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BHP BILLITON PLC - Notice of Initial Interests of Director - A Mackenzie

Release Date: 10/05/2013 07:05
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Notice of Initial Interests of Director - A Mackenzie

BHP Billiton PLC

Company Secretariat




10 May 2013


To:      Australian Securities Exchange                                cc:     New York Stock Exchange
         London Stock Exchange                                                 JSE Limited


                                    Appointment of Andrew Mackenzie

Further to the announcement on 20 February 2013 advising of the appointment of Andrew
Mackenzie as an Executive Director of BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc effective 10
May 2013, we now advise details of Mr Mackenzie’s interest in BHP Billiton shares:

            Notification of Initial Interests of Directors and Connected Persons
                 (Australian Securities Exchange Listing Rules Appendix 3X)
                                                 and
                              Notification of Change of Interests of
                        Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility
      (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 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,
and 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 director
                                         Mr A Mackenzie

 Date of appointment
                                         10 May 2013



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

-


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 interest                   Number & class of securities

Pershing Nominees (indirect interest,                 72,408 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc*
Mr A Mackenzie has a beneficial
interest)

Computershare Nominees (indirect                      211 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc*
interest, held on behalf of Mr A
Mackenzie as Acquired Shares under                    * Refer Part 4 for details of change since date
the Group’s Shareplus scheme)                         of last notice (6 December 2012).



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                                               N/A
interest relates

Part 4 - Change of relevant interests in securities

Date of last notice                              6 December 2012

Date issuer informed of                          9 May 2013
transaction

Date and place of transaction                    Shareplus employee share plan trust purchased
                                                 the shares on the London Stock Exchange. The
                                                 shares were allocated and the issuer informed on 9
                                                 May 2013.

Nature of transaction                            Due to the expiry of the Qualification Period and
                                                 satisfaction of other conditions under the terms of
                                                 the all employee share plan Shareplus (2010) the:
                                                 • acquisition of 136 Matched Shares (ordinary
                                                    shares of BHP Billiton Plc), and
                                                 • transfer of 136 Acquired Shares (ordinary shares
                                                    of BHP Billiton Plc).

Direct or indirect interest              Indirect

Nature of indirect interest
                                         Mr Mackenzie has an indirect interest in 72,619*
(including registered holder)
                                         ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc. 72,408* of
                                         these ordinary shares are held by Pershing
                                         Nominees held jointly by Mr A Mackenzie and Mrs
                                         E Mackenzie, of which Mr A Mackenzie is a
                                         beneficiary, and 211* ordinary shares of BHP
                                         Billiton Plc held by Computershare Nominees on
                                         behalf of Shareplus participants as Acquired
                                         Shares under the scheme.

                                         * Note – totals above reflect shares transferred
                                         (Acquired Shares) and allocated and transferred
                                         (Matched Shares) in this transaction previously
                                         held by the Shareplus nominee Computershare
                                         Nominees under Shareplus 2010.

Date of change                           9 May 2013

No. of securities held prior to          72,483
change

Class                                    Ordinary Shares in BHP Billiton Plc

Number acquired                          136 (Matched Shares, Shareplus 2010)

Number disposed                          —

Value/Consideration                      Nil - Matched Shares, Shareplus 2010

No. of securities held after             72,619
change

Nature of change                         Under Shareplus 2010, the allocation and transfer
Example: on-market trade, off-market     of 136 Matched Shares and transfer of 136 Acquired
trade, exercise of options, issue of     Shares from Computershare Nominees.
securities under dividend reinvestment
plan, participation in buy-back

Any additional information
                                         Shareplus is an all-employee share purchase plan.
                                         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 5 – Director’s interests in options or other rights granted by the entities

Total number of securities over               852,675 – maximum number of Performance
which options or other rights held at                   Shares (ordinary shares of BHP
the date of this notice                                 Billiton Plc) under the Long Term
                                                        Incentive Plan (LTIP)

                                               59,253 – maximum number of Deferred
                                                        Shares (ordinary shares of BHP
                                                        Billiton Plc) under the Group
                                                        Incentive Scheme (GIS)

                                               46,508 – vested GIS Options (ordinary
                                                        shares of BHP Billiton Plc)

                                                 211* – maximum number of matched
                                                        shares (ordinary shares of BHP
                                                        Billiton Plc) under Shareplus
                                                _______
                                                958,647 – Total

                                                         * See Part 4 above for movement in
                                                           Matched Shares.


Part 6 - Contact details

Name of authorised officers                     Nicola Kleynhans – BHP Billiton Limited
responsible for making this
notification on behalf of the entities          Geof Stapledon – BHP Billiton Plc

Contact details                                 Nicola Kleynhans Tel: +61 3 9609 4326
                                                                 Fax: +61 3 9609 4372

                                                Geof Stapledon   Tel: +44 20 7802 4176
                                                                 Fax: +44 20 7802 3054

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

Sponsor: Absa Capital (the investment banking division of Absa Bank Limited, affiliated with Barclays)

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