BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - All Cash Offer for Petrohawk Energy Corporation -

BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - All Cash Offer for Petrohawk Energy Corporation -      
Presentation and Merger Agreement                                               
BHP Billiton Plc                                                                
Share code:    BIL                                                              
ISIN:          GB0000566504                                                     
Issued by:       BHP Billiton Plc                                               
                                                                                
Date:            15 July 2011                                                   
                                                                                
To:              London Stock Exchange                                          
                JSE Limited                                                     


For Release:     Immediately                                                    
                                                                                
Contact:         Libby Joyner +61 3 96092339                                    


BHP Billiton Plc -  All Cash Offer for Petrohawk Energy Corporation  -          
Presentation and Merger Agreement                                               
UK Listing Authority Submissions                                                
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:                                                        
All Cash Offer for Petrohawk - Presentation                                     
http://www.bhpbilliton.com/home/investors/reports/Documents/110715_BHPBillito   
n_AllCashOfferForPetrohawk_Presentation.pdf                                     
BHP Billiton and Petrohawk Merger Agreement                                     
http://www.bhpbilliton.com/home/investors/reports/Documents/110715_BHPBillito   
n_AllCashOfferForPetrohawk_MergerAgreement.pdf                                  
The documents may also be accessed via BHP Billiton`s website -                 
www.bhpbilliton.com - or using the web link above.                              
Sponsor: Absa Capital (the investment banking division of Absa Bank Limited,    
affiliated with Barclays Capital)                                               
BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209                                    
Registered in England and Wales                                                 
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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