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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 Company Secretariat 23 February 2012 To: Australian Securities Exchange cc: New York Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange JSE Limited Notification of Change of Interests of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (Listing Rules & Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the UK Listing Authority) Name of BHP Billiton BHP Billiton Plc entities Limited 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 Mr M P Randolph discharging managerial responsibilities Date of last 7 December 2011 notice Date issuer 23 February 2012 informed of transaction Date and place of 23 February 2012 (Australian Securities transaction Exchange) Nature of On-market sale of 70,000 BHP Billiton transaction Limited Ordinary Shares on the Australian Securities Exchange to fund a tax obligation. 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 Direct interest Nature of indirect Mr Randolph has an indirect interest in interest 393 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton (including registered Limited held by Computershare Nominees holder) 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 above holding. Date of change 23 February 2012 No. of securities held 391,550 prior to change Class Ordinary Shares in BHP Billiton Limited Number acquired - Number disposed 70,000 Value/Consideration $36.13 No. of securities held 321,550 after change Nature of change On-market sale on the Australian Example: on-market Securities Exchange trade, off-market trade, exercise of options, issue of securities under dividend reinvestment plan, participation in buy-back Any additional - information 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 - Period during which or date on - which exercisable Total amount paid (if any) for - the grant Description of securities - involved: class; number Exercise price (if fixed at - time of 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 options or other 767,344 - maximum number of rights held at the date of Performance Shares (ordinary this notice shares of BHP Billiton Limited) under the LTIP
67,643 - maximum number of Deferred Shares (ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Limited) under the GIS
393 - maximum number of Matched Shares (ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Limited)
under Shareplus _________ 835,380 - Total
Any additional information - Part 4 - Contact details Name of authorised officers Nicola Evans - BHP Billiton responsible for making this Limited notification on behalf of the entities Geof Stapledon - BHP Billiton Plc - BHP Billiton Plc
Contact details Nicola Evans Tel: +61 3 9609 4326 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) Date: 23/02/2012 13:59:06 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.
