UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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BHP Billiton
Limited
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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: 20 September 2006
For Release: Immediately
BHP BILLITON PLC - TRANSACTION IN SHARES
BHP Billiton Limited announces that on 20 September 2006 it purchased 500,000 ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Plc at an average price of 898.541 pence per ordinary share.
As part of the Group's capital management programme, it is intended that all of the purchased shares will be held by BHP Billiton Limited until such time as a decision is made to cancel, sell or transfer the shares. No shares may be cancelled unless shareholder approval has been obtained for such cancellation. There is currently no intention to resell these shares into the market.
In addition, while these shares are held by BHP Billiton Limited, it will not exercise any voting rights attaching to these shares.
Following the above purchase, BHP Billiton Plc holds 25,420,000 of its ordinary shares as treasury shares and BHP Billiton Limited holds 1,855,000 of the ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc, for a total of 27,275,000 shares. The total number of BHP Billiton Plc ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares and shares held by BHP Billiton Limited) is 2,440,872,002.
For further information, please contact:
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Investor Relations |
Company Secretary Office: +44 (0) 20 7802 4116 Mobile: +44 (0) 7824 302684 |
Company Secretary |
Further information on BHP Billiton can be found on our Internet site: www.bhpbilliton.com
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Australia |
United Kingdom |
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Jane Belcher, Investor Relations United States |
Illtud Harri, Media Relations South Africa |
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BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 |
BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209 |
The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia
| Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. |
| BHP Billiton Limited | ||
| Date: 20 September 2006 | By: |
Karen Wood |
| Name: | Karen Wood | |
| Title: | Group Company Secretary |