8th Mar 2007 07:01
BP PLC08 March 2007 BP p.l.c. - Transaction in Own Shares BP p.l.c. - 8 March 2007 BP p.l.c. announces that on 7 March 2007, it purchased for cancellation4,025,000 ordinary shares at prices between 511.0 pence and 520.0 pence pershare. BP p.l.c. also announces that on 7 March 2007 it transferred to participants inits employee share schemes 94,259 ordinary shares at prices between 326.0 penceand 511.0 pence. These shares were previously held as treasury shares. Following the above transactions, BP p.l.c. holds 1,944,019,016 ordinary sharesin Treasury, and has 19,338,801,351 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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