28th Aug 2007 18:07
BHP Billiton PLC28 August 2007 Issued by: BHP Billiton Plc BHP Billiton Limited To: London Stock Exchange Australian Securities Exchange Cc: New York Stock Exchange JSE Limited, Swiss Stock Exchange Deutsche Bank, UBS Zurich Date: 28 August 2007 For Release: Immediately BHP BILLITON PLC - TRANSACTION IN SHARES BHP Billiton Plc announces that on 28 August 2007 it sold to Billiton ESOP TrustLtd the following number of its ordinary shares of US$0.50 each, which werepreviously held as treasury shares. These shares will be used to part-satisfyparticipants in its employee share schemes. Date of transfer: 28 August 2007Number of ordinary shares transferred: 300,000Sale price per share: £ 13.810895Converted to USD at 2.0051: US$ 8,307,667.66935 Following the above sale, BHP Billiton Plc holds 24,610,000 of its ordinaryshares as treasury shares and BHP Billiton Limited holds 19,870,000 of theordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc, a total of 44,480,000 shares. The totalnumber of BHP Billiton Plc ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held astreasury shares and shares held by BHP Billiton Limited) is 2,283,545,288. For further information, please contact: Investor Relations Company Secretary Company SecretaryMark Lidiard BHP Billiton Plc BHP Billiton LimitedOffice: +44 (0) 20 7802 4156 Robert Franklin Jane McAloonMobile: +44 (0) 77 6993 4942 Office: +44 (0) 20 7802 4116 Office: +61 3 9609 2445 Mobile: +44 (0) 7824 302684 Mobile: +61 409 214 397 This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or anysolicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction. 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 Relations Tel: +61 3 9609 2898 Mobile: +61 400 693 915 Tel: +44 20 7802 4156 Mobile: +44 7769 934 942 email: [email protected] email: [email protected] Jane Belcher, Investor Relations Illtud Harri, Media Relations Tel: +61 3 9609 3952 Mobile: +61 417 031 653 Tel: +44 20 7802 4195 Mobile: +44 7920 237 246 email: [email protected] email: [email protected] United States South AfricaTracey Whitehead, Investor & Media Relations Alison Gilbert, Investor Relations Tel: SA +27 11 376 2121 or UK +44 20 7802 4183Tel: US +1 713 599 6100 or UK +44 20 7802 4031 Mobile: +44 7769 936 227Mobile: +44 7917 648 093 email: [email protected] email: [email protected] This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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