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BIL
BIBLT
BIL - Bhp Billiton Plc - Transaction In Shares
BHP Billiton Plc
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504
Issued by: BHP Billiton Plc
BHP Billiton Limited
To: London Stock Exchange
Australian Stock Exchange
Cc: New York Stock Exchange
JSE Limited
Swiss Stock Exchange
Deutsche Bank
UBS Zurich
Date: 23 May 2007
BHP BILLITON PLC - TRANSACTION IN SHARES
BHP Billiton Limited announces that on 23 May 2007 it purchased 500,000 ordinary
shares of BHP Billiton Plc at an average price of 1213.11 pence per ordinary
share.
Following the above transaction, BHP Billiton Plc holds 25,160,000 of its
ordinary shares as treasury shares and BHP Billiton Limited holds 23,811,714 of
the ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc, for a total of 48,971,714 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 2,317,490,288.
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:
6993 4942 4116 +61 3 9609 2445
Mobile: +44 (0) 7824 Mobile:
302684 +61 409 214 397
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 Relations
Mobile: +61 400 693 915 Tel: +44 20 7802 4156
email: Samantha.Evans@bhpbilliton.com Mobile: +44 7769 934 942
email:
Mark.Lidiard@bhpbilliton.com
Jane Belcher, Investor Relations Illtud Harri, Media Relations
Tel: +61 3 9609 3952 Mobile: +61 417 Tel: +44 20 7802 4195 Mobile: +44
031 653 7920 237 246
email: Jane.H.Belcher@bhpbilliton.com email:
Illtud.Harri@bhpbilliton.com
United States
Tracey Whitehead, Investor & Media South Africa
Relations Alison Gilbert, Investor Relations
Tel: US +1 713 599 6100 or UK +44 20 Tel: SA +27 11 376 2121 or UK +44
7802 4031 20 7802 4183
Mobile: +44 7917 648 093 email:
email: Alison.Gilbert@bhpbilliton.com
Tracey.Whitehead@bhpbilliton.com
Date: 24/05/2007 07:48:51 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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