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BIL
BIBLT
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 Stock Exchange
Cc: New York Stock Exchange
JSE Limited
Swiss Stock Exchange
Deutsche Bank
UBS Zurich
Date: 15 February 2007
BHP BILLITON PLC - TRANSACTION IN SHARES
BHP Billiton Limited announces that on 15 February 2007 it purchased
500,000 ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Plc at an average price of
1090.4892 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
21,850,000 of the ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc, for a total of
47,270,000 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 2,353,592,002.
For further information, please contact:
Investor Relations Company Secretary Company Secretary
Mark Lidiard BHP Billiton Plc BHP Billiton Limited
Office:+44 (0) 20 7802 Robert Franklin Jane McAloon
4156
Mobile:+44 (0) 77 6993 Office:+44 (0) 20 7802 Office:+61 3 9609 2445
4942 4116
Mobile: Mobile:
+44 (0) 7824 302684 +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 Mark Lidiard, Investor & Media
Relations
Tel: +61 3 9609 2898 Tel: +44 20 7802 4156
Mobile: +61 400 693 915 Mobile: +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
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 Ivan Arriagada, Investor Relations
Relations
Tel: US +1 713 599 6100 or UK +44 20 Tel: SA +27 11 376 2121 or UK +44
7802 4031 20 7802 4183
Mobile: +44 7917 648 093 Mobile: +44 7769 936 227
email:Tracey.Whitehead@bhpbilliton.co Email:Ivan.D.Arriagada@BHPBilliton
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Date: 16/02/2007 07:22:49 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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