What does this mean in regards to my share in Bill s value? BHP Billiton Plc announces that, further to the resolution approved at the AGM held on 26 October 2006 relating to the reduction of share capital in BHP Billiton Plc by the cancellation of all the shares held by BHP Billiton Limited on 15 November 2007, 24,522,510 ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Plc were cancelled on 6 December 2007 and a sum of US$12,261,255 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 211,510,450. Following the above transaction, BHP Billiton Plc holds 24,165,516 of its ordinary shares as treasury shares and BHP Billiton Limited holds 19,060,350 of the ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc, for a total of 43,225,866 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 2,213,410,686 Further information on BHP Billiton can be found on our Internet site: www.bhpbilliton.com
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