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BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Transaction in shares
BHP Billiton Plc
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504
4 October 2007
BHP BILLITON PLC - TRANSACTION IN SHARES
BHP Billiton Plc announces that on 4 October 2007 it sold to Billiton ESOP Trust
Ltd the following number of its ordinary shares of US$0.50 each, which were
previously held as treasury shares. These shares will be used to part-satisfy
participants in its employee share schemes.
Date of transfer: 4 October 2007
Number of ordinary shares 44,484
transferred:
Sale price per share: GBP17.732589
Converted to USD at 2.041: US$ 36.192214149
Following the above sale, BHP Billiton Plc holds 24,265,516 of its ordinary
shares as treasury shares and BHP Billiton Limited holds 48,826,226 of the
ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc, a total of 73,091,742 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 2,254,933,546.
For further information, please contact:
Investor Relations Company Secretary Company Secretary
Andre Liebenberg BHP Billiton Plc BHP Billiton Limited
Office:+44 (0) 20 7802 4131 Robert Franklin Jane McAloon
Mobile:+44 (0) 7920 236 974 Office:+44 (0) 20 7802 4116 Office:+61 3 9609
2445
Mobile:+44 (0) 7824 302684 Mobile:+61 409 214
397
This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any
solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.
Further information on BHP Billiton can be found on our internet site:
www.bhpbilliton .com
Australia United Kingdom
Samantha Evans, Media Relations Andre Liebenberg, Investor & Media
Relations
Tel: +61 3 9609 2898 Tel: +44 20 7802 4131
Mob: +61 400 693 915 Mob: +44 7920 236 974
email:Samantha.Evans@bhpbilliton.com email:Andre.Liebenberg@bhpbilliton.com
Jane Belcher, Investor Relations Illtud Harri, Media Relations
Tel: +61 3 9609 3952 Mob: +61 4 417 Tel: +44 20 7802 4195 Mob: +44 7920
031 653 237 246
email:Jane.H.Belcher@bhpbilliton.com email: Illtud.Harri@bhpbilliton.com
United States South Africa
Tracey Whitehead, Investor Relations Alison Gilbert, Investor Relations
Tel: +44 20 7802 4031 Tel SA: +27 11 376 2121 or
Mob: +44 7917 648 093 UK: +44 20 7802 4183
email:Tracey.Whitehead@bhpbilliton.com email: Alison.Gilbert@bhpbilliton.com
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