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BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Notification of Change of Interests of Persons

Release Date: 03/04/2012 07:49
Code(s): BIL
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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 3 April 2012 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 23 February 2011 notice Date issuer 2 April 2012 informed of transaction Date and place of Shareplus employee share plan trust purchased the transaction shares on the Australian Securities Exchange on 19 March 2012. The shares were allocated and the issuer informed on 2 April 2012.
Nature of Due to the expiry of the Qualification Period and transaction satisfaction of other conditions under the terms of the all employee share plan Shareplus (2009) the: acquisition of 190 Matched Shares (ordinary fully paid
shares of BHP Billiton Limited) (see Part 3), and transfer of 190 Acquired Shares (ordinary fully paid shares of BHP Billiton Limited). 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 Indirect/Direct interest Nature of indirect Mr Randolph has an indirect interest in 237* interest ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Limited held by (including registered Computershare Nominees on behalf of Shareplus holder) participants as Acquired Shares under the scheme. Shareplus is an all employee share purchase plan of the BHP Billiton Group. * Note - total above reflects shares transferred in this transaction (Acquired Shares) previously
held by the Shareplus Nominee Computershare. Date of change 2 April 2012 No. of securities held 321,550 (Direct) prior to change 427 (Indirect) Class Ordinary Shares in BHP Billiton Limited Number acquired 190 (Matched Shares) Number disposed - Value/Consideration Nil priced Matched Shares (BHP Billiton Limited) No. of securities held 321,930 (Direct) after change 237 (Indirect) Nature of change Allocation and transfer of Matching Shares and Example: on-market transfer of Acquired Shares from Computershare trade, off-market Nominees. trade, exercise of options, issue of securities under dividend reinvestment plan, participation in buy-back Any additional Shareplus is an all-employee share purchase plan. information Under the plan, employees contribute monies to purchase shares (Acquired Shares), up to an annual contribution limit of US$5,000 in any Plan year. Shares are purchased on a quarterly basis using
the employees` contributions made each pay period over the preceding 3 months. Any Acquired Shares still held by employees at the end of a 3 year qualification period will be matched by the
company on a 1:1 basis. 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
237 - maximum number of Matched Shares (ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Limited) under
Shareplus _________ 835,224 - Total
Any additional information This notification is in respect of the vested Matched Shares under Shareplus where 190 Matched Shares under the 2009
scheme were purchased and transferred (see Part 1). Part 4 - Contact details Name of authorised officers Nicola Evans - BHP Billiton Limited responsible for making this notification on behalf of the Geof Stapledon - BHP Billiton Plc - BHP entities 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) BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209 Registered in Australia Registered in England and Wales Registered Office:180 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia Registered Office: Neathouse Place, London SW1V 1BH UK Members of the BHP Billiton Group which is headquartered in Australia Date: 03/04/2012 07:49:01 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.

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