1st Apr 2008 07:00
BP PLC31 March 2008 BP p.l.c. - Transaction in Own Shares BP p.l.c. - 31 March 2008 BP p.l.c. announces that on 31 March 2008, it transferred 30,000,000 ordinaryshares into the BP Employees Share Ownership Plan No. 3. These shares will beused for satisfying employee share schemes. 20,000,000 shares were transferredat a price of $10.17 a share; 10,000,000 shares were transferred to the trustfree of payment. These shares were previously held as treasury shares. Following the above transactions, BP p.l.c. holds 1,907,773,839 ordinary sharesin Treasury, and has 18,877,518,140 ordinary shares in issue (excludingTreasury shares). 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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