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BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Notification of change of interests of directors and
connected persons
BHP Billiton Plc
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504
7 December 2011
Notification of Change of Interests of Directors and Connected Persons
(Australian Securities Exchange Listing Rules Appendix 3Y)
(Listing Rules & Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the UK Listing Authority)
Name of BHP Billiton Limited BHP Billiton Plc
entities
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 Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) Listing Rules, the
Listing Rules and Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the United Kingdom
Listing Authority, the Australian Corporations Act, the United Kingdom Companies
Acts and the Group`s Securities Dealing document.
We (the entities) advise the following information under ASX Listing Rule
3.19A.2, the UK Listing Authority Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4 and as
agent for the director for the purposes of section 205G of the Australian
Corporations Act and in accordance with the Group`s Securities Dealing document.
Name of person discharging Mr M J Kloppers
managerial responsibilities
Date of last notice 4 October 2011
Date issuer informed of 6 December 2011
transaction
Date and place of transaction 5 December 2010 (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 BHP Billiton Plc
Mr Kloppers has a direct interest in
363,520 ordinary shares in BHP
Billiton Plc.
Mr Kloppers also has an indirect
interest in 325,375 ordinary shares
in BHP Billiton Plc, as follows:
i) 80,000 ordinary shares in BHP
Billiton Plc held by the Kloppers
Family Superannuation Fund and
registered in the name of Lynchwood
Nominees Limited; and
ii ) 245,375 ordinary shares in BHP
Billiton Plc held by Maricar Pty Ltd
as trustee for the Maricar Family
Trust and registered in the name of
Lynchwood Nominees Limited.
BHP Billiton Limited
Mr Kloppers has an indirect interest
in 171,361 ordinary shares in BHP
Billiton Limited, as follows:
i) 148,000 ordinary shares in BHP
Billiton Limited held by Maricar Pty
Ltd as trustee for the Maricar Family
Trust; and
ii )23,000 ordinary shares in BHP
Billiton Limited held by the Kloppers
Family Superannuation Fund and
iii ) 361 ordinary shares in BHP
Billiton Limited 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.
There is no change to the number of
securities represented by the above
holdings
Part 2 - Change of interests in contracts other than as described in Part 4
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 - Closed period
Were the interests in the securities or contracts No.
detailed above traded during a closed period where
prior written clearance was required'
If so, was prior written clearance provided to -
allow the trade to proceed during this period'
If prior written clearance was provided, on what -
date was this provided'
Part 4 - 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 2016
exercisable to August 2021
* Deferred Shares - August 2013 to
August 2016
Total amount paid (if any) for the -
grant
Description of securities involved: * 226,721 Performance Shares under
class; number the LTIP
* 64,705 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
Total number of securities over which BHP Billiton Limited interests:
options or other rights held at the
date of this notice 1,510,048 - maximum number of
Performance Shares (ordinary
shares of BHP Billiton Limited)
under the LTIP
119,536 - maximum number of
Deferred Shares (ordinary shares
of BHP Billiton Limited) under the
GIS
361 - maximum number
of Matched Shares (ordinary shares
of BHP Billiton Limited) under
Shareplus
________
1,629,945 - 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 5 - Contact details
Name of authorised officers Libby Joyner - BHP Billiton Limited
responsible for making this
notification on behalf of the Geof Stapledon - BHP Billiton Plc
entities
Contact details Libby Joyner Tel: +61 3 9609 2339
Fax: +61 3 9609 4372
Geof Stapledon Tel: +44 20 7802 4176
Fax: +44 20 7802 3054
Sponsor: Absa Capital (the investment banking division of Absa Bank Limited,
affiliated with Barclays Capital)
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