5th Oct 2006 07:00
BP PLC05 October 2006 BP p.l.c. - Transaction in Own SharesBP p.l.c. - 5 October 2006 BP p.l.c. announces that on 4 October 2006, it purchased for cancellation8,000,000 ordinary shares at prices between 558.5 pence and 573.0 pence pershare. This purchase was bought as part of the close period contract announced on the28th September 2006. BP p.l.c. also announces that on 4 October 2006 it transferred to participantsin its employee share schemes 169,736 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 1,947,762,169 ordinary sharesin Treasury, and has 19,793,500,186 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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