BIL
BIBLT
BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Transaction in shares
BHP BILLITON PLC
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504
BHP BILLITON PLC - TRANSACTION IN SHARES
BHP Billiton Limited announces that on 31 May 2007 it purchased 500,000 ordinary
shares of BHP Billiton Plc at an average price of 1227.66 pence per ordinary
share.
Following the above transaction, BHP Billiton Plc holds 24,910,000 of its
ordinary shares as treasury shares and BHP Billiton Limited holds 28,111,714 of
the ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc, for a total of 53,021,714 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 2,313,440,288.
31 May 2007
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 Office: +61 3 9609 2445
6993 4942 7802 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: +61 400 Relations
693 915 Tel: +44 20 7802 4156 Mobile: +44 7769
email: Samantha.Evans@bhpbilliton.com 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 7920
031 653 237 246
email: Jane.H.Belcher@bhpbilliton.com email: Illtud.Harri@bhpbilliton.com
United States South Africa
Tracey Whitehead, Investor & Media Alison Gilbert, Investor RelationsTel:
Relations SA +27 11 376 2121 or UK +44 20 7802
Tel: US +1 713 599 6100 or UK +44 20 4183
7802 4031 email: Alison.Gilbert@bhpbilliton.com
Mobile: +44 7917 648 093
email:Tracey.Whitehead@bhpbilliton.com
Date: 01/06/2007 07:10:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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