BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Notification of interests
BIL
BIBLT
BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Notification of interests of directors
BHP Billiton Plc
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504
BHP BILLITON PLC - TRANSACTION IN SHARES
BHP Billiton Limited announces that on 10 July 2007 it purchased 500,000
ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Plc at an average price of 1503.8921 pence
per ordinary share.
Following the above transaction, BHP Billiton Plc holds 24,910,000 of its
ordinary shares as treasury shares and BHP Billiton Limited holds
21,736,714 of the ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc, for a total of
46,646,714 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 2,300,165,288.
10 July 2007
For further information, please contact:
Investor Relations Company Secretary Company Secretary
Mark Lidiard BHP Billiton Plc BHP Billiton Limited
Office:+44 20 7802 4156 Robert Franklin Jane McAloon
Mobile:+44 7769 934 942 Office:+44 20 7802 4116 Office:+61 3 9609 2445
Mobile:+44 7824 302 684 Mobile:+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 or
Tel: US +1 713 599 6100 or UK +44 20 7802 4183
UK +44 20 7802 4031 Mobile: +44 7769 936 227
Mobile: +44 7917 648 093 email:
email:Tracey.Whitehead@bhpbilliton.com Alison.Gilbert@bhpbilliton.com
Date: 11/07/2007 07:14:38 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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