BHP Billiton Finance Limited - Publication of Supplementary Prospectus Issued by: BHP Billiton Finance Limited To: London Stock Exchange cc: JSE Limited Date: 19 September 2012 For Release: Immediately Contact: Willie J Murray BHP Billiton Group Treasurer Tel: +44 20 7802 7313 BHP Billiton Finance Limited - Publication of Supplementary Prospectus The following Supplementary Prospectus has been approved by the UK Listing Authority and is available for viewing: Supplementary Prospectus dated 19 September 2012 relating to the Prospectus dated 20 October 2011 (as supplemented by a first Supplementary Prospectus dated 23 May 2012) for the EUR 20,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme of BHP Billiton Finance Limited and BHP Billiton Finance Plc, guaranteed (in respect of Notes issued by BHP Billiton Finance Limited) by BHP Billiton Limited and (in respect of Notes issued by BHP Billiton Finance Plc) by BHP Billiton Plc. To view the full Supplementary Prospectus, plus the document referred to therein, please paste the following URLs into the address bar of your browser: - the Supplementary Prospectus dated 19 September 2012 relating to the Prospectus dated 20 October 2011 (as supplemented by a first Supplementary Prospectus dated 23 May 2012) for the EUR 20,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme of BHP Billiton Finance Limited and BHP Billiton Finance Plc; http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/6498M_-2012-9-19.pdf - the BHP Billiton Annual Report 2012 which includes the audited consolidated financial statements of the BHP Billiton Group for the year ended 30 June 2012; http://www.bhpbilliton.com/home/investors/reports/Pages/Roll%20up%20Pages/2012-Annual- Report,-Summary-Review-and-Form-20-F.aspx A copy of the Supplementary Prospectus and the BHP Billiton Annual Report 2012 which includes the audited consolidated financial statements of the BHP Billiton Group for the year ended 30 June 2012, incorporated by reference, has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.hemscott.com/nsm.do This website is not provided for, or directed at, U.S. persons or persons in the United States. If you are a U.S. person or are viewing this page from the United States, you should exit this section of the website. For further information, please contact: W.J. Murray, BHP Billiton Group Treasurer Tel: +44 207 802 7313 DISCLAIMER – INTENDED ADDRESSEES Please note that the information contained in the Supplementary Prospectus may be addressed to and/or targeted at persons who are residents of particular countries (specified in the Prospectus) only and is not intended for use and should not be relied upon by any person outside these countries and/or to whom the offer contained in the Prospectus is not addressed. Prior to relying on the information contained in the Prospectus and the Supplementary Prospectus, you must ascertain from the Prospectus whether or not you are part of the intended addressees of the information contained therein. Your right to access this service is conditional upon complying with the above requirement. The Supplementary Prospectus on this website does not constitute an offer of securities for sale in the United States. The securities described herein have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or under any relevant securities laws of any state of the United States of America, and may not be offered or sold to U.S. persons or to persons within the United States of America, except pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act. Sponsor: Absa Capital (the investment banking division of Absa Bank Limited, affiliated with Barclays). BHP Billiton Finance Limited ABN 82 008 519 319 Registered in Australia Registered Office: 180 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia Telephone +61 1300 55 4757 Facsimile +61 3 9609 3015 Date: 19/09/2012 03:23:00 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.