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 21 December 2006 it purchased 2,000,000
ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Plc at an average price of 932.3667 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 67,285,000 of the
ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc, for a total of 92,705,000 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 2,375,442,002.
For further information, please contact:
Investor Relations Company Secretary Company Secretary
Mark Lidiard BHP Billiton Plc BHP Billiton Limited
Robert Franklin Jane McAloon
Office: Office: Office:
+44 (0) 20 7802 4156 +44 (0) 20 7802 4116 +61 3 9609 2445
Mobile: Mobile: Mobile:
+44 (0) 77 6993 4942 +44 (0) 7824 302684 +61 448 551 695
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 Tel: +44 20 7802 4156
Mob: +61 400 693 915 Mob: +44 7769 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 Tel: +44 20 7802 4195
Mob: +61 4 417 031 653 Mob: +44 7920 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 Tel SA: +27 11 376 2121
Mob: +44 7917 648 093 or UK: +44 20 7802 4183
email: Tracey.Whitehead@bhpbilliton.com email: Alison.Gilbert@bhpbilliton.com
Date: 22/12/2006 07:39:01 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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