BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Off-market buy-back booklet and buy-back tender forms

BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Off-market buy-back booklet and buy-back tender forms  
BHP Billiton Plc                                                                
Share code:    BIL                                                              
ISIN:          GB0000566504                                                     
7 March 2011                                                                    
BHP Billiton Limited - Off-market Buy-Back booklet and Buy-Back Tender Forms    
UK Listing Authority Submissions                                                
As part of a dual listed company structure, the Group voluntarily notifies all  
stock exchanges on which BHP Billiton Plc has a primary or secondary listing    
of any off-market buy-back of BHP Billiton Limited shares.  In connection with  
BHP Billiton Limited`s current off-market share buy-back scheme, the following  
documents have today been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will  
shortly be available for inspection at:                                         
www.hemscott.com/nsm.do:                                                        
* BHP Billiton Limited: Off-market Buy-Back booklet                             
http://www.bhpbilliton.com/bbContentRepository/docs/bhpBillitonLimitedBuybackB  
ooklet.pdf                                                                      
* BHP Billiton Limited: Buy-Back Tender Forms                                   
The Off-market Buy-Back booklet may also be accessed via BHP Billiton`s         
website - www.bhpbilliton.com - or using the web link above.                    
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Registered Office: Neathouse Place London SW1V 1BH United Kingdom               
A member of the BHP Billiton Group which is headquartered in Australia          
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