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BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Notification of Change of Interests of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility BHP Billiton Plc Share code: BIL ISIN: GB0000566504 7 December 2011 Notification of Change of Interests of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (Listing Rules & Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the UK Listing Authority) Name of entities BHP Billiton Limited BHP Billiton Plc ABN 49 004 028 077 REG NO 3196209 As part of a dual listed company structure, the Group voluntarily notifies all stock exchanges on which either BHP Billiton Limited or BHP Billiton Plc have primary or secondary listings, all those interests of directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities of both entities in the securities of both entities (and changes to those interests) which are required to be disclosed under the Listing Rules and Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the United Kingdom Listing Authority and the Group`s Securities Dealing document. We (the entities) advise the following information under the UK Listing Authority Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4 and as agent for the person discharging managerial responsibilities in accordance with the Group`s Securities Dealing document. Name of person discharging Mr J M Yeager managerial responsibilities Date of last notice 30 August 2011 Date issuer informed of 6 December 2011 transaction Date and place of transaction 5 December 2011 (place of transaction not applicable) Nature of transaction Award of Performance Shares under the Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") and of Deferred Shares under the Group Incentive
Scheme ("GIS"). Part 1 - Change of relevant interests in securities Included in this Part are: * in the case of a trust, interests in the trust made available by the responsible entity of the trust; * details of the circumstance giving rise to the relevant interest; * details and estimated valuation if the consideration is non-cash; and * changes in the relevant interest of Connected Persons of the director. Direct or indirect interest - Nature of indirect interest - (including registered holder) Date of change - No. of securities held prior to change - Class - Number acquired - Number disposed - Value/Consideration - No. of securities held after change - Nature of change - Example: on-market trade, off-market trade, exercise of options, issue of securities under dividend reinvestment plan, participation in buy-back Any additional information Mr Yeager has a direct interest in 425,903 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Limited. Mr Yeager has an indirect interest in 282 ordinary shares in BHP
Billiton Limited (held as 141 BHP Billiton Limited ADRs) held by Computershare Nominees on behalf of Shareplus participants as
Acquired Shares under the scheme. Shareplus is an all employee share purchase plan of the BHP Billiton Group.
Mr Yeager also holds an indirect interest in 624 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Limited (held as 312 BHP Billiton ADRs) held by Cede &
Company, and they are held on behalf of Mr Yeager as beneficial owner.
There is no change in the above holdings. Part 2 - Change of interests in contracts other than as described in Part 3 Included in this Part are: * only details of a contract in relation to which the interest has changed; and * details and estimated valuation if the consideration is non-cash. Detail of contract - Nature of interest - Name of registered holder - (if issued securities) No. and class of securities to which interest related - prior to change Interest acquired - Interest disposed - Value/Consideration - Interest after change - Part 3 - Change of interests in options or other rights granted by the entities Included in this Part are only details of options or other rights granted which have changed, save for the total number of securities over which options or other rights are held following this notification. Date of grant 5 December 2011 Period during which or date on which Performance Shares - August exercisable 2016 to August 2021 Deferred Shares - August 2013 to August 2016 Total amount paid (if any) for the - grant Description of securities involved: 119,668 Performance Shares class; number under the LTIP 37,779 Deferred Shares under the GIS
Exercise price (if fixed at time of Nil grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise Part 3 - Change of interests in options or other rights granted by the entities (cont`d) Total number of securities over which 757,370 - maximum number of options or other rights held at the Performance Shares (ordinary date of this notice shares of BHP Billiton Limited) under the LTIP 69,221 - maximum number Deferred Shares (ordinary
shares of BHP Billiton Limited) under the GIS 282 - maximum number
of Matched Shares (ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Limited, held as 141 Limited ADRs) under Shareplus
_________ 826,873 - Total
Any additional information This notification is in respect of the award of Performance Shares under the LTIP and Deferred Shares under the GIS.
Part 4 - Contact details Name of authorised officers Libby Joyner - BHP Billiton responsible for making this Limited notification on behalf of the entities Geof Stapledon - BHP Billiton Plc - BHP Billiton Plc Contact details Libby Joyner Tel: +61 3 9609 2339
Fax: +61 3 9609 4372 Geof Stapledon Tel: +44 20 7802 4176
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