19th Feb 2007 07:01
BP PLC19 February 2007 BP p.l.c. - Transaction in Own Shares BP p.l.c. - 19 February 2007 BP p.l.c. announces that on 16 February 2007, it purchased for cancellation3,800,000 ordinary shares at prices between 534.00 pence and 539.50 pence pershare. BP p.l.c. also announces that on 16 February 2007 it transferred 200,000ordinary shares into the BP Employees Share Ownership Plan No. 1 (the "Trust").These shares were previously held as treasury shares. Following thistransaction, the Trust holds 7,326,198 ordinary shares. Following the above transactions, BP p.l.c. holds 1,944,336,120 ordinary sharesin Treasury, and has 19,385,866,088 ordinary shares in issue (excluding Treasuryshares). Enquiries: Fergus MacLeod, BP p.l.c. Tel : 020 7496 4632 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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