BIL
BIBLT
BIL - Bhp Billiton - Transaction in shares
BHP Billiton Plc
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504
BHP BILLITON PLC - TRANSACTION IN SHARES
BHP Billiton Limited announces that on 1 March 2007 it purchased 1,500,000
ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Plc at an average price of 1012.5035 pence
per ordinary share.
Following the above purchase, BHP Billiton Plc holds 25,320,000 of its
ordinary shares as treasury shares and BHP Billiton Limited holds 30,000,000
of the ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc, for a total of 55,320,000
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 2,345,542,002.
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
Mobile: +44 (0) 77 Office: +44 (0) 20 Office: +61 3 9609
6993 4942 7802 4116 2445
Mobile: +44 (0) 7824 Mobile: +61 409 214
302684 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
Tel: +61 3 9609 2898 Mobile: +61 400 Relations
693 915 Tel: +44 20 7802 4156 Mobile: +44
email: Samantha.Evans@bhpbilliton.com 7769 934 942
email:Mark.Lidiard@bhpbilliton.com
Jane Belcher, Investor Relations Illtud Harri, Media Relations
Tel: +61 3 9609 3952 Mobile: +61 417 Tel: +44 20 7802 4195 Mobile: +44
031 653 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: SA +27 11 376 2121 or UK +44 20
Tel: US +1 713 599 6100 or UK +44 20 7802 4183
7802 4031 Mobile: +44 7769 936 227
Mobile: +44 7917 648 093 Email:
email:Tracey.Whitehead@bhpbilliton.com Ivan.D.Arriagada@BHPBilliton.com
Date: 02/03/2007 07:34:15 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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