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BIL
BIBLT
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 Stock Exchange
Cc: New York Stock Exchange
JSE Limited
Swiss Stock Exchange
Deutsche Bank
UBS Zurich
Date: 27 September 2006
BHP BILLITON PLC - TRANSACTION IN SHARES
BHP Billiton Limited announces that on 27 September 2006 it purchased
1,000,000 ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Plc at an average price of
914.6548 pence per ordinary share.
Following the above purchase, BHP Billiton Plc holds 25,420,000 of its
ordinary shares as treasury shares and BHP Billiton Limited holds 7,290,000
of the ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc, for a total of 32,710,000
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 2,435,437,002.
For further information, please contact:
Investor Relations Company Secretary Company Secretary
Mark Lidiard BHP Billiton Plc BHP Billiton
Office: Robert Franklin Limited
+44 (0) 20 7802 4156 Office: Jane McAloon
Mobile: +44 (0) 20 7802 4116 Office:
+44 (0) 77 6993 4942 Mobile: + +61 3 9609 2445
+44 (0) 7824 302684
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 Mob: +61 400 693 915 Tel: +44 20 7802 4156
Mob: +44 7769 934 942
email: Samantha.Evans@bhpbilliton.com email: Mark.Lidiard@bhpbilliton.com
Jane Belcher, Investor Relations Illtud Harri, Media Relations
Tel: +61 3 9609 3952 Mob: +61 4 417 031 653 Tel: +44 20 7802 4195
Mob: +44 7920 237 246
email: Jane.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 Mob: +44 7917 648 093 Tel SA: +27 11 376 2121
or UK: +44 20 7802 4183
email: Tracey.Whitehead@bhpbilliton.com email:
Alison.Gilbert@bhpbilliton.com
Date: 28/09/2006 07:45:04 AM Produced by the JSE SENS Department
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