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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 Securities Exchange
Cc: New York Stock Exchange
JSE Limited
Swiss Stock Exchange
Deutsche Bank
UBS Zurich
Date: 29 August 2007
BHP BILLITON PLC - TRANSACTION IN SHARES
BHP Billiton Limited announces that on 29 August 2007 it purchased 800,000
ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Plc at an average price of 1374.47 pence per
ordinary share.
Following the above transaction, BHP Billiton Plc holds 24,610,000 of its
ordinary shares as treasury shares and BHP Billiton Limited holds 22,170,000 of
the ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc, for a total of 46,780,000 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 2,281,245,288.
For further information, please contact:
Investor Relations Company Secretary Company Secretary
Mark Lidiard BHP Billiton Plc BHP Billiton Limited
Office: +44 20 Robert Franklin Jane McAloon
7802 4156
Mobile: +44 7769 Office: +44 20 7802 Office: +61 3 9609
934 942 4116 2445
Mobile: +44 7824 302 Mobile: +61 409 214
684 397
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 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
Media Relations 20 7802 4183
Tel: US +1 713 599 6100 or UK +44 Mobile: +44 7769 936 227
20 7802 4031 email:
Mobile: +44 7917 648 093 Alison.Gilbert@bhpbilliton.com
email:
Tracey.Whitehead@bhpbilliton.com
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