17th Aug 2006 07:01
BP PLC17 August 2006 BP p.l.c. - Transaction in Own Shares BP p.l.c. - 17 August 2006 BP p.l.c. announces that on 16 August 2006, it purchased 6,058,000 ordinaryshares at prices between 605.0 pence and 616.5 pence per share. The purchasedshares will all be held as Treasury shares. BP p.l.c. also announces that on 16 August 2006 it transferred to participantsin its employee share schemes 9,486 ordinary shares at prices between 350.00pence and 452.0 pence. These shares were previously held as treasury shares. Following the above transactions, BP p.l.c. holds 1,937,999,185 ordinary sharesin Treasury, and has 19,761,198,814 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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