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BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Appointment of Pat Davies as a Director BHP Billiton Plc Share Code: BIL ISIN: GB0000566504 Company Secretariat 1 June 2012 Appointment of Pat Davies Further to the announcement on 14 May 2012 advising of the appointment of Pat Davies as a Director of BHP Billiton Plc and BHP Billiton Limited with effect from 1 June 2012 we now advise details of Mr Davies` interests in BHP Billiton shares: Notification of Initial Interests of Directors and Connected Persons (Australian Securities Exchange Listing Rules Appendix 3X) Name of entities BHP Billiton Limited BHP Billiton Plc ABN 49 004 028 077 REG NO 3196029 As part of a dual listed company structure, the Group voluntarily notifies all stock exchanges on which either BHP Billiton Plc or BHP Billiton Limited have primary or secondary listings, all those interests of directors 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.1 and as agent for the director for the purposes of section 205G of the Australian Corporations Act. Name of director Pat Davies Date of 1 June 2012 appointment Part 1 - Director`s relevant interests in securities of which the director is the registered holder In the case of a trust, this includes interests in the trust made available by the responsible entity of the trust Number & class of securities 2,352 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc (Mr Davies holds these shares in his capacity as trustee of TAG Family Trust) Part 2 - Director`s relevant interests in securities of which the director is not the registered holder In the case of a trust, this includes interests in the trust made available by the responsible entity of the trust Name of holder & nature of Number & class of securities interest 1,818 ordinary shares in BHP
Sanlam Private Investments Billiton Plc (indirect interest, Mr Davies has a beneficial interest) Part 3 - Director`s interests in contracts Detail of contract Nil Nature of interest N/A Name of registered holder N/A (if issued securities) No. and class of securities to which interest relates N/A Part 4 - Contact details Name of authorised Nicola Evans - BHP Billiton Limited officers responsible for making this notification Geof Stapledon - BHP Billiton Plc on behalf of the entities 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) 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: 01/06/2012 07:21:02 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.
