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BIL - Bhp Billiton Plc - Transaction In Shares
BHP Billiton Plc
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504
Issued by: BHP Billiton Plc
BHP Billiton Limited
To: London Stock Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Cc: New York Stock Exchange
JSE Limited
Swiss Stock Exchange
Deutsche Bank
UBS Zurich
Date: 5 December 2007
BHP BILLITON PLC - TRANSACTION IN SHARES
BHP Billiton Limited announces that on 5 December 2007 it purchased 750,000
ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Plc at an average price of 1,599.61 pence
per ordinary share. The highest price paid was 1,642 pence per ordinary
share and the lowest price paid was 1,580 pence per ordinary share.
Following the above transaction, BHP Billiton Plc holds 24,165,516 of its
ordinary shares as treasury shares and BHP Billiton Limited holds
43,582,860 of the ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc, forming a total of
67,748,376 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 2,213,410,686
Further information on BHP Billiton can be found on our Internet site:
www.bhpbilliton.com
Australia United Kingdom
Samantha Evans, Media Andre Liebenberg, Investor Relations
Relations Tel: +44 20 7802 4131
Tel: +61 3 9609 2898 Mobile: +44 7920 236 974
Mobile: +61 400 693 915 Email:
Email: Andre.Liebenberg@bhpbilliton.com
Samantha.Evans@bhpbilliton.com
Don Carroll, Investor Illtud Harri, Media Relations
Relations Tel: +44 20 7802 4195
Tel: +61 3 9609 2686 Mobile: +44 7920 237 246
Mobile: +61 417 591 938 Email: Illtud.Harri@bhpbilliton.com
Email: South Africa
Don.A.Carroll@bhpbilliton.com Alison GIlbert, Investor Relations
Tel: SA +27 11 376 2121
United States or UK +44 20 7802 4183
Tracey Whitehead, Investor & Mobile: +44 7769 936 227
Media Relations Email: Alison.Gilbert@bhpbilliton.com
Tel: US +1 713 599 6100
or UK +44 20 7802 4031
Mobile: +44 7917 648 093
Email:
Tracey.Whitehead@bhpbilliton.co
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