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BIL - BHP Billiton Finance Limited - Publication of Prospectus BHP Billiton Finance Limited Share code: BIL ISIN: GB0000566504 Issued by: BHP Billiton Finance Limited To: London Stock Exchange cc: JSE Limited Date: 20 October 2011 For Release: Immediately Contact: Willie J Murray BHP Billiton Group Treasurer Tel: +44 (0) 20 7802 7313
BHP Billiton Finance Limited - Publication of Prospectus The following Prospectus has been approved by the UK Listing Authority and is available for viewing: Prospectus relating to the EUR 20,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme of BHP Billiton Finance Limited and BHP Billiton Finance Plc, guaranteed (in respect of Notes issued by BHP Billiton Finance Limited) by BHP Billiton Limited and (in respect of Notes issued by BHP Billiton Finance Plc) by BHP Billiton Plc. To view the full Prospectus, plus the documents referred to therein, please paste the following URLs into the address bar of your browser. - the prospectus relating to the EUR 20,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note programme of BHP Billiton Finance Limited and BHP Billiton Finance Plc; http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/5793Q_1-2011-10-20.pdf - the audited annual financial statements of BHP Billiton Finance Limited for the financial year ended 30 June 2010; http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/5793Q_2-2011-10-20.pdf - the audited annual financial statements of BHP Billiton Finance Limited for the financial year ended 30 June 2011; http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/5793Q_3-2011-10-20.pdf - the audited annual financial statements of BHP Billiton Finance Plc for the financial year ended 30 June 2010; http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/5793Q_4-2011-10-20.pdf - the audited annual financial statements of BHP Billiton Finance Plc for the financial year ended 30 June 2011; http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/5793Q_5-2011-10-20.pdf - the audited annual financial statements of the BHP Billiton Group for the financial year ended 30 June 2010; http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/5793Q_6-2011-10-20.pdf - the audited annual financial statements of the BHP Billiton Group for the financial year ended 30 June 2011; http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/5793Q_7-2011-10-20.pdf - the 2011 BHP Billiton Annual Report. http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/5793Q_8-2011-10-20.pdf A copy of the full document has also been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.hemscott.com/nsm.do. This website is not provided for, or directed at, U.S. persons or persons in the United States. If you are a U.S. person or are viewing this page from the United States, you should exit this section of the website. For further information, please contact: W.J. Murray, BHP Billiton Group Treasurer Tel: +44 (0) 20 7802 7313 DISCLAIMER - INTENDED ADDRESSEES Please note that the information contained in the Prospectus may be addressed to and/or targeted at persons who are residents of particular countries (specified in the Prospectus) only and is not intended for use and should not be relied upon by any person outside these countries and/or to whom the offer contained in the Prospectus is not addressed. Prior to relying on the information contained in the Prospectus, you must ascertain from the Prospectus whether or not you are part of the intended addressees of the information contained therein. Your right to access this service is conditional upon complying with the above requirement. The Prospectus on this website does not constitute an offer of securities for sale in the United States. The securities described herein have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or under any relevant securities laws of any state of the United States of America, and may not be offered or sold to U.S. persons or to persons within the United States of America, except pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act. BHP Billiton Finance Limited ABN 82008519319 Registered in Australia Registered Office: 180 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia Telephone +61 1300 55 4757 Facsimile +61 3 9609 3015 Date: 21/10/2011 07:06:01 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.
