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BIL
BIBLT
BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Purchases of shares in close period
BHP Billiton Plc
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504
NEWS RELEASE
PURCHASES OF SHARES IN CLOSE PERIOD
BHP Billiton announces that BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc
have entered into an irrevocable arrangement with an independent third
party which makes its trading decisions in relation to the securities of
BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc independently of, and
uninfluenced by, BHP Billiton Limited or BHP Billiton Plc, to purchase on
BHP Billiton Limited`s behalf and within certain pre-set parameters,
ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc during the period commencing on 1
January 2007 and ending upon the announcement of BHP Billiton`s interim
results for the half year ended 31 December 2006. These share purchases
will be made on BHP Billiton Limited`s behalf and in accordance with the
irrevocable arrangement during a so-called "Close Period", a period in
which BHP Billiton and its directors, officers and employees would
normally otherwise refrain from transacting in BHP Billiton shares.
Any share purchases effected pursuant to the irrevocable arrangement will
be subject to the terms of the mandate and in any case will be effected
in a manner consistent with both the general authority vested in BHP
Billiton to repurchase shares and Chapter 12 of the Listing Rules, which
require that the maximum price paid be limited to no more than 105 per
cent of the average middle market closing price of BHP Billiton Plc`s
Ordinary Shares for the five dealing days preceding the date of purchase.
Further information on BHP Billiton can be found on our Internet site:
www.bhpbilliton.com
Australia United Kingdom & South Africa
Samantha Evans, Media Relations Mark Lidiard, Investor & Media
Tel: +61 3 9609 2898 Mobile: Relations
+61 400 693 915 Tel: +44 20 7802 4156 Mobile: +44
email: 7769 934 942
Samantha.Evans@bhpbilliton.com email: Mark.Lidiard@bhpbilliton.com
Jane Belcher, Investor Relations Illtud Harri, Media Relations
Tel: +61 3 9609 3952 Mobile: Tel: +44 20 7802 4195 Mobile: +44
+61 417 031 653 7920 237 246
email: email: Illtud.Harri@bhpbilliton.com
Jane.H.Belcher@bhpbilliton.com
United States
Tracey Whitehead, Investor &
Media Relations
Tel: US +1 713 599 6100 or UK
+44 20 7802 4031
Mobile: +44 7917 648 093
email:
Tracey.Whitehead@bhpbilliton.com
Date: 27/12/2006 10:44:06 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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