Senior Executive Changes BHP Billiton NEWS RELEASE Release Time IMMEDIATE Date 26 August 2013 Number 22/13 SENIOR EXECUTIVE CHANGES BHP Billiton today announced that Mike Fraser will join the Group Management Committee as President, Human Resources; part of the role currently held by Karen Wood. Mike is currently Head, Group Human Resources based at the Company’s head office in Melbourne. He joined the Company in 2000 and has served in a range of human resources roles including as Human Resources Vice President for the Aluminium and Energy Coal businesses, and for South Africa. Before his appointment to Group Human Resources in January 2013 he was Asset President, Mozal in the Aluminium business based in Mozambique. Karen Wood will remain a member of the Group Management Committee as President, Public Affairs. Having now completed the transition activities associated with the appointment of Andrew Mackenzie as Chief Executive she will continue to assist Andrew on a range of specific corporate and Board issues including development and succession and executive remuneration. Mike will continue to be based in Melbourne. His appointment to the Group Management Committee is effective 27 August 2013. Marcus Randolph, former Chief Executive Ferrous and Coal who retired from the Group Management Committee on 10 May, has returned from his period of sick leave and will retire from the Company on 2 September 2013. Further information on BHP Billiton can be found at: www.bhpbilliton.com. Sponsor: Absa Capital (the investment banking division of Absa Bank Limited, affiliated with Barclays) Media Relations Investor Relations Australia Australia Emily Perry James Agar Tel: +61 3 9609 2800 Mobile: +61 477 325 803 Tel: +61 3 9609 2222 Mobile: +61 467 807 064 email: Emily.Perry@bhpbilliton.com email: James.Agar@bhpbilliton.com Fiona Hadley Andrew Gunn Tel: +61 3 9609 2211 Mobile: +61 427 777 908 Tel: +61 3 9609 3575 Mobile: +61 402 087 354 email: Fiona.Hadley@bhpbilliton.com email: Andrew.Gunn@bhpbilliton.com Eleanor Nichols United Kingdom and South Africa Tel: +61 3 9609 2360 Mobile: +61 407 064 748 email: Eleanor.Nichols@bhpbilliton.com Tara Dines Tel : +44 20 7802 7113 Mobile : +44 7825 342 232 United Kingdom Email : Tara.Dines@bhpbilliton.com Ruban Yogarajah Americas Tel: +44 20 7802 4033 Mobile: +44 7827 082 022 email: Ruban.Yogarajah@bhpbilliton.com James Agar Tel: +61 3 9609 2222 Mobile: +61 467 807 064 Jennifer White email: James.Agar@bhpbilliton.com Tel: +44 20 7802 7462 Mobile: +44 7827 253 764 email: Jennifer.White@bhpbilliton.com Matt Chism Tel: +1 71 359 96158 Mobile: +1 281 782 2238 email: Matt.E.Chism@bhpbilliton.com Americas Jaryl Strong Tel: +1 713 499 5548 Mobile: +1 281 222 6627 email: Jaryl.Strong@bhpbilliton.com 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 Registered Office: Neathouse Place Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia London SW1V 1BH United Kingdom Tel +61 1300 55 4757 Fax +61 3 9609 3015 Tel +44 20 7802 4000 Fax +44 20 7802 4111 Members of the BHP Billiton Group which is headquartered in Australia Date: 26/08/2013 09:20:00 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.