BIL
BIBLT
BHP Billiton Plc - Transaction in shares
BHP Billiton Plc
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504
Date: 17 October 2006
BHP BILLITON PLC - TRANSACTION IN SHARES
BHP Billiton Limited announces that on 17 October 2006 it purchased
1,500,000 ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Plc at an average price of
1005.0211 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
19,740,000 of the ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc, for a total of
45,160,000 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 2,422,987,002.
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 Office: Office:
Mobile: +44 (0) 20 7802 4116 +61 3 9609 2445
+44 (0) 77 6993 4942 Mobile: Mobile:
+44 (0) 7824 302684 +61 448 551 695
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
Mob: +61 400 693 915 Tel: +44 20 7802 4156
email:Samantha.Evans@bhpbilliton.com Mob: +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
Mob: +61 4 417 031 653 email: Mob: +44 7920 237 246
Jane.Belcher@bhpbilliton.com email:Illtud.Harri@bhpbilliton.com
United States Tracey Whitehead, South Africa Alison Gilbert,
Investor Relations 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
Date: 18/10/2006 07:32:04 AM Produced by the JSE SENS Department
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