17th Aug 2005 07:00
BP PLC17 August 2005 BP p.l.c. - Transaction in Own Shares BP p.l.c. - 17 August 2005 BP p.l.c. announces that on 16 August 2005, it purchased 6,039,097 ordinaryshares at prices between 638.00 pence and 644.00 pence per share and between1152.67 cents and 1159.00 cents per share. The purchased shares will all be heldas Treasury shares. Following the above purchase, BP p.l.c. holds 569,496,881 ordinary shares inTreasury, and has 20,944,216,283 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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