Purchase of Own Securities

Total S.A.
29 August 2003


Please be advised that in connection with Total's share repurchase program, 
TOTAL S.A. reacquired 1,700,000 of its ordinary shares, nominal value 10 euros 
per share, in August 2003, through trades executed on the Paris Bourse


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