BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Report for the year ended 30 June 2008

BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Report for the year ended 30 June 2008                 
BHP Billiton Plc                                                                
Share code: BIL                                                                 
ISIN: GB0000566504                                                              
18 August 2008                                                                  
For Announcement to the Market                                                  
Name of Companies:  BHP Billiton Limited (ABN 49 004 028 077) and BHP Billiton  
Plc (Registration No. 3196209)                                                  
Report for the year ended 30 June 2008                                          
This statement includes the combined results of the BHP Billiton Group,         
comprising BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc, for the year ended 30 June
2008 compared with the year ended 30 June 2007.                                 
The results are prepared in accordance with IFRS and are presented in US        
dollars.                                                                        
Headline Earnings                                                               
In accordance with the JSE Listing Requirements, Headline Earnings is presented 
below.                                                                          
                                                Year       Year      Year       
                                                ended      ended     ended      
30 June    30 June   30 June    

                                                2008       2007      2006       
                                                US$M       US$M      US$M       
                                                                                
Earnings attributable to ordinary                15,390     13,416    10,450    
shareholders                                                                    
                                                                                
Adjusted for:                                                                   


Gain on sale of PP&E, Investments and            (129)      (101)     (600)     
Operations                                                                      
Impairments                                      274        305       163       
Recycling of re-measurements from equity to the  -          6         -         
income statement                                                                
Tax effect of above adjustments                  (5)        (57)      129       
Recognition of tax losses in respect of          (159)      -         -         
business combination                                                            
Subtotal of                                      (19)       153       (308)     
Adjustments                                                                     
                                                                                
Headline Earnings                                15,371     13,569    10,142    
                                                                                
Diluted Headline                                 15,400     13,587    10,148    
Earnings                                                                        


Basic earnings per share denominator             5,590      5,846     6,035     
(millions)                                                                      
Diluted earnings per share denominator           5,605                6,066     
(millions)                                                  5,866               
                                                                                
Headlines Earnings per share (US cents)          275.0                168.1     
                                                           232.1                
Diluted Headline Earnings per share (US          274.8                167.3     
cents)                                                      231.6               
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