Notification of PDMR shareholdings BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209 Registered in England and Wales Share code: BIL ISIN: GB0000566504 BHP BILLITON PLC and BHP BILLITON LIMITED Notification and public disclosure of transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities 1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / persons closely associated a) Name Grant King 2 Reason for the notification a) Position/status PDMR (Non-executive Director) b) Initial Initial notification notification/Amendment 3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor a) Name BHP Billiton Plc b) LEI 549300C116EOWV835768 4 Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted. a) Description of the BHP Billiton Limited ordinary shares financial instrument, type ISIN: AU000000BHP4 of instrument Identification code b) Nature of the transaction The on-market purchase of 5,000 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Limited. c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s) 1 AUD22.56 5,000 d) Aggregated information - Aggregated volume 5,000 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Limited - Price AUD 22.56 e) Date of the transaction 2017-05-05 f) Place of the transaction Australian Securities Exchange (XASX) Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Limited Date: 10/05/2017 04:22:00 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.