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BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Transaction in shares
BHP Billiton Plc
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504
3 January 2008
BHP BILLITON PLC - TRANSACTION IN SHARES
BHP Billiton Plc announces that on 31 December 2007 it sold to Billiton ESOP
Trustee Limited, as trustee of The Billiton Employee Share Ownership Trust, the
following number of its ordinary shares of US$0.50 each, which were previously
held as treasury shares. These shares will be used to part-satisfy participants
in BHP Billiton Plc`s employee share plan.
Date of transfer: 31 December 2007
Number of ordinary shares transferred: 51,858
Sale price per share: GBP15.74761
Converted to USD at 1.9956: US$ 31.4259304253
Following the above sale, BHP Billiton Plc holds 24,113,658 of its ordinary
shares as treasury shares and BHP Billiton Limited holds 25,515,350 of the
ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc, a total of 49,629,008 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 2,207,007,544.
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 Andre Liebenberg, Investor Relations
Tel: +61 3 9609 2898 Mob: +61 400 693 Tel: +44 20 7802 4131 Mob: +44 7920
915 236 974
email: Samantha.Evans@bhpbilliton.com email:Andre.Liebenberg@bhpbilliton.com
Jane Belcher, Investor Relations Illtud Harri, Media Relations
Tel: +61 3 9609 3952 Tel: +44 20 7802 4195
Mob: +61 4 417 031 653 Mob: +44 7920 237 246
email: Jane.H.Belcher@bhpbilliton.com email: Illtud.Harri@bhpbilliton.com
United States South Africa
Tracey Whitehead, Investor Relations Alison Gilbert, Investor Relations
Tel: +44 20 7802 4031 Tel SA: +27 11 376 2121 or
Mob: +44 7917 648 093 UK: +44 20 7802 4183
email:Tracey.Whitehead@bhpbilliton.com email: Alison.Gilbert@bhpbilliton.com
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