13th Mar 2008 07:00
BP PLC13 March 2008 BP p.l.c. - Transaction in Own SharesBP p.l.c. - 13 March 2008 BP p.l.c. announces that on 12 March 2008, it purchased for cancellation 905,000ordinary shares at prices between 543.50 pence and 547.00 pence per share. BP p.l.c. also announces that on 12 March 2008 it transferred to participants inits employee share schemes 631,573 ordinary shares at prices between 350.00pence and 610.50 pence. These shares were previously held as treasury shares. Following the above transactions BP p.l.c. holds 1,938,444,967 ordinary sharesin Treasury, and has 18,858,584,802 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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