18th Aug 2006 07:00
BP PLC18 August 2006 BP p.l.c. - Transaction in Own Shares BP p.l.c. - 18 August 2006 BP p.l.c. announces that on 17 August 2006, it purchased 7,845,000 ordinaryshares at prices between 600.5 pence and 609.0 pence per share. The purchasedshares will all be held as Treasury shares. Following the above transaction, BP p.l.c. holds 1,945,844,185 ordinary sharesin Treasury, and has 19,753,426,014 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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