BIL
 BIBLT                                                                           
Bhp Billiton Plc - Transaction In Own Shares                                    
BHP Billiton Plc                                                                
Share code:  BIL                                                                
ISIN:  GB0000566504                                                             
Issued by:     BHP Billiton Plc                                                 
To:       London Stock Exchange                                                 
          Australian Stock Exchange                                             
Cc:       New York Stock Exchange                                               
          JSE Limited                                                           
          Swiss Stock Exchange                                                  
          Deutsche Bank                                                         
UBS Zurich                                                            
Date:     14 September 2006                                                     
Contact:       Robert Franklin, Company Secretary                               
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7802 4116                                                       
BHP BILLITON PLC - TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES                                    
BHP Billiton Plc announces that on 14 September 2006 it purchased 1,000,000 of  
its ordinary shares at an average price of 937.7925 pence per ordinary share.   
It is intended that all of the purchased shares will be held as treasury shares.
Following the above purchase, BHP Billiton Plc holds 24,020,000 of its ordinary 
shares as treasury shares.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue        
(excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 2,444,127,002.                    
For further information, please contact:                                        
Investor Relations                                                              
Mark Lidiard                                                                    
Office:   +44 (0) 20 7802 4156                                                  
Mobile:   +44 (0) 77 6993 4942                                                  
Company Secretariat                                                             
Robert Franklin                                                                 
Office:   +44 (0) 20 7802 4116                                                  
Mobile:   +44 (0) 7824 302684                                                   
BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004    BHP Billiton Plc Registration number         
028 077                            3196209                                      
Registered in Australia            Registered in England and Wales              
Registered Office: 180 Lonsdale    Registered Office: Neathouse Place,          
Street Melbourne Victoria 3000     London SW1V 1BH United Kingdom               
Telephone +61 1300 55 4757         Telephone +44 20 7802 4000 Facsimile         
Facsimile +61 3 9609 3015          +44 20 7802 4111                             
The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia                            
Date: 18/09/2006 04:27:40 PM Produced by the JSE SENS Department