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 3 April 2007 it purchased 500,000
ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Plc at an average price of 1150.7673 pence
per ordinary share.
Following the above purchase, BHP Billiton Plc holds 25,220,000 of its
ordinary shares as treasury shares and BHP Billiton Limited holds 35,400,000
of the ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc, for a total of 60,620,000 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
2,340,242,002.
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 +61 409 214 397
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
Tel: +61 3 9609 2898 Relations
Mobile: +61 400 693 915 Tel: +44 20 7802 4156
email: Samantha.Evans@bhpbilliton.com Mobile: +44 7769 934 942
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 Alison Gilbert, Investor Relations
Relations Tel: SA +27 11 376 2121
Tel: US +1 713 599 6100 or UK +44 20 7802 4183
or UK +44 20 7802 4031 email: Alison.GIlbert@bhpbilliton.com
Mobile: +44 7917 648 093
email:
Tracey.Whitehead@bhpbilliton.com
Date: 04/04/2007 10:45:02 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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