31st Jan 2008 07:01
BP PLC31 January 2008 BP p.l.c. - Transaction in Own SharesBP p.l.c. - 31 January 2008 BP p.l.c. announces that on 30 January 2008, it purchased for cancellation1,650,000 ordinary shares at prices between 522.00 pence and 534.00 pence pershare. BP p.l.c. also announces that on 30 January 2008 it transferred to participantsin its employee share schemes 21,356 ordinary shares at prices between 350.00pence and 452.00 pence. These shares were previously held as treasury shares. Following the above transactions BP p.l.c. holds 1,939,889,689 ordinary sharesin Treasury, and has 18,888,401,569 ordinary shares in issue (excluding Treasuryshares). The RNS announcement, number 8103M, issued by BP p.l.c. at 07:00 on 30 January2008, contained an error in the number of ordinary shares in issue. It reportedthe number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding Treasury shares) as18,923,939,199. The correct number of ordinary shares in issue (excludingTreasury shares) at the time of announcement was 18,889,998,277. 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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