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BHP Group Limited — Share Issue/Capital Change 2008
Feb 7, 2008
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Share Issue/Capital Change
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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: 7 February 2008 For Release: Immediately
BHP BILLITON PLC – REDUCTION IN SHARE CAPITAL
BHP Billiton Plc announces that, further to the resolution approved at the AGM held on 25 October 2007 relating to the reduction of share capital in BHP Billiton Plc by the cancellation of all the shares held by BHP Billiton Limited on 31 December 2007, 25,515,350 ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Plc were cancelled today and a sum of US$12,757,675 being equal to the reduction in share capital, was transferred to a special reserve. The total number of shares cancelled under the authorities granted at the AGM currently amounts to 237,025,800.
Following the above transaction, BHP Billiton Plc holds 24,113,658 of its ordinary shares as treasury shares and BHP Billiton Limited no longer holds any ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc. The total number of BHP Billiton Plc ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,207,007,544.
Further information on BHP Billiton can be found on our Internet site: www.bhpbilliton.com
Australia
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United Kingdom
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