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BP Capital Markets PLC

18 March 2021

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT RELATES TO THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION THAT QUALIFIED OR MAY HAVE QUALIFIED AS INSIDE INFORMATION WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 7(1) OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU) 596/2014 AS IT FORMS PART OF UK DOMESTIC LAW BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018 (EUWA).

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO OR TO ANY PERSON LOCATED OR RESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES, ITS TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS (INCLUDING PUERTO RICO, THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS, GUAM, AMERICAN SAMOA, WAKE ISLAND AND THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS), ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (the United States) OR IN OR INTO ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO RELEASE, PUBLISH OR DISTRIBUTE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

BP Capital Markets p.l.c. announces final results of its tender offers for certain series of its Euro and Sterling denominated Notes

18 March 2021.

On 11 March 2021, BP Capital Markets p.l.c. (the Offeror) announced separate invitations to holders of its outstanding (i) EUR1,250,000,000 1.373 per cent. Guaranteed Notes due 2022 (ISIN: XS1375956569) (the March 2022 Notes), (ii) EUR1,150,000,000 1.526 per cent. Guaranteed Notes due 2022 (ISIN: XS1114477133) (the September 2022 Notes), (iii) EUR1,250,000,000 1.109 per cent. Guaranteed Notes due 2023 (ISIN: XS1190973559) (the February 2023 Notes), (iv) GBP650,000,000 1.177 per cent. Guaranteed Notes due 2023 (ISIN: XS1475051162) (the August 2023 Notes), (v) EUR925,000,000 1.117 per cent. Guaranteed Notes due 2024 (ISIN: XS1527126772) (the January 2024 Notes), (vi) EUR1,000,000,000 0.900 per cent. Guaranteed Notes due 2024 (ISIN: XS1851277969) (the July 2024 Notes), (vii) EUR850,000,000 0.830 per cent. Guaranteed Notes due 2024 (ISIN: XS1492671158) (the September 2024 Notes), (viii) GBP400,000,000 2.030 per cent. Guaranteed Notes due 2025 (ISIN: XS1566187214) (the February 2025 Notes), (ix) EUR850,000,000 1.077 per cent. Guaranteed Notes due 2025 (ISIN: XS1637863629) (the June 2025 Notes), (x) GBP400,000,000 1.827 per cent. Guaranteed Notes due 2025 (ISIN: XS1992928116) (the September 2025 Notes), (xi) GBP450,000,000 2.274 per cent. Guaranteed Notes due 2026 (ISIN: XS1851278421) (the 2026 Notes), (xii) EUR1,100,000,000 0.831 per cent. Guaranteed Notes due 2027 (ISIN: XS1992931508) (the 2027 Notes) and (xiii) EUR900,000,000 1.594 per cent. Guaranteed Notes due 2028 (ISIN: XS1851278777) (the 2028 Notes and, together with the March 2022 Notes, the September 2022 Notes, the February 2023 Notes, the August 2023 Notes, the January 2024 Notes, the July 2024 Notes, the September 2024 Notes, the February 2025 Notes, the June 2025 Notes, the September 2025 Notes, the 2026 Notes and the 2027 Notes, the Notes and each a Series), to tender their Notes for purchase by the Offeror for cash (each such invitation an Offer and together the Offers).

The Offers expired at 4.00 p.m. (London time) on 17 March 2021 (the Expiration Deadline) and the Offeror now announces the final results of the Offers.

The Offers were made on the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the tender offer memorandum dated 11 March 2021 (the Tender Offer Memorandum) prepared by the Offeror. Capitalised terms used in this announcement but not defined have the meanings given to them in the Tender Offer Memorandum.

Series Acceptance Amounts

The Offeror announces that it has decided to accept all valid tenders in full with no pro rata scaling except for the 2026 Notes and 2027 Notes, where it will not accept any valid tenders. Accordingly each Series Acceptance Amount will be as set out in the table below.

Applicable Sterling/Euro Exchange Rate

As at the Expiration Deadline, the Applicable Sterling/Euro Exchange Rate was GBP1 = EUR1.1667.

Pricing and Settlement

Pricing for the Offers took place at or around (i) 9.00 a.m. (London time) today in the case of each Series of Sterling-denominated Notes; and (ii) 11.00 a.m. (London time) today in the case of each other Series of Fixed Purchase Spread Notes.

A summary of the final pricing for, and results of, the Offers appears below:

 
                              Series                                                                    Outstanding 
 Priority                    Acceptance      Benchmark     Purchase       Purchase       Purchase      nominal amount 
   Level       Notes           Amount           Rate         Spread         Yield          Price       post settlement 
---------  ------------  ----------------  ------------  ------------  -------------  -------------  ----------------- 
               March                            Not           Not          -0.45       101.751 per 
    1        2022 Notes   EUR 227,453,000   Applicable    Applicable      per cent.        cent.       EUR631,652,000 
             September                          Not           Not          -0.45       103.028 per 
    1        2022 Notes   EUR 180,502,000   Applicable    Applicable      per cent.        cent.       EUR629,935,000 
             February                           Not           Not          -0.40       102.907 per 
    1        2023 Notes   EUR 151,075,000   Applicable    Applicable      per cent.        cent.       EUR671,029,000 
    1         August      GBP 150,916,000      0.120        15 bps         0.270       101.942 per     GBP204,825,000 
             2023 Notes                      per cent.                    per cent.        cent. 
              January                         -0.470                       -0.370      103.896 per 
    1        2024 Notes   EUR 107,140,000    per cent.      10 bps        per cent.        cent.       EUR379,744,000 
             July 2024                        -0.434                       -0.234      103.750 per 
    1          Notes      EUR 183,167,000    per cent.      20 bps        per cent.        cent.       EUR369,621,000 
             September                        -0.437                       -0.237      103.488 per 
    1        2024 Notes   EUR 72,854,000     per cent.      20 bps        per cent.        cent.       EUR470,921,000 
    1        February     GBP 215,362,000      0.262        45 bps         0.712       105.072 per     GBP184,638,000 
             2025 Notes                      per cent.                    per cent.        cent. 
             June 2025                        -0.387                       -0.137      104.896 per 
    2          Notes      EUR 77,342,000     per cent.      25 bps        per cent.        cent.       EUR495,294,000 
    2        September    GBP 105,529,000      0.302        50 bps         0.804       104.478 per     GBP101,711,000 
             2025 Notes                      per cent.                    per cent.        cent. 
    2       2026 Notes         GBP0             Not         60 bps          Not            Not         GBP450,000,000 
                                            Applicable                   Applicable     Applicable 
                                                Not                         Not            Not 
    2       2027 Notes         EUR0         Applicable      40 bps       Applicable     Applicable    EUR1,100,000,000 
                                              -0.130                       0.370       108.788 per 
    2       2028 Notes    EUR 72,420,000     per cent.      50 bps        per cent.        cent.       EUR567,676,000 
 

The Final Consideration Amount is EUR1,681,662,045.04 (converted, where applicable, into the Euro Equivalent at the Applicable Sterling/Euro Exchange Rate).

Therefore the aggregate Euro Equivalent of the nominal amount of Priority Level 1 Notes the Offeror will accept is approximately EUR1,350 million and the aggregate Euro Equivalent of the nominal amount of Priority Level 2 Notes the Offeror will accept is approximately EUR273 million, converted (where applicable) at the Applicable Sterling/Euro Exchange Rate.

The Offeror will also pay an Accrued Interest Payment in respect of Notes accepted for purchase pursuant to the relevant Offers.

The Settlement Date in respect of any Notes accepted for purchase pursuant to the relevant Offers is expected to be 19 March 2021. All Notes purchased pursuant to the relevant Offers will be cancelled.

Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc (Telephone: +44 20 7158 1719/1726; Attention: Liability Management, Commercial Banking; Email: liability.management@lloydsbanking.com ) and MUFG Securities EMEA plc (Telephone: +44 20 7577 4218; Attention: Liability Management Group; Email: liability.management@mufgsecurities.com) are acting as Dealer Managers for the Offers.

Lucid Issuer Services Limited (Telephone: + 44 20 7704 0880; Attention: Arlind Bytyqi ; Email: bp@lucid-is.com) is acting as Tender Agent for the Offers.

This announcement is released by the Offeror and contains information that qualified or may have qualified as inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the EUWA (UK MAR), encompassing information relating to the Offers described above. For the purposes of UK MAR and the Implementing Technical Standards, this announcement is made by Gary Admans, Head of Liquidity and Capital Markets at the Parent .

LEI Number: 549300CRVT18MXX0AG93

DISCLAIMER This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Tender Offer Memorandum. No offer or invitation to acquire any securities is being made pursuant to this announcement. The distribution of this announcement and the Tender Offer Memorandum in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this announcement and/or the Tender Offer Memorandum come(s) are required by each of the Offeror, the Parent, the Dealer Managers and the Tender Agent to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such restrictions.

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