7th Sep 2006 17:52
BHP Billiton PLC07 September 2006 Issued by: BHP Billiton Plc To: London Stock Exchange Australian Stock Exchange Cc: New York Stock Exchange JSE Limited Swiss Stock Exchange Deutsche Bank UBS Zurich Date: 7 September 2006 For Release: Immediately Contact: Robert Franklin, Company Secretary Tel: +44 (0) 20 7802 4116 BHP BILLITON PLC - TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES BHP Billiton Plc announces that on 7 September 2006 it purchased 1,500,000 ofits ordinary shares at an average price of 994.6537 pence per ordinary share.It is intended that all of the purchased shares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase, BHP Billiton Plc holds 20,320,000 of its ordinaryshares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue(excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,447,827,002. For further information, please contact: Investor Relations Mark LidiardOffice: +44 (0) 20 7802 4156Mobile: +44 (0) 77 6993 4942 Company Secretariat Robert FranklinOffice: +44 (0) 20 7802 4116Mobile: +44 (0) 7824 302684 BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209Registered in Australia Registered in England and WalesRegistered Office: 180 Lonsdale Street Registered Office: Neathouse Place,Melbourne Victoria 3000 London SW1V 1BH United KingdomTelephone +61 1300 55 4757 Telephone +44 20 7802 4000 Facsimile +61 3 9609 3015 Facsimile +44 20 7802 4111 The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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