18th Jan 2007 07:00
BP PLC18 January 2007 BP p.l.c. - Transaction in Own Shares BP p.l.c. - 18 January 2007 BP p.l.c. announces that on 17 January 2007, it purchased for cancellation3,000,000 ordinary shares at prices between 531.0 pence and 540.0 pence pershare. BP p.l.c. also announces that on 17 January 2007 it transferred to participantsin its employee share schemes 212,799 ordinary shares at prices between 326.0pence and 511.0 pence. These shares were previously held as treasury shares. Following the above transaction, BP p.l.c. holds 1,946,405,810 ordinary sharesin Treasury, and has 19,469,986,133 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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