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BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Total Voting Rights and Capital BHP Billiton Plc Share code: BIL ISIN: GB0000566504 Company Secretariat 1 June 2011 To: London Stock Exchange cc: New York Stock Exchange JSE Limited
BHP BILLITON PLC - TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS AND CAPITAL In conformity with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1, BHP Billiton Plc notifies the market of the following: As at 31 May 2011, BHP Billiton Plc`s issued capital, including treasury shares held by BHP Billiton Plc, consists of 2,162,435,564 Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each. Of these, 24,113,658 Ordinary shares are held in treasury by BHP Billiton Plc and therefore the total number of voting rights in the Company is 2,138,321,906. The above figure of 2,138,321,906 Ordinary shares may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, BHP Billiton Plc under the FSA`s Disclosure and Transparency Rules. Note: BHP Billiton Plc also has one Special Voting Share in issue to facilitate joint voting by shareholders of BHP Billiton Plc and BHP Billiton Limited on joint electorate actions. Further information on BHP Billiton can be found on our Internet site: www.bhpbilliton.com Australia United Kingdom & South Africa Brendan Harris, Investor Andre Liebenberg, Investor Relations Relations Tel: +44 20 7802 4131 Mobile: +44 7920 236 Tel: +61 3 9609 4323 Mobile: 974 +61 437 134 814 email: Andre.Liebenberg@bhpbilliton.com email: Brendan.Harris@bhpbilliton.com United Kingdom & Americas Ruban Yogarajah, Media Relations Andrew Gunn, Investor Relations Tel: US +1 713 966 2907 or UK +44 20 7802 4033 Tel: +61 3 9609 3575 Mobile: Mobile: UK +44 7827 082 022 +61 439 558 454 email: Ruban.Yogarajah@bhpbilliton.com email: Andrew.Gunn@bhpbilliton.com Americas Scott Espenshade, Investor Relations Samantha Stevens, Media Tel: +1 713 599 6431 Mobile: +1 713 208 8565 Relations email: Scott.Espenshade@bhpbilliton.com Tel: +61 3 9609 2898 Mobile: +61 400 693 915 email: Samantha.Stevens@bhpbilliton.co m Kelly Quirke, Media Relations Tel: +61 3 9609 2896 Mobile: +61 429 966 312 email: Kelly.Quirke@bhpbilliton.com Fiona Martin, Media Relations Tel: +61 3 9609 2211 Mobile: +61 427 777 908 email: Fiona.Martin2@bhpbilliton.com BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 028 077 3196209 Registered in Australia Registered in England and Wales Registered Office: 180 Lonsdale Registered Office: Neathouse Place Street London SW1V 1BH United Kingdom Melbourne Victoria 3000 Tel +44 20 7802 4000 Fax +44 20 7802 4111 Australia Tel +61 1300 55 4757 Fax +61 3 9609 3015 Members of the BHP Billiton group which is headquartered in Australia Date: 01/06/2011 09:20:41 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.
