BIL
BIBLT
BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Transaction in shares
BHP Billiton Plc
Share code: BIL
ISIN: BG0000566504
BHP BILLITON PLC - TRANSACTION IN SHARES
BHP Billiton Limited announces that on 24 April 2007 it purchased 850,000
ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Plc at an average price of 1146.850871 pence per
ordinary share.
Following the above purchase, BHP Billiton Plc holds 25,160,000 of its ordinary
shares as treasury shares and BHP Billiton Limited holds 43,450,000 of the
ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc, for a total of 68,610,000 shares. The total
number of BHP Billiton Plc ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as
treasury shares and shares held by BHP Billiton Limited) is 2,332,252,002.
For further information, please contact:
Investor Relations Company Secretary Company Secretary
Mark Lidiard BHP Billiton Plc BHP Billiton Limited
Office: +44 (0) 20 Robert Franklin Jane McAloon
7802 4156
Mobile: +44 (0) 77 Office: +44 (0) 20 7802 Office: +61 3 9609 2445
6993 4942 4116
Mobile: +44 (0) 7824 Mobile: +61 409 214 397
302684
Further information on BHP Billiton can be found on our internet site:
www.bhpbilliton .com
Australia United Kingdom
Samantha Evans, Media Relations Mark Lidiard, Investor & Media
Tel: +61 3 9609 2898 Mobile: +61 Relations
400 693 915 Tel: +44 20 7802 4156 Mobile: +44
email: 7769 934 942
Samantha.Evans@bhpbilliton.com email: Mark.Lidiard@bhpbilliton.com
Jane Belcher, Investor Relations Illtud Harri, Media Relations
Tel: +61 3 9609 3952 Mobile: +61 Tel: +44 20 7802 4195 Mobile: +44
417 031 653 7920 237 246
email: email: Illtud.Harri@bhpbilliton.com
Jane.H.Belcher@bhpbilliton.com
South Africa
United States Alison Gilbert, Investor Relations
Tracey Whitehead, Investor & Tel: SA +27 11 376 2121 or UK +44 20
Media Relations 7802 4183
Tel: US +1 713 599 6100 or UK +44 email:
20 7802 4031 Alison.Gilbert@bhpbilliton.com
Mobile: +44 7917 648 093
email:
Tracey.Whitehead@bhpbilliton.com
Date: 25/04/2007 07:40:02 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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