17th May 2007 07:01
BP PLC17 May 2007 BP p.l.c. - Transaction in Own Shares BP p.l.c. - 17 May 2007 BP p.l.c. announces that on 16 May 2007, it purchased for cancellation 2,712,200ordinary shares at prices between 555.5 pence and 560.0 pence per share. BP p.l.c. also announces that on 16 May 2007 it transferred to participants inits employee share schemes 3,519 ordinary shares at prices between 350.0 penceand 500.0 pence. These shares were previously held as treasury shares. Following the above transaction, BP p.l.c. holds 1,943,897,141 ordinary sharesin Treasury, and has 19,192,279,781 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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