25th May 2006 07:00
BP PLC25 May 2006 BP p.l.c. - Transaction in Own Shares BP p.l.c. - 25 May 2006 BP p.l.c. announces that on 24 May 2006, it purchased 5,594,900 ordinary sharesat prices between 617.50 pence and 622.0 pence per share. The purchased shareswill all be held as Treasury shares. BP p.l.c. also announces that on 24 May 2006 it transferred to participants inits employee share schemes 5,757 ordinary shares at prices between 350.00 penceand 511.00 pence. These shares were previously held as treasury shares. Following the above transactions, BP p.l.c. holds 1,565,207,678 ordinary sharesin Treasury, and has 20,129,044,249 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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