BIL
BIBLT
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 23 October 2006 it purchased 500,000
ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Plc at an average price of 1,015.50565 pence
per ordinary share.
Following the above purchase, BHP Billiton Plc holds 25,420,000 of its
ordinary shares as treasury shares and BHP Billiton Limited holds 21,915,000
of the ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc, for a total of 47,335,000 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
2,420,812,002.
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 Office: +44 (0) 20 Office: +61 3 9609
Mobile: +44 (0) 77 7802 4116 2445
6993 4942 Mobile: +44 (0) 7824 Mobile: +61 448 551
302684 695
24 October 2006
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
Relations
Tel: +61 3 9609 2898 Mob: +61 400 693 Tel: +44 20 7802 4156 Mob: +44 7769
915 934 942
email: Samantha.Evans@bhpbilliton.com email: Mark.Lidiard@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.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 Mob: +44 7917 Tel SA: +27 11 376 2121 or UK: +44 20
648 093 7802 4183
email: Tracey.Whitehead@bhpbilliton.com email: Alison.Gilbert@bhpbilliton.com
Date: 24/10/2006 07:17:04 AM Produced by the JSE SENS Department
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