7th Dec 2006 07:00
BP PLC07 December 2006 BP p.l.c. - Transaction in Own Shares BP p.l.c. - 7 December 2006 BP p.l.c. announces that on 6 December 2006, it purchased for cancellation6,100,000 ordinary shares at prices between 575.0 pence and 582.0 pence pershare. BP p.l.c. also announces that on 6 December 2006 it transferred to participantsin its employee share schemes 53,802 ordinary shares at prices between 350.00pence and 511.0 pence. These shares were previously held as treasury shares. Following the above transactions, BP p.l.c. holds 1,947,014,561 ordinary sharesin Treasury, and has 19,517,936,105 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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