on March&nbsp;16, 2005, and
the buying rate for pounds sterling of &#163;1.00 = $1.9264, as announced by the Federal Reserve on
that date.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">PART II



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;3. <U>Incorporation of Certain Documents By Reference</U>.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The reports listed below have been filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission (&#147;Commission&#148;) by BP p.l.c., (&#147;BP&#148; or
the &#147;Company&#148;) and are incorporated herein by reference to the
extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished:


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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>BP&#146;s Annual Report on Form 20-F (SEC file number 001-6262) for the year ended December
31, 2003.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>BP&#146;s Reports on Form 6-K (SEC file number 001-6262) for the periods ended March&nbsp;31, 2004
(filed on July&nbsp;8, 2004), June&nbsp;30, 2004 (filed on August&nbsp;3, 2004) and September&nbsp;30, 2004
(filed on November&nbsp;3, 2004), in each case which contain financial statements of BP.</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>BP&#146;s Report on Form 6-K (SEC file number 001-6262) dated August&nbsp;6, 2001, which contains
a description of the ordinary shares of BP.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">In addition, all Forms 20-F filed by BP pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, certain Reports on Form&nbsp;6-K furnished by BP (which indicate on their cover pages that they
are incorporated herein by reference), after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicate that all
securities have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from
the date of filing or furnishing of such documents or reports, to the extent not superseded by
documents or reports subsequently filed or made.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;4. <U>Description of Securities</U>.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Not applicable.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;5. <U>Interest of Named Experts and Counsel</U>.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">None.



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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;6. <U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U>.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Article&nbsp;156 of the registrant&#146;s Articles of Association currently provides:



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&#147;Subject to the provisions of and so far as may be consistent with the Statutes, every Director,
auditor, Secretary or other officer of the Company shall be entitled to be indemnified by the
Company against all costs, charges, losses, expenses and liabilities incurred by him in the
execution and/or discharge of his duties and/or the exercise of his powers and/or otherwise in
relation to or in connection with his duties, powers or office.&#148;



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Section&nbsp;310 of the Companies Act of 1985 (as amended by Section&nbsp;137 of the Companies Act of 1989)
provides as follows:



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>&#147;310. Provisions exempting officers and auditors from liability:</I>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(1)&nbsp;This section applies to any provision, whether contained in a company&#146;s articles or in any
contract with the company or otherwise, for exempting any officer of the company or any person
(whether an officer or not) employed by the company as auditor from, or indemnifying him against,
any liability which by virtue of any rule of law would otherwise attach to him in respect of any
negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which he may be guilty in relation to the
company.



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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Except as provided by the following subsection, any such provision is void.</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This section does not prevent a company</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>from purchasing and maintaining for any such officer or auditor insurance against any
such liability; or</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>from indemnifying any such officer or auditor against any liability incurred by him</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>in defending any proceedings (whether civil or criminal) in which judgment is given in
his favor or he is acquitted, or</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>in connection with any application under Section&nbsp;144(3) or (4) (acquisition of shares
by innocent nominee) or section 727 (general power to grant relief in case of honest and
reasonable conduct) in which relief is granted to him by the court.&#148;</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Section&nbsp;727 of the Companies Act 1985 provides as follows:



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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</I></TD>
    <TD><I>&#147;727. Power of court to grant relief in certain circumstances:</I></TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>If in any proceedings for negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of
trust against an officer of a company or a person employed by a company as auditor
(whether he is or is not an officer of the company) it appears to the court hearing the
case that officer or person is or may be liable in respect of the negligence, default,
breach of duty or breach of trust, but that he has acted honestly and reasonably, and
that having regard to all the circumstances of the case (including those connected with
his appointment) he ought fairly to be excused for the negligence, default, breach of
duty or breach of</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II- 2
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>trust, that court may relieve him, either wholly or partly, from his liability on such
terms as it thinks fit.</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>If any such officer or person as above-mentioned has reason to apprehend that
any claim will or might be made against him in respect of any negligence, default,
breach of duty or breach of trust, he may apply to the court for relief; and the court
on the application has the same power to relieve him as under this section it would
have had if it had been a court before which proceedings against that person for
negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust had been brought.</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Where a case to which subsection (1)&nbsp;applies is being tried by a judge with a
jury, the judge, after hearing the evidence, may, if he is satisfied that the defendant
or defender ought in pursuance of that subsection to be relieved either in whole or in
part from the liability sought to be enforced against him, withdraw the case in whole
or in part from the jury and forthwith direct judgment to be entered for the defendant
or defender on such terms as to costs or otherwise as the judge may think proper.&#148;</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">With effect from April&nbsp;6, 2005, The Companies Act 1985 will be further amended by Sections&nbsp;19 and
20 of The Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 (the &#147;2004 Act&#148;). In
summary, the 2004 Act will permit the Company to provide a director with funds to meet expenditure
incurred or to be incurred in defending any criminal or civil proceedings or in connection with an
application described in the Companies Act, Section&nbsp;310(3)(b)(iii) or to do anything to enable a
director to avoid incurring such expenditure provided always that the Company does so on such terms
that any such loan falls to be repaid or such thing done is discharged no later than on the
director&#146;s conviction, the court&#146;s refusal to grant the director relief or on final judgment being
rendered against the director.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;8. <U>Exhibits</U>.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The following Exhibits are filed herewith unless otherwise indicated:


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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit No.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rules of the BP p.l.c. Deferred Annual Bonus Plan 2005</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Peter B. P. Bevan, Group General Counsel of BP
p.l.c. regarding the validity of the securities being
registered</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, independent registered public
accounting firm, London, England</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Peter B. P. Bevan (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included in the signature page of this
Registration Statement)</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of

1933;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement; and



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of London, England, on March&nbsp;17, 2005.

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Registrant)</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">By: <U>/s/ David J. Jackson</U></TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Name) David J. Jackson<BR></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Title) Company Secretary</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each director and officer of the Registrant whose signature appears below hereby constitutes
and appoints Daniel B. Pinkert, the agent for service named in the registration statement, and
appoints each of The Lord Browne of Madingley, Dr.&nbsp;B. E. Grote, Daniel B. Pinkert, and Roland K.
Filippi, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him, and on his behalf and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign, execute and file any amendments to this registration statement on Form S-8
necessary or advisable to enable the registrant to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in
respect thereof, which amendments may make such other changes in this registration statement as
such attorney-in-fact deems appropriate, and any subsequent registration statement for the same
offering that may be filed under Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><U><B>Titles</B></U>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">/s/ P.D. Sutherland&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non-Executive Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;17, 2005</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">P.D. Sutherland
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Chairman)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">/s/ Browne Of Madingley&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Director
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;17, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">The Lord Browne
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Group Chief Executive</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Of Madingley
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">/s/ Byron Grote&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;17, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Dr.&nbsp;B.E. Grote
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Financial and</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">/s/ David C. Allen&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Director
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;17, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Dr.&nbsp;D. C. Allen</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;17, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">J. H. Bryan</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non-Executive Director</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">A. Burgmans</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">/s/ Iain Cameron Conn&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Director
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">/s/ E. B. Davis, Jr.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non-Executive Director
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;17, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"> E. B. Davis, Jr.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">/s/ D. Flint&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non-Executive Director
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;17, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">D. Flint</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">/s/ Anthony Hayward&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;17, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Dr.&nbsp;A. B. Hayward</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">/s/ Dr.&nbsp;Deanne Julius&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non-Executive Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Dr.&nbsp;D. S. Julius</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non-Executive Director</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">C. F. Knight</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">/s/ J. A. Manzoni&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;17, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">J. A. Manzoni</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">/s/ Walter E. Massey&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non-Executive Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;17, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Dr.&nbsp;W. E. Massey</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">/s/ T. McKillop
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non-Executive Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;17, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Sir Tom McKillop</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">/s/ Michael Miles&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non-Executive Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;17, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">H. M. P. Miles</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non-Executive Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Sir Robin Nicholson</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">/s/ I. Prosser&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non-Executive Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;17, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Sir Ian Prosser
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Deputy Chairman)<BR></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">/s/ Michael Wilson&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non-Executive Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;17, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">M. H. Wilson</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">/s/ Daniel B. Pinkert&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Authorized Representative
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 17, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Daniel B. Pinkert
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rules of the BP p.l.c. Deferred Annual Bonus Plan 2005</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Peter B. P. Bevan, Group General Counsel
of BP p.l.c. regarding the validity of the securities
being registered and Consent of counsel</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, independent registered
public accounting firm, London, England</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Peter B.P. Bevan (included in exhibit 5.1)</TD>
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FORM S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2005
Registration
No. 333-_____
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_____
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
_____
BP p.l.c.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
England and Wales
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation
or organization)
None
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1 St. James's Square
London SW1Y 4PD, England
(Address of principal executive offices)
BP p.l.c. Deferred Annual Bonus Plan 2005
(Full title of plan)
_____
Daniel B. Pinkert
With a copy to:
Corporate Secretary
BP America Inc.
4101 Winfield Drive
Warrenville, Illinois 60555
(630) 821-2375
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
Peter B.P. Bevan
Group General Counsel
BP p.l.c.
1 St. James's Square
London SW1Y 4PD, England
44 (0) 207-496-4000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Amount of Shares
Maximum
Maximum
Amount of
Title of Securities
to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Registration
To be Registered
Registered (1)
Per Share (2)
Offering Price (2)
Fee (2)
Ordinary Shares to be
issued under the
Deferred Annual Bonus
Plan
40,000,000
$
10.7734
$
430,936,000
$
50,721.17
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement also registers such indeterminate number of additional shares as may be issuable
under the plan in connection with variations in share capital, demergers, special dividends or
similar transactions.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee. Such estimate has
been computed in accordance with Rule 457(h) based on the average of the high and low
quotation for Ordinary Shares of BP p.l.c. on The London Stock Exchange on March 16, 2005, and
the buying rate for pounds sterling of £1.00 = $1.9264, as announced by the Federal Reserve on
that date.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Certain Documents By Reference
.
The reports listed below have been filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("Commission") by BP p.l.c., ("BP" or
the "Company") and are incorporated herein by reference to the
extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished:
•
BP's Annual Report on Form 20-F (SEC file number 001-6262) for the year ended December
31, 2003.
•
BP's Reports on Form 6-K (SEC file number 001-6262) for the periods ended March 31, 2004
(filed on July 8, 2004), June 30, 2004 (filed on August 3, 2004) and September 30, 2004
(filed on November 3, 2004), in each case which contain financial statements of BP.
•
BP's Report on Form 6-K (SEC file number 001-6262) dated August 6, 2001, which contains
a description of the ordinary shares of BP.
In addition, all Forms 20-F filed by BP pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, certain Reports on Form 6-K furnished by BP (which indicate on their cover pages that they
are incorporated herein by reference), after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicate that all
securities have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from
the date of filing or furnishing of such documents or reports, to the extent not superseded by
documents or reports subsequently filed or made.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interest of Named Experts and Counsel
.
None.
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Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
Article 156 of the registrant's Articles of Association currently provides:
"Subject to the provisions of and so far as may be consistent with the Statutes, every Director,
auditor, Secretary or other officer of the Company shall be entitled to be indemnified by the
Company against all costs, charges, losses, expenses and liabilities incurred by him in the
execution and/or discharge of his duties and/or the exercise of his powers and/or otherwise in
relation to or in connection with his duties, powers or office."
Section 310 of the Companies Act of 1985 (as amended by Section 137 of the Companies Act of 1989)
provides as follows:
"310. Provisions exempting officers and auditors from liability:
(1) This section applies to any provision, whether contained in a company's articles or in any
contract with the company or otherwise, for exempting any officer of the company or any person
(whether an officer or not) employed by the company as auditor from, or indemnifying him against,
any liability which by virtue of any rule of law would otherwise attach to him in respect of any
negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which he may be guilty in relation to the
company.
(2)
Except as provided by the following subsection, any such provision is void.
(3)
This section does not prevent a company
(a)
from purchasing and maintaining for any such officer or auditor insurance against any
such liability; or
(b)
from indemnifying any such officer or auditor against any liability incurred by him
(i)
in defending any proceedings (whether civil or criminal) in which judgment is given in
his favor or he is acquitted, or
(ii)
in connection with any application under Section 144(3) or (4) (acquisition of shares
by innocent nominee) or section 727 (general power to grant relief in case of honest and
reasonable conduct) in which relief is granted to him by the court."
Section 727 of the Companies Act 1985 provides as follows:
"727. Power of court to grant relief in certain circumstances:
(1)
If in any proceedings for negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of
trust against an officer of a company or a person employed by a company as auditor
(whether he is or is not an officer of the company) it appears to the court hearing the
case that officer or person is or may be liable in respect of the negligence, default,
breach of duty or breach of trust, but that he has acted honestly and reasonably, and
that having regard to all the circumstances of the case (including those connected with
his appointment) he ought fairly to be excused for the negligence, default, breach of
duty or breach of
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trust, that court may relieve him, either wholly or partly, from his liability on such
terms as it thinks fit.
(2)
If any such officer or person as above-mentioned has reason to apprehend that
any claim will or might be made against him in respect of any negligence, default,
breach of duty or breach of trust, he may apply to the court for relief; and the court
on the application has the same power to relieve him as under this section it would
have had if it had been a court before which proceedings against that person for
negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust had been brought.
(3)
Where a case to which subsection (1) applies is being tried by a judge with a
jury, the judge, after hearing the evidence, may, if he is satisfied that the defendant
or defender ought in pursuance of that subsection to be relieved either in whole or in
part from the liability sought to be enforced against him, withdraw the case in whole
or in part from the jury and forthwith direct judgment to be entered for the defendant
or defender on such terms as to costs or otherwise as the judge may think proper."
With effect from April 6, 2005, The Companies Act 1985 will be further amended by Sections 19 and
20 of The Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 (the "2004 Act"). In
summary, the 2004 Act will permit the Company to provide a director with funds to meet expenditure
incurred or to be incurred in defending any criminal or civil proceedings or in connection with an
application described in the Companies Act, Section 310(3)(b)(iii) or to do anything to enable a
director to avoid incurring such expenditure provided always that the Company does so on such terms
that any such loan falls to be repaid or such thing done is discharged no later than on the
director's conviction, the court's refusal to grant the director relief or on final judgment being
rendered against the director.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
The following Exhibits are filed herewith unless otherwise indicated:
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Rules of the BP p.l.c. Deferred Annual Bonus Plan 2005
5.1
Opinion of Peter B. P. Bevan, Group General Counsel of BP
p.l.c. regarding the validity of the securities being
registered
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public
accounting firm, London, England
23.2
Consent of Peter B. P. Bevan (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included in the signature page of this
Registration Statement)
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of

1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant
to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of London, England, on March 17, 2005.
BP p.l.c.
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ David J. Jackson
(Name) David J. Jackson
(Title) Company Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each director and officer of the Registrant whose signature appears below hereby constitutes
and appoints Daniel B. Pinkert, the agent for service named in the registration statement, and
appoints each of The Lord Browne of Madingley, Dr. B. E. Grote, Daniel B. Pinkert, and Roland K.
Filippi, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him, and on his behalf and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign, execute and file any amendments to this registration statement on Form S-8
necessary or advisable to enable the registrant to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in
respect thereof, which amendments may make such other changes in this registration statement as
such attorney-in-fact deems appropriate, and any subsequent registration statement for the same
offering that may be filed under Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Titles
Date
/s/ P.D. Sutherland
Non-Executive Director
March 17, 2005
P.D. Sutherland
(Chairman)
/s/ Browne Of Madingley
Executive Director
March 17, 2005
The Lord Browne
Group Chief Executive
Of Madingley
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Byron Grote
Executive Director
March 17, 2005
Dr. B.E. Grote
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
/s/ David C. Allen
Executive Director
March 17, 2005
Dr. D. C. Allen
/s/ J. H. Bryan
Non-Executive Director
March 17, 2005
J. H. Bryan
Non-Executive Director
A. Burgmans
/s/ Iain Cameron Conn
Executive Director
March 17, 2005
I.C. Conn
/s/ E. B. Davis, Jr.
Non-Executive Director
March 17, 2005
E. B. Davis, Jr.
/s/ D. Flint
Non-Executive Director
March 17, 2005
D. Flint
/s/ Anthony Hayward
Executive Director
March 17, 2005
Dr. A. B. Hayward
/s/ Dr. Deanne Julius
Non-Executive Director
March 17, 2005
Dr. D. S. Julius
Non-Executive Director
C. F. Knight
/s/ J. A. Manzoni
Executive Director
March 17, 2005
J. A. Manzoni
/s/ Walter E. Massey
Non-Executive Director
March 17, 2005
Dr. W. E. Massey
/s/ T. McKillop
Non-Executive Director
March 17, 2005
Sir Tom McKillop
/s/ Michael Miles
Non-Executive Director
March 17, 2005
H. M. P. Miles
Non-Executive Director
Sir Robin Nicholson
/s/ I. Prosser
Non-Executive Director
March 17, 2005
Sir Ian Prosser
(Deputy Chairman)
/s/ Michael Wilson
Non-Executive Director
March 17, 2005
M. H. Wilson
/s/ Daniel B. Pinkert
Authorized Representative
March 17, 2005
Daniel B. Pinkert
in the United States
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
Page
4.1
Rules of the BP p.l.c. Deferred Annual Bonus Plan 2005
5.1
Opinion of Peter B. P. Bevan, Group General Counsel
of BP p.l.c. regarding the validity of the securities
being registered and Consent of counsel
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered
public accounting firm, London, England
23.2
Consent of Peter B.P. Bevan (included in exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included in the signatures page
of this Registration Statement)