France: Total Names Gerard Lamarche as New Director

The Board of Directors of Total accepted the resignation for personal reasons of Thierry de Rudder as a Director, effective the close of the meeting

Mr. de Rudder had first been elected as a Director at the Shareholders’ Meeting on January 14, 1999. He was re-elected several times, the last time at the Shareholders’ Meeting on May 21, 2010.

Christophe de Margerie, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Total, thanked Mr. de Rudder on his own and the Board of Directors’ behalf for his active and constructive contributions to the Board and its Committees, in particular the Audit Committee.

On the recommendation of the Nominating & Governance Committee, the Board of Directors has appointed Gérard Lamarche as Director, effective the close of the meeting. His term will expire when Mr. de Rudder’s term would have, that is at the close of the Shareholders’ Meeting that will approve the accounts for 2012, in accordance with the resolution approved at the Shareholders’ Meeting on  May 21, 2010. Mr. Lamarche has also been appointed to the Audit Committee and the Strategy Committee, effective the same date.

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LNG World News Staff, January 16, 2012