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Change of Directors Interests Notice - M Kloppers
Company Secretariat
BHP Billiton Limited BHP Billiton Plc
180 Lonsdale Street Neathouse Place
Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia London SW1V 1BH UK
GPO BOX 86
Melbourne Victoria 3001 Australia Tel +44 20 7802 4000
Tel +61 1300 55 47 57 Fax +61 3 9609 4372 Fax + 44 20 7802 4111
6 December 2012 bhpbilliton.com bhpbilliton.com
To: Australian Securities Exchange cc: New York Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange JSE Limited
Notification of Change of Interests of Directors and Connected Persons
(Australian Securities Exchange Listing Rules Appendix 3Y)
(Listing Rules & Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the UK Listing Authority)
Name of entities BHP Billiton Limited BHP Billiton Plc
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 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.2, the UK
Listing Authority Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4 and as agent for the director for the
purposes of section 205G of the Australian Corporations Act and in accordance with the
Group’s Securities Dealing document.
Name of person
discharging managerial Mr M J Kloppers
responsibilities
Date of last notice 5 October 2012
Date issuer informed of 5 December 2012
transaction
Date and place of 5 December 2012 (place of transaction not applicable)
transaction
Nature of transaction Award of Performance Shares under the Long Term Incentive
Plan (“LTIP”).
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
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 interest —
Nature of indirect interest —
(including registered holder)
Date of change —
No. of securities held prior to —
change
Class —
Number acquired —
Number disposed —
Value/Consideration —
No. of securities held after —
change
Nature of change —
Example: on-market trade, off-market
trade, exercise of options, issue of
securities under dividend reinvestment
plan, participation in buy-back
Any additional information BHP Billiton Plc
Mr Kloppers has a direct interest in 363,520 ordinary shares in
BHP Billiton Plc.
Mr Kloppers also has an indirect interest in 265,462 ordinary
shares in BHP Billiton Plc, as follows:
i) 80,000 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc held by the
Kloppers Family Superannuation Fund and registered
in the name of Kloppers Family Fund Pty Ltd; and
ii) 185,462 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc held by
Maricar Pty Ltd as trustee for the Maricar Family Trust.
BHP Billiton Limited
Mr Kloppers also has an indirect interest in 373,535 ordinary
shares in BHP Billiton Limited, as follows:
iii) 350,219 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Limited held
by Maricar Pty Ltd as trustee for the Maricar Family
Trust;
iv) 23,000 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Limited held by
the Kloppers Family Superannuation Fund and
registered in the name of Kloppers Family Fund Pty
Ltd; and
v) 316 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Limited held by
Computershare Nominees on behalf of Shareplus
participants as Acquired Shares under the scheme.
Shareplus is an all employee share purchase plan of
the BHP Billiton Group.
Part 2 – Change of interests in contracts other than as described in Part 4
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 – Closed period
Were the interests in the securities or No.
contracts detailed above traded during a
closed period where prior written
clearance was required?
If so, was prior written clearance Under our Securities Dealing Policy a Person
provided to allow the trade to proceed Discharging Managerial Responsibilities cannot
during this period? deal in BHP Billiton Securities without prior
clearance. This requirement applies to all
dealings, including those that occur outside of a
Close Period.
If prior written clearance was provided, —
on what date was this provided?
Part 4 – 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 5 December 2012
Period during which or date on which Performance Shares
exercisable – August 2017
Total amount paid (if any) for the grant —
Description of securities involved: 240,603 Performance Shares (BHP Billiton
class; number Limited) under the LTIP
Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or Nil
indication that price is to be fixed at time
of exercise
Total number of securities over which
options or other rights held at the date of BHP Billiton Limited interests:
this notice
1,417,324 – maximum number of
Performance Shares (ordinary
shares of BHP Billiton Limited)
under the LTIP
88,327 – vested LTIP Performance Shares
(ordinary shares of BHP Billiton
Limited)
64,705 – maximum number of Deferred
Shares (ordinary shares of BHP
Billiton Limited) under the GIS
316 – maximum number of Matched
Shares (ordinary shares of BHP
Billiton Limited) under Shareplus
________
1,570,672 – Total
Any additional information This notification is in respect of the award of
Performance Shares (BHP Billiton Limited)
under the LTIP.
Part 5 – Contact details
Name of authorised officers responsible Nicola Evans – BHP Billiton Limited
for making this notification on behalf of
the entities Geof Stapledon – 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)
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