23rd Feb 2006 07:03
BP PLC23 February 2006 BP p.l.c. - Transaction in Own Shares BP p.l.c. - 23 February 2006 BP p.l.c. announces that on 22 February 2006, it purchased 9,158,000 ordinaryshares at prices between 648.50 pence and 658.50 pence per share and between1125.00 cents and 1137.17 cents per share. The purchased shares will all be heldas Treasury shares. BP p.l.c. also announces that on 22 February 2006 it transferred to participantsin its employee share schemes 66,898 ordinary shares at prices between 350.00pence and 511.00 pence. These shares were previously held as treasury shares. Following the above transaction, BP p.l.c. holds 1,162,587,618 ordinary sharesin Treasury, and has 20,494,972,586 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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