To view the PDF file, sign up for a MySharenet subscription.

BHP BILLITON PLC - Notice of Change of Interest K Wood

Release Date: 20/12/2013 07:19
Code(s): BIL     PDF:  
Wrap Text
Notice of Change of Interest – K Wood

BHP Billiton Plc
Registration number 3196209
Registered in England and Wales
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504


Company Secretariat

                                                                                                 BHP Billiton Limited                        BHP Billiton Plc
                                                                                                 171 Collins Street                          Neathouse Place
                                                                                                 Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia           London SW1V 1BH UK
                                                                                                 GPO BOX 86                                  Tel +44 20 7802 4000
                                                                                                 Melbourne Victoria 3001 Australia           Fax + 44 20 7802 4111
                                                                                                 Tel +61 1300 55 47 57 Fax +61 3 9609 3015   bhpbilliton.com
                                                                                                 bhpbilliton.com
20 December 2013

To:        Australian Securities Exchange                                                     cc:       New York Stock Exchange
           London Stock Exchange                                                                        JSE Limited


                              Notification of Change of Interests of
                         Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility
        (Listing Rules & Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the UK Listing Authority)

 Name of entities                         BHP Billiton Limited                                BHP Billiton Plc
                                          ABN 49 004 028 077                                  REG NO 3196209

As part of a dual listed company structure, the Group voluntarily notifies all stock exchanges
on which either BHP Billiton Limited or BHP Billiton Plc have primary or secondary listings, all
those interests of directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities of both entities
in the securities of both entities (and changes to those interests) which are required to be
disclosed under the Listing Rules and Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the United
Kingdom Listing Authority and the Group’s Securities Dealing document.

We (the entities) advise the following information under the UK Listing Authority Disclosure
and Transparency Rule 3.1.4 and as agent for the person discharging managerial
responsibilities in accordance with the Group’s Securities Dealing document.

 Name of person
 discharging managerial                              Ms K J Wood
 responsibilities

 Date of last notice                                 23 August 2013

 Date issuer informed of                             19 December 2013
 transaction

 Date and place of                                   19 December 2013 (place of transaction not applicable)
 transaction

 Nature of transaction                               Award of Performance Shares under the Long Term Incentive Plan
                                                     (“LTIP”) and of Deferred Shares under the Group Incentive
                                                     Scheme (“GIS”).




BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077                                                              BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209
Registered in Australia                                                                              Registered in England and Wales
Registered Office: 171 Collins Street, Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia                             Registered Office: Neathouse Place, London SW1V 1BH UK

                                                             Members of the BHP Billiton Group which is headquartered in Australia


Part 1 – Change of relevant interests in securities

Included in this Part are:

- in the case of a trust, interests in the trust made available by the responsible entity of the
trust;
- details of the circumstance giving rise to the relevant interest;
- details and estimated valuation if the consideration is non-cash; and
- changes in the relevant interest of Connected Persons of the director.

Direct or indirect interest                                           —

Nature of indirect interest                                           —
(including registered holder)

Date of change                                                        —

No. of securities held prior to                                       —
change

Class                                                                 —

Number acquired                                                       —

Number disposed                                                       —

Value/Consideration                                                   —

No. of securities held after                                          —
change

Nature of change                                                      —
Example: on-market trade, off-market
trade, exercise of options, issue of
securities under dividend reinvestment
plan, participation in buy-back

Any additional information               Ms Wood has a direct interest in 304,825 ordinary shares in
                                         BHP Billiton Limited.

                                         Ms Wood also has an indirect interest in 63,188 ordinary
                                         shares in BHP Billiton Limited as follows:
                                         i)     63,000 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Limited
                                                registered in the name of Sloan Wood
                                                Superannuation Fund. The Trustees of this private
                                                superannuation fund are K Wood and A Sloan; and
                                         ii)   188 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Limited held by
                                               Computershare Nominees on behalf of Shareplus
                                               participants as Acquired Shares under the scheme.
                                               Shareplus is an all employee share purchase plan of
                                               the BHP Billiton Group.

                                         No change to these interests



                                                 2

Part 2 – Change of interests in contracts other than as described in Part 3

Included in this Part are:

- only details of a contract in relation to which the interest has changed; and
- details and estimated valuation if the consideration is non-cash.

Detail of contract                                                        —

Nature of interest                                                        —

Name of registered holder                                                 —
(if issued securities)

No. and class of securities to which                                      —
interest related prior to change

Interest acquired                                                         —

Interest disposed                                                         —

Value/Consideration                                                       —

Interest after change                                                     —



Part 3 – Change of interests in options or other rights granted by the entities

Included in this Part are only details of options or other rights granted which have changed,
save for the total number of securities over which options or other rights are held following
this notification.

Date of grant                                       19 December 2013

Period during which or date on which                LTIP Performance Shares
exercisable                                         – August 2018
                                                    GIS Deferred Shares
                                                    – August 2015

Total amount paid (if any) for the grant            —

Description of securities involved:                 102,176 Performance Shares (BHP Billiton
class; number                                       Limited) under the LTIP
                                                    23,231 Deferred Shares (BHP Billiton Limited)
                                                    under the GIS

Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or       Nil
indication that price is to be fixed at time
of exercise



                                                3

Part 3 – Change of interests in options or other rights granted by the entities (cont’d)

Total number of securities over which             442,437 – maximum number of Performance
options or other rights held at the date of                 Shares (ordinary shares of BHP
this notice                                                 Billiton Limited) under the LTIP
                                                   62,937 – vested LTIP Performance Shares
                                                            (ordinary shares of BHP Billiton
                                                            Limited)
                                                   38,916 – maximum number of Deferred
                                                            Shares (ordinary shares of BHP
                                                            Billiton Limited) under the GIS
                                                      188 – maximum number of Matched
                                                            Shares (ordinary shares of BHP
                                                            Billiton Limited) under Shareplus
                                                  _________
                                                  544,478 – Total


Any additional information                        This notification is in respect of the award of
                                                  Performance Shares under the LTIP and
                                                  Deferred Shares under the GIS.


Part 4 – Contact details

Name of authorised officers responsible           Nicole Duncan – BHP Billiton Limited
for making this notification on behalf of
the entities                                      Geof Stapledon – BHP Billiton Plc

Contact details                                   Nicole Duncan     Tel:    +61 3 9609 2917
                                                                    Fax:    +61 3 9611 1044

                                                  Geof Stapledon Tel:      +44 20 7802 4176
                                                                 Fax:      +44 20 7802 3054

Sponsor: Absa Bank Limited (acting through its Corporate and Investment Banking Division)




                                              4

Date: 20/12/2013 07:19:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). 
The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of
 the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, 
indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on,
 information disseminated through SENS.