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BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Transaction In Shares
BHP Billiton Plc
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504
TRANSACTION IN SHARES
BHP Billiton Limited announces that on 22 October 2007 it purchased 650,000
ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Plc at an average price of 1,770.87 pence per
ordinary share.
Following the above transaction, BHP Billiton Plc holds 24,265,516 of its
ordinary shares as treasury shares and BHP Billiton Limited holds 57,433,736 of
the ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc, for a total of 81,699,252 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 2,246,326,036
For further information, please contact:
Investor Relations
Andre Liebenberg
Office: +44 20 7802 4131
Mobile: +44 20 7920 236 974
Company Secretary
BHP Billiton Plc
Robert Franklin
Office: +44 20 7802 4116
Mobile: +44 7824 302 684
Company Secretary
BHP Billiton Limited
Jane McAloon
Office: +61 3 9609 2445
Mobile: +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 Andre Liebenberg, Investor Relations
Tel: +61 3 9609 2898 Tel: +44 20 7802 4131
Mobile: +61 400 693 915 Mobile: +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 Tel: +44 20 7802 4195
Mobile: +61 417 031 653 Mobile: +44 7920 237 246
email: Jane.H.Belcher@bhpbilliton.com email: Illtud.Harri@bhpbilliton.com
United States South Africa
Tracey Whitehead, Investor & Media Alison Gilbert, Investor Relations
Relations Tel: SA +27 11 376 2121 or
Tel: US +1 713 599 6100 or UK +44 20 7802 4183
UK +44 20 7802 4031 Mobile: +44 7769 936 227
Mobile: +44 7917 648 093 email: Alison.Gilbert@bhpbilliton.com
email:Tracey.Whitehead@bhpbilliton.com
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