Deferred tax assets                                                                   7,744       4,560 
Defined benefit pension plan surpluses                                                7,957       7,053 
                                                                                    194,672     213,135 
Current assets 
Loans                                                                                   458         339 
Inventories                                                                          16,873      20,880 
Trade and other receivables                                                          17,948      24,442 
Derivative financial instruments                                                      2,992       4,153 
Prepayments                                                                           1,269         857 
Current tax receivable                                                                  672       1,282 
Other investments                                                                       333         169 
Cash and cash equivalents                                                            31,111      22,472 
                                                                                     71,656      74,594 
Assets classified as held for sale (Note 2)                                           1,326       7,465 
                                                                                     72,982      82,059 
Total assets                                                                        267,654     295,194 
Current liabilities 
Trade and other payables                                                             36,014      46,829 
Derivative financial instruments                                                      2,998       3,261 
Accruals                                                                              4,650       5,066 
Lease liabilities                                                                     1,933       2,067 
Finance debt                                                                          9,359      10,487 
Current tax payable                                                                   1,038       2,039 
Provisions                                                                            3,761       2,453 
                                                                                     59,753      72,202 
Liabilities directly associated with assets classified as held for sale (Note 2)         46       1,393 
                                                                                     59,799      73,595 
Non-current liabilities 
Other payables                                                                       12,112      12,626 
Derivative financial instruments                                                      5,404       5,537 
Accruals                                                                                852         996 
Lease liabilities                                                                     7,329       7,655 
Finance debt                                                                         63,305      57,237 
Deferred tax liabilities                                                              6,831       9,750 
Provisions                                                                           17,200      18,498 
Defined benefit pension plan and other post-retirement benefit plan deficits          9,254       8,592 
                                                                                    122,287     120,891 
Total liabilities                                                                   182,086     194,486 
Net assets                                                                           85,568     100,708 
Equity 
BP shareholders' equity                                                              71,250      98,412 
Non-controlling interests                                                            14,318       2,296 
Total equity                                                                         85,568     100,708 

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Condensed group cash flow statement


                                                                     Fourth     Third    Fourth 
                                                                    quarter   quarter   quarter         Year       Year 
USD million                                                              2020      2020      2019         2020       2019 
Operating activities 
Profit (loss) before taxation                                       1,090       150       249     (24,888)      8,154 
Adjustments to reconcile profit (loss) before taxation to net 
cash provided by operating activities 
Depreciation, depletion and amortization and exploration 
expenditure written off                                             3,580     3,517     4,589       24,809     18,411 
Impairment and (gain) loss on sale of businesses and fixed        (1,589)       267     3,609       11,507      7,882 
assets 
Earnings from equity-accounted entities, less dividends             (538)     1,018      (75)        1,845    (1,295) 
received 
Net charge for interest and other finance expense, less net 
interest paid                                                          22        60       250          236        657 
Share-based payments                                                  179       199       167          723        730 
Net operating charge for pensions and other post-retirement 
benefits, less contributions and benefit payments for unfunded 
plans                                                               (182)      (46)      (43)        (282)      (238) 
Net charge for provisions, less payments                              866       293       270          735      (176) 
Movements in inventories and other current and non-current 
assets and liabilities                                              (715)       556     (306)         (85)    (2,918) 
Income taxes paid                                                   (444)     (810)   (1,107)      (2,438)    (5,437) 
Net cash provided by operating activities                           2,269     5,204     7,603       12,162     25,770 
Investing activities 
Expenditure on property, plant and equipment, intangible and 
other assets                                                      (2,922)   (2,577)   (3,936)     (12,306)   (15,418) 
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired                                   (17)      (10)      (33)         (44)    (3,562) 
Investment in joint ventures                                        (529)      (12)      (57)        (567)      (137) 
Investment in associates                                             (23)   (1,037)      (83)      (1,138)      (304) 
Total cash capital expenditure                                    (3,491)   (3,636)   (4,109)     (14,055)   (19,421) 
Proceeds from disposal of fixed assets                                439        32        24          491        500 
Proceeds from disposal of businesses, net of cash disposed          3,564        84       792        4,989      1,701 
Proceeds from loan repayments                                          61        50        64          717        246 
Net cash used in investing activities                                 573   (3,470)   (3,229)      (7,858)   (16,974) 
Financing activities 
Net issue (repurchase) of shares (Note 9)                               -         -   (1,171)        (776)    (1,511) 
Lease liability payments                                            (631)     (578)     (566)      (2,442)    (2,372) 
Proceeds from long-term financing                                   2,619     2,587     1,879       14,736      8,597 
Repayments of long-term financing                                 (3,191)   (4,307)     (360)     (12,179)    (7,118) 
Net increase (decrease) in short-term debt                          (906)   (2,630)        62      (1,234)        180 
Issue of perpetual hybrid bonds                                         -         -         -       11,861          - 
Payments on perpetual hybrid bonds                                   (62)      (27)         -         (89)          - 
Payments relating to transactions involving non-controlling             -         -         -          (8)          - 
interests (other) 
Receipts relating to transactions involving non-controlling           173       483       566          665        566 
interests (other) 
Dividends paid - BP shareholders                                  (1,059)   (1,060)   (2,076)      (6,340)    (6,946) 
- non-controlling interests                                          (75)      (58)      (47)        (238)      (213) 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities               (3,132)   (5,590)   (1,713)        3,956    (8,817) 
Currency translation differences relating to cash and cash            336       268       119          379         25 
equivalents 
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents                       46   (3,588)     2,780        8,639          4 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period                   31,065    34,653    19,692       22,472     22,468 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period[(a)]                    31,111    31,065    22,472       31,111     22,472 

(a) Third quarter 2020 includes USD316 million of cash and cash equivalents classified as assets held for sale in the group balance sheet.

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Notes

Note 1. Basis of preparation

The results for the interim periods are unaudited and, in the opinion of management, include all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the results for each period. All such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. This report should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes for the year ended 31 December 2019 included in BP Annual Report and Form 20-F 2019.

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