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BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Notification of change of interests of persons discharging managerial responsibility BHP Billiton Plc Share code: BIL ISIN: GB0000566504 3 February 2010 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 Procedure. 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 Procedure. Name of person discharging Ms K J Wood managerial responsibilities Date of last notice 18 December 2009 Date issuer informed of 02 February 2010 transaction Date and place of transaction 01 February 2010 (place of transaction not applicable) Nature of transaction Award of Performance Shares under the Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP").
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 120,457 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Limited. Ms Wood has an indirect interest in 38,422 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Limited as follows:
38,000 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 422 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.
There is no change to the above holdings. 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 01 February 2010 Period during which or date on Performance Shares - August 2014 to which exercisable August 2019 Total amount paid (if any) for - the grant Description of securities 90,000 Performance Shares under the involved: LTIP class; number Exercise price (if fixed at Nil time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise Part 3 - Change of interests in options or other rights granted by the entities (cont`d) Total number of securities over which options or other 54,464 - maximum number of Deferred rights held at the date of Shares (ordinary shares of BHP Billiton this notice Limited) under the GIS 674,187 - maximum number of Performance
Shares (ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Limited) under the LTIP 422 - maximum number of Matched
Shares (ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Limited) under the Shareplus _________ 729,073 - Total
Any additional information This notification is in respect of the award of Performance Shares under the LTIP. Part 4 - Contact details Name of authorised officers Fiona Smith - BHP Billiton Limited responsible for making this notification on behalf of the Geof Stapledon - BHP Billiton Plc entities Contact details Fiona Smith Tel: +61 3 9609 3179 Fax: +61 3 9609 4372 Geof Stapledon Tel: +44 20 7802 4176
Fax: +44 20 7802 3054 BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 BHP Billiton Plc Registration 004 028 077 number 3196209 Registered in Australia Registered in England and Wales Registered Office: 180 Registered Office: Neathouse Lonsdale Street Melbourne Place London SW1V 1BH United Victoria 3000 Kingdom The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia Date: 03/02/2010 07:25:02 Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za 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.
