2nd Mar 2007 17:22
BHP Billiton PLC02 March 2007 Issued by: BHP Billiton Plc BHP Billiton Limited To: London Stock Exchange Australian Stock Exchange Cc: New York Stock Exchange JSE Limited, Swiss Stock Exchange Deutsche Bank, UBS Zurich Date: 2 March 2007 For Release: Immediately BHP BILLITON PLC - TRANSACTION IN SHARES BHP Billiton Plc announces that on 1 March 2007 it sold to Billiton ESOP TrustLtd the following number of its ordinary shares of US$0.50 each, which werepreviously held as treasury shares. These shares will be used topart-satisfy participants in its employee share schemes. Date of transfer: 2 March 2007Number of ordinary shares transferred: 100,000Sale price per share: £10.669232Converted to USD at 1.961: US$20.922364 Following the above sale, BHP Billiton Plc holds 25,220,000 of its ordinaryshares as treasury shares and BHP Billiton Limited holds 30,000,000 of theordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc, a total of 55,220,000 shares. The totalnumber of BHP Billiton Plc ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held astreasury shares and shares held by BHP Billiton Limited) is 2,345,642,002. For further information, please contact: Investor Relations Company Secretary Company SecretaryMark Lidiard BHP Billiton Plc BHP Billiton LimitedOffice: +44 (0) 20 7802 4156 Robert Franklin Jane McAloonMobile: +44 (0) 77 6993 4942 Office: +44 (0) 20 7802 4116 Office: +61 3 9609 2445 Mobile: +44 (0) 7824 302684 Mobile: +61 409 214 397 This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or anysolicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction. Further information on BHP Billiton can be found on our internet site: www.bhpbilliton .com Australia United KingdomSamantha Evans, Media Relations Mark Lidiard, Investor & Media RelationsTel: +61 3 9609 2898 Mob: +61 400 693 915 Tel: +44 20 7802 4156 Mob: +44 7769 934 942email: [email protected] email: [email protected] Jane Belcher, Investor Relations Illtud Harri, Media RelationsTel: +61 3 9609 3952 Mob: +61 4 417 031 653 Tel: +44 20 7802 4195 Mob: +44 7920 237 246email: [email protected] email: [email protected] United States South AfricaTracey Whitehead, Investor Relations Ivan Arriagada, Investor RelationsTel: +44 20 7802 4031 Mob: +44 7917 648 093 Tel SA: +27 11 376 2121 or UK: +44 20 7802 4183email: [email protected] email: [email protected] This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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