Blueprint
 
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 16 November 2017
 
 
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        |X|          Form 40-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.
 


Yes                            No        |X|
 
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16 November 2017
 
BP p.l.c.
Third quarter interim dividend for 2017
Scrip Dividend Programme
 
On 31 October 2017 the Directors of BP p.l.c. announced that the interim dividend for the third quarter 2017 would be US$0.10 per ordinary share (US$0.60 per ADS). This interim dividend is to be paid on 21 December 2017 to shareholders on the share register on 10 November 2017. 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$6.642 for each new ordinary share.
 
For holders of ordinary shares this is equivalent to 1 new share for
approximately every 66.420 shares held prior to the ex-dividend
date of 9 November 2017.
 
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 9 November 2017. The US dollar equivalent price each day is calculated from the sterling closing mid price using the exchange rate published by the Bank of England at 4pm each day.
 
 
The 'Reference ADS Price' for the issue of new ADSs under the scrip dividend alternative is:
 
US$39.902 for each new ADS.
 
For holders of ADSs this is equivalent to 1 new ADS for
approximately every 66.503 ADSs held prior to the ex-dividend
date of 9 November 2017.
 
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 21 December 2017 will be converted from US dollars at the average of the market exchange rates for the four dealing days from 5 to 8 December 2017. The sterling cash dividend will be announced to the London Stock Exchange on 11 December 2017.
 
The latest date for receipt of elections to participate in the Scrip Dividend Programme for this interim dividend is 4 December 2017. 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 4 December 2017, 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 third 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.
 
 
 
  
 
BP p.l.c.
 
(Registrant)
Dated: 16 November 2017
 
 
 
 
BP p.l.c.
 
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ D.J. JACKSON
 
 
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D.J. JACKSON
 
 
Company Secretary