3rd Jan 2008 10:56
BHP Billiton PLC03 January 2008 Issued by: BHP Billiton Plc BHP Billiton Limited To: London Stock Exchange Australian Securities Exchange Cc: New York Stock Exchange JSE Limited, Swiss Stock Exchange Deutsche Bank, UBS Zurich Date: 3 January 2008 For Release: Immediately BHP BILLITON PLC - TRANSACTION IN SHARES BHP Billiton Plc announces that on 31 December 2007 it sold to Billiton ESOPTrustee Limited, as trustee of The Billiton Employee Share Ownership Trust, thefollowing number of its ordinary shares of US$0.50 each, which were previouslyheld as treasury shares. These shares will be used to part-satisfy participantsin BHP Billiton Plc's employee share plan. Date of transfer: 31 December 2007Number of ordinary shares transferred: 51,858Sale price per share: £15.74761Converted to USD at 1.9956: US$ 31.4259304253 Following the above sale, BHP Billiton Plc holds 24,113,658 of its ordinaryshares as treasury shares and BHP Billiton Limited holds 25,515,350 of theordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc, a total of 49,629,008 shares. The totalnumber of BHP Billiton Plc ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held astreasury shares and shares held by BHP Billiton Limited) is 2,207,007,544. 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 Andre Liebenberg, Investor RelationsTel: +61 3 9609 2898 Mob: +61 400 693 915 Tel: +44 20 7802 4131 Mob: +44 7920 236 974email: [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 Alison Gilbert, 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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