BHP BILLITON PLC - Creating Value Through Marketing Excellence Presentation

Creating Value Through Marketing Excellence Presentation

BHP Billiton Plc
Registration number 3196209
Registered in England and Wales
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504


Issued by:                    BHP Billiton Plc


Date:                         14 October 2015


To:                           London Stock Exchange
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        BHP Billiton Plc – Creating Value Through Marketing Excellence Presentation



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 BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209
 Registered in England and Wales
 Registered Office: Neathouse Place London SW1V 1LH United Kingdom

 A member of the BHP Billiton Group which is headquartered in Australia




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Date         14 October 2015
Number       20/15


         CREATING VALUE THROUGH MARKETING EXCELLENCE

BHP Billiton President Marketing, Arnoud Balhuizen today outlined how the Company’s
Marketing organisation is uniquely positioned to create value for shareholders by building
on BHP Billiton’s scale, diversification and high quality products.
Mr Balhuizen highlighted how the Marketing organisation:

-   Connects the Company’s resources to market, using its technical and commercial
    expertise to ensure products are placed with the right customers for the best price.
-   Increases efficiency across the supply chain, maximising the returns from existing
    infrastructure investments.
-   Provides deep economic and commodity market insight to guide the Company’s
    strategic investment decisions.
-   Improves productivity across the portfolio by using its centralised model to help
    rapidly replicate best practice.

Mr Balhuizen said: “Our Marketing organisation creates substantial value for BHP Billiton
shareholders by linking our operations and our customers. Singapore is an important
world economic and trading centre, offering access to a highly skilled marketing
workforce. Proximity to our key Asian customers, who account for nearly seventy per cent
of BHP Billiton’s revenue, also enables us to gain on the ground market insight.

“We have helped transform markets by leading the move away from benchmark pricing
and supporting the development of transparent price indices. We remain focused on
minimising our cost base through the effective management of working capital and will
continue to support productivity improvements in the rest of BHP Billiton.”

Further information on BHP Billiton can be found at: www.bhpbilliton.com.


Media Relations                                                        Investor Relations

Australia                                                              Australia

Emily Perry                                                            Tara Dines
Tel: +61 3 9609 2800 Mobile: +61 477 325 803                           Tel: +61 3 9609 2222 Mobile: +61 499 249 005
email: Emily.Perry@bhpbilliton.com                                     email: Tara.Dines@bhpbilliton.com

Paul Hitchins                                                          Andrew Gunn
Tel: + 61 3 9609 2592 Mobile: + 61 419 315 001                         Tel: +61 3 9609 3575 Mobile: +61 402 087 354
email: Paul.Hitchins@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                                 Jonathan Price
                                                                       Tel: +44 20 7802 4131 Mobile: +44 7990 527 726
United Kingdom and Americas                                            email: Jonathan.H.Price@bhpbilliton.com

                                                                       Dean Simon
Ruban Yogarajah
                                                                       Tel: +44 20 7802 7461 Mobile: +44 7717 511 193
Tel: +44 20 7802 4033 Mobile: +44 7827 082 022
                                                                       email: Dean.Simon@bhpbilliton.com
email: Ruban.Yogarajah@bhpbilliton.com
                                                                       Americas
Jennifer White
Tel: +44 20 7802 7462 Mobile: +44 7827 253 764
                                                                       James Agar
email: Jennifer.White@bhpbilliton.com
                                                                       Tel: +1 212 310 1421 Mobile: +1 347 882 3011
                                                                       email: James.Agar@bhpbilliton.com

                                                                       Joseph Suarez
                                                                       Tel: +1 212 310 1422 Mobile: +1 646 400 3803
                                                                       email: Joseph.Suarez@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: Level 16, 171 Collins Street                        Registered Office: Neathouse Place
Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia                                      London SW1V 1LH 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

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