Luis Aires Dupré, Chairman of BP Spain, appointed director of CLH

• The Board of Directors also agreed to pay interim dividends against the results for the year 2014

At its meeting held today, the Board of Directors of CLH resolved to appoint as board member by co-option shareholder Luis Alberto Aires Dupré, to fill the position left vacant due to the resignation of Jorge Lanza Perea, who was re-elected for a term of five years by a resolution of the General Meeting held on 27 April 2012.

Luis Aires Dupré holds a degree in Economics and Business Science, awarded with an extraordinary prize, from the University of Valencia. He started working for BP in 1991, when he joined the refinery in Castellón. Since then, he has held positions of responsibility in Madrid, Brussels, London and at Carson refinery (California).

Payment of dividends

The Board of Directors of CLH also resolved to make effective on 22 December 2014 the payment of interim dividends against the results for the year 2014.

Details are as follows:

Gross amount of 2014 interim dividend: 123,302,872 euros
Gross amount per share:   1.7600 euros
Tax 21%:      0.3696 euros
Net amount:     1.3904 euros

The amounts withheld, where appropriate, will be in accordance with the provisions of the applicable tax regulations, of a general nature and for reasons of Personal Income Tax or Corporation Tax, depending on the nature of the recipient, without prejudice to the special characteristics that may apply in view of the recipient’s tax residence. The dividend will be paid on all company shares, classes A, C and D.