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BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Appointment of Baroness Shriti Vadera BHP Billiton Plc Share code: BIL ISIN: GB0000566504 Company Secretariat 5 January 2011 To: Australian Securities Exchange cc: New York Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange JSE Limited Appointment of Baroness Shriti Vadera Further to the announcement on 13 December 2010 advising of the appointment of Baroness Shriti Vadera as a Director of BHP Billiton Plc and BHP Billiton Limited with effect from 1 January 2011 we now advise details of Baroness Vadera`s interests in BHP Billiton shares: Notification of Initial Interests of Directors and Connected Persons (Australian Securities Exchange Listing Rules Appendix 3X) Name of BHP Billiton BHP Billiton Plc entities Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 REG NO 3196029 As part of a dual listed company structure, the Group voluntarily notifies all stock exchanges on which either BHP Billiton Plc or BHP Billiton Limited have primary or secondary listings, all those interests of directors of both entities in the securities of both entities (and changes to those interests) which are required to be disclosed under the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) Listing Rules, the Listing Rules and Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the United Kingdom Listing Authority, the Australian Corporations Act, the United Kingdom Companies Acts and the Group`s Securities Dealing document. We (the entities) advise the following information under ASX Listing Rule 3.19A.1 and as agent for the director for the purposes of section 205G of the Australian Corporations Act. Name of director Baroness Shriti Vadera Date of 1 January 2011 appointment Part 1 - Director`s relevant interests in securities of which the director is the registered holder In the case of a trust, this includes interests in the trust made available by the responsible entity of the trust Number & class of securities Nil Part 2 - Director`s relevant interests in securities of which the director is not the registered holder In the case of a trust, this includes interests in the trust made available by the responsible entity of the trust Name of holder & nature of Number & class of securities interest 5,000 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc Brewin Dolphin Securities Limited on behalf of Standard Life Trustee Company, the sole trustee for Baroness Vadera`s Self Invested Pension Plan (indirect interest, Baroness Vadera is the beneficial owner). Part 3 - Director`s interests in contracts Detail of contract Nil Nature of interest N/A Name of registered holder N/A (if issued securities) No. and class of N/A securities to which interest relates Part 4 - Contact details Name of authorised Fiona Smith - BHP Billiton Limited officers responsible for making this notification Geof Stapledon - BHP Billiton Plc on behalf of the 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 number 3196209 004 028 077 Registered in England and Wales Registered in Australia Registered Office: Neathouse Place London Registered Office: 180 SW1V 1BH United Kingdom Lonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia Date: 05/01/2011 07:05:03 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.
