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

BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Report for the year ended 30 June                      
2010                                                                            
BHP Billiton Plc                                                                
Share code: BIL                                                                 
ISIN: GB0000566504                                                              
Report for the year ended 30 June 2010                                          
For Announcement to the Market                                                  
Name of Companies:  BHP Billiton Limited (ABN 49 004 028                        
077) and BHP Billiton Plc (Registration No. 3196209)                            
This statement includes the consolidated results of the BHP                     
Billiton Group, comprising BHP Billiton Limited and BHP                         
Billiton Plc, for the year ended 30 June 2010 compared with                     
the year ended 30 June 2009.                                                    
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                     
                                 2010     2009      2008                        
                                 US$M     US$M      US$M                        
Earnings attributable to ordinary 12,722   5,877     15,390                     
shareholders                                                                    
Adjusted for:                                                                   
Cost relating to the lapsed       -        450       -                          
offers for Rio Tinto                                                            
Gain on sale of PP&E, Investments (114)    (38)      (129)                      
and Operations                                                                  
(Reversal of                      (284)    4,640     274                        
impairments)/impairments                                                        
Recycling of re-measurements from 4        (26)      -                          
equity to the income statement                                                  
Tax effect of above adjustments   193      (1,044)   (5)                        
Recognition of tax losses in      -        -         (159)                      
respect of business combination                                                 
Subtotal of Adjustments           (201)    3,982     (19)                       
Headline Earnings                 12,521   9,859     15,371                     
Diluted Headline Earnings         12,542   9,881     15,383                     
Basic earnings per share          5,565    5,565     5,590                      
denominator (millions)                                                          
Diluted earnings per share        5,595    5,598     5,605                      
denominator (millions)                                                          
Headlines Earnings per share (US  225.0    177.2     275.0                      
cents)                                                                          
Diluted Headline Earnings per     224.2    176.5     274.4                      
share (US cents)                                                                
25 August 2010                                                                  
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