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BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Bhp Billiton prices US$5.25 Billion Bond

Release Date: 22/02/2012 07:18
Code(s): BIL
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BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Bhp Billiton prices US$5.25 Billion Bond BHP Billiton Plc Share code: BIL ISIN: GB0000566504 Date 22 February 2012 Number 07/12 BHP BILLITON PRICES US$5.25 BILLION BOND BHP Billiton has priced a five tranche Global Bond under its debt shelf registration statement, which has been previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Global Bond comprises US$1,000 million Senior Floating Rate Notes due 2014 paying interest at three-month U.S. Dollar LIBOR plus 27 basis points, US$1,000 million 1.000% Senior Notes due 2015, US$1,250 million 1.625% Senior Notes due 2017, US$1,000 million 2.875% Senior Notes due 2022, and US$1,000 million 4.125% Senior Notes due 2042. The proceeds will be used for debt refinancing, including the retirement of commercial paper, and general corporate purposes. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. Offers and sales will only be made pursuant to a written prospectus and prospectus supplement, copies of which may be obtained from the joint book runners, Barclays Capital Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, 1-888-693-5847 and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179, +1-212-834-4533. **** Further information on BHP Billiton can be found at: www.bhpbilliton.com Sponsor: Absa Capital (the investment banking division of Absa Bank Limited, affiliated with Barclays Capital) Media Relations Australia Antonios Papaspiropoulos Tel: +61 3 9609 3830 Mobile: +61 477 325 803 email: Antonios.Papaspiropoulos@bhpbilliton.com Kelly Quirke Tel: +61 3 9609 2896 Mobile: +61 429 966 312 email: Kelly.Quirke@bhpbilliton.com Fiona Martin Tel: +61 3 9609 2211 Mobile: +61 427 777 908 email: Fiona.Martin2@bhpbilliton.com United Kingdom and Americas Ruban Yogarajah Tel: US +1 713 966 2907 or UK +44 20 7802 4033 Mobile: UK +44 7827 082 022 email: Ruban.Yogarajah@bhpbilliton.com Investor Relations Australia James Agar Tel: +61 3 9609 2222 Mobile: +61 467 807 064 email: James.Agar@bhpbilliton.com Andrew Gunn Tel: +61 3 9609 3575 Mobile: +61 439 558 454 email: Andrew.Gunn@bhpbilliton.com United Kingdom and South Africa Brendan Harris Tel: +44 20 7802 4131 Mobile: +44 7990 527 726 email: Brendan.Harris@bhpbilliton.com Tara Dines Tel: +44 20 7802 7113 Mobile: +44 7825 342 232 Email: Tara.Dines@bhpbilliton.com Americas Scott Espenshade Tel: +1 713 599 6431 Mobile: +1 713 208 8565 email: Scott.Espenshade@bhpbilliton.com BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 Registered in Australia Registered Office: 180 Lonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia Tel +61 1300 55 4757 Fax +61 3 9609 3015 BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209 Registered in England and Wales Registered Office: Neathouse Place London SW1V 1BH United Kingdom Tel +44 20 7802 4000 Fax +44 20 7802 4111 Members of the BHP Billiton Group which is headquartered in Australia Date: 22/02/2012 07:18:50 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.

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