19th May 2006 07:00
BP PLC19 May 2006 BP p.l.c. - Transaction in Own Shares BP p.l.c. - 19 May 2006 BP p.l.c. announces that on 18 May 2006, it purchased 8,500,000 ordinary sharesat prices between 614.0 pence and 625.0 pence per share. The purchased shareswill all be held as Treasury shares. BP p.l.c. also announces that on 17May 2006 it transferred to participants inits employee share schemes 25,629 ordinary shares at prices between 350.00 penceand 511.00 pence. These shares were previously held as treasury shares. Following the above transactions, BP p.l.c. holds 1,542,818,535 ordinary sharesin Treasury, and has 20,151,208,098 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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