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BIL - BHP billiton Plc - Transaction In Shares
BHP Billiton Plc
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504
BHP Billiton Plc announces that on 28 August 2007 it sold to Billiton ESOP Trust
Ltd the following number of its ordinary shares of US$0.50 each, which were
previously held as treasury shares. These shares will be used to
part-satisfy participants in its employee share schemes.
Date of transfer: 28 August 2007
Number of ordinary shares 300,000
transferred:
Sale price per share: GBP 13.810895
Converted to USD at 2.0051: US$ 8,307,667.66935
Following the above sale, BHP Billiton Plc holds 24,610,000 of its ordinary
shares as treasury shares and BHP Billiton Limited holds 19,870,000 of the
ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc, a total of 44,480,000 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 2,283,545,288.
For further information, please contact:
Investor Relations Company Secretary Company Secretary
Mark Lidiard BHP Billiton Plc BHP Billiton Limited
Office: Robert Franklin Jane McAloon
+44 (0) 20 7802 4156
Mobile: Office: Office:
+44 (0) 77 6993 4942 +44 (0) 20 7802 4116 +61 3 9609 2445
Mobile: Mobile:
+44 (0) 7824 302684 +61 409 214 397
This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any
solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.
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:Alison.Gilbert@bhpbilliton.com
email:Tracey.Whitehead@bhpbilliton.com
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