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BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Transaction in shares
BHP Billiton Plc
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504
BHP BILLITON PLC - TRANSACTION IN SHARES
BHP Billiton Plc announces that, further to the resolution approved at the AGM
held on 26 October 2006 relating to the reduction of share capital in BHP
Billiton Plc by the cancellation of all the shares held by BHP Billiton Limited
on 31 March 2007, 34,400,000 ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Plc were cancelled
on 23 April 2007 and a sum of US$17,200,000 being equal to the reduction in
share capital, was transferred to a special reserve. The total number shares
cancelled under the authorities granted at the AGM currently amounts to
101,685,000 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each.
As a consequence of the cancellation of 34,400,000 ordinary shares of BHP
Billiton Plc with effect from 23 April 2007, the number of shares held by BHP
Billiton Limited as stated in our announcements of 23 and 24 April 2007 was
incorrect. The number of shares held by BHP Billiton Limited on 23 and 24 April
2007 was 8,200,000 and 9,050,000 respectively. All other information in those
announcements remains correct.
In addition, BHP Billiton Limited announces that on 25 April 2007 it purchased
850,000 ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Plc at an average price of 1150.784118
pence per ordinary share.
Following the above transactions, BHP Billiton Plc holds 25,160,000 of its
ordinary shares as treasury shares and BHP Billiton Limited holds 9,900,000 of
the ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc, for a total of 35,060,000 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 2,331,402,002.
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 2445
6993 4942 7802 4116
Mobile: +44 (0) 7824 Mobile: +61 409 214 397
302684
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 Alison Gilbert, Investor RelationsTel:
Relations SA +27 11 376 2121 or UK +44 20 7802
Tel: US +1 713 599 6100 or UK +44 20 4183
7802 4031 email:Alison.Gilbert@bhpbilliton.com
Mobile: +44 7917 648 093
email:Tracey.Whitehead@bhpbilliton.com
Date: 30/04/2007 07:34:01 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
