17th Apr 2008 07:00
BP PLC17 April 2008 BP p.l.c. - Transaction in Own Shares BP p.l.c. - 17 April 2008 BP p.l.c. announces that on 16 April 2008, it purchased for cancellation1,700,000 ordinary shares at prices between 551.00 pence and 563.00 pence pershare. BP p.l.c. also announces that on 16 April 2008 it transferred to participants inits employee share schemes 9,603 ordinary shares at prices between 350.00 penceand 441.00 pence. These shares were previously held as treasury shares. Following the above transactions BP p.l.c. holds 1,907,201,319 ordinary sharesin Treasury, and has 18,860,307,637 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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