UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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BHP BILLITON LIMITED (ABN 49 004 028 077) (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA (Jurisdiction of incorporation or organisation)
180 LONSDALE STREET, MELBOURNE, VICTORIA 3000 AUSTRALIA (Address of principal executive offices) |
BHP BILLITON PLC (REG. NO. 3196209) (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
ENGLAND AND WALES (Jurisdiction of incorporation or organisation)
NEATHOUSE PLACE, VICTORIA, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (Address of principal executive offices) |
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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 ESOP Trustee Limited, as trustee of The Billiton Employee Share Ownership Trust, the following number of its ordinary shares of US$0.50 each, which were previously held as treasury shares. These shares will be used to part-satisfy participants in BHP Billiton Plc's employee share plan.
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Date of transfer: |
31 December 2007 |
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Number of ordinary shares transferred: |
51,858 |
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Sale price per share: |
GBP 15.74761 |
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Converted to USD at 1.9956: |
US$ 31.4259304253 |
Following the above sale, BHP Billiton Plc holds 24,113,658 of its ordinary shares as treasury shares and BHP Billiton Limited holds 25,515,350 of the ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc, a total of 49,629,008 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 2,207,007,544.
This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.
For further information, please contact:
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Investor Relations |
Company
Secretary BHP Billiton Plc Robert Franklin Office: +44 20 7802 4116 Mobile: +44 7824 302684 |
Company
Secretary BHP Billiton Limited Jane McAloon Office: +61 3 9609 2445 Mobile: +61 409 214 397 |
Further information on BHP Billiton can be found on our Internet site: www.bhpbilliton.com
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Australia |
United Kingdom Andre Liebenberg, Investor Relations Tel: +44 20 7802 4131 Mobile: +44 7920 236 974 email: Andre.Liebenberg@bhpbilliton.com |
| Jane Belcher, Investor
Relations Tel: +61 3 9609 3952 Mobile: +61 417 031 653 email: Jane.H.Belcher@bhpbilliton.com United States |
Illtud Harri, Media
Relations Tel: +44 20 7802 4195 Mobile: +44 7920 237 246 email: Illtud.Harri@bhpbilliton.com South Africa |
| BHP Billiton Limited ABN
49 004 028 077 Registered in Australia Registered Office: Level 27, 180 Lonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 Telephone +61 1300 554 757 Facsimile +61 3 9609 3015 |
BHP Billiton Plc
Registration number 3196209 Registered in England and Wales Registered Office: Neathouse Place London SW1V 1BH United Kingdom Telephone +44 20 7802 4000 Facsimile +44 20 7802 4111 |
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 and BHP Billiton Plc | ||
| Date: 3 January 2008 | By: |
Jane McAloon |
| Name: | Jane McAloon | |
| Title: | Group Company Secretary |