BIL
BIBLT
BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Transaction in shares
Bhp Billiton Plc
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504
Date: 4 May 2007
BHP BILLITON PLC - TRANSACTION IN SHARES
BHP Billiton Limited announces that on 4 May 2007 it purchased 500,000 ordinary
shares of BHP Billiton Plc at an average price of 1194.88 pence per ordinary
share.
Following the above transaction, BHP Billiton Plc holds 25,160,000 of its
ordinary shares as treasury shares and BHP Billiton Limited holds 15,800,000 of
the ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc, for a total of 40,960,000 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 2,325,502,002.
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 7802 Office: +61 3 9609
6993 4942 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 Relations
Tel: +61 3 9609 2898 Mobile: +61 Tel: +44 20 7802 4156 Mobile: +44 7769
400 693 915 934 942
email: email: Mark.Lidiard@bhpbilliton.com
Samantha.Evans@bhpbilliton.com
Jane Belcher, Investor Relations Illtud Harri, Media Relations
Tel: +61 3 9609 3952 Mobile: +61 Tel: +44 20 7802 4195 Mobile: +44 7920
417 031 653 237 246
email: email: Illtud.Harri@bhpbilliton.com
Jane.H.Belcher@bhpbilliton.com
South Africa
United States Alison Gilbert, Investor Relations
Tracey Whitehead, Investor & Media Tel: SA +27 11 376 2121 or UK +44 20 7802
Relations 4183
Tel: US +1 713 599 6100 or UK +44 email: Alison.Gilbert@bhpbilliton.com
20 7802 4031
Mobile: +44 7917 648 093
email:
Tracey.Whitehead@bhpbilliton.com
Date: 07/05/2007 07:51:42 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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