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BIL - Bhp Billiton - Notification of Change of Interests of Directors and
Connected Persons (Australian Securities Exchange Listing Rules Appendix 3Y)
BHP Billiton Plc
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504
1 April 2009
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 Procedure.
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 Procedure.
Name of person discharging Mr M J Kloppers
managerial responsibilities
Date of last notice 6 January 2009
Date issuer informed of transaction
1 April 2009
Date and place of transaction Shareplus employee share plan trust
purchased the shares on the Australian
Securities Exchange on 27 March 2009.
The shares were allocated and the issuer
informed on 1 April 2009.
Nature of transaction 41 ordinary fully paid shares of BHP
Billiton Limited purchased under
Shareplus.
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 Indirect
Nature of indirect interest Shares are held directly by Computershare
(including registered Nominees on behalf of all Shareplus
holder) participants. Mr Kloppers has a beneficial
interest in 287 shares. Computershare
Nominees CI Ltd is the registered holder.
Date of change 1 April 2009
No. of securities held prior 246
to change (refer below for details of Mr Kloppers` BHP
Billiton Plc holding which is unchanged)
Class Ordinary fully paid shares of BHP Billiton
Limited
Number acquired 41
Number disposed -
Value/Consideration A$34.28 per share
No. of securities held after 287
change
Nature of change On market purchase through the Shareplus
Example: on-market trade, employee share plan Trust.
off-market trade, exercise
of options, issue of
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
holding period will be matched by the company
on a 1:1 basis.
Mr Kloppers has an indirect interest in
396,683 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc,
as follows:
i) 316,683 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton
Plc registered in the name of Vidacos
Nominees account "FGN" of which Mr
Kloppers is the beneficial holder; and
ii) 80,000 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton
Plc held by the Kloppers Family
Superannuation Fund and registered in
the name of Vidacos Nominees Limited.
Part 2 - Change of interests in contracts other than as described in Part 3
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 - 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 -
Period during which or date on which exercisable -
Total amount paid (if any) for the grant -
Description of securities involved: -
class; number
Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or -
indication that price is to be fixed at time of
exercise
Part 3 - Change of interests in options or other rights granted by the entities
(cont`d)
Total number of securities BHP Billiton Plc interests:
over which options or other
rights held at the date of 90,071 - vested Deferred Shares (ordinary
this notice shares of BHP Billiton Plc) under
the GIS for 2005 and 2006
675,000 - maximum number of Performance
Shares (ordinary shares of BHP
Billiton Plc) under the LTIP
________
765,071 - Total
BHP Billiton Limited interests:
123,429 - maximum number of Deferred Shares
(ordinary shares of BHP Billiton
Limited) under the GIS
833,327 - maximum number of Performance
Shares (ordinary shares of BHP
Billiton Limited) under the LTIP
287- maximum number of matched shares
(ordinary shares of BHP Billiton
Limited) under Shareplus
________
957,043 - Total
Any additional information This notification is in respect of the
Acquired Shares under the Shareplus (share
purchase) scheme (see Part 1)
Part 4 - Contact details
Name of authorised officers Ms F Smith - BHP Billiton Limited
responsible for making this
notification on behalf of the Ms E Hobley - BHP Billiton Plc - BHP
entities Billiton Plc
Contact details Ms F Smith Tel: +61 3 9609 3179
Fax: +61 3 9609 4372
Ms E Hobley Tel: +44 20 7802 4054
Fax: +44 20 7802 3054
BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 BHP Billiton Plc Registration number
004 028 077 3196209
Registered in Australia Registered in England and Wales
Registered Office: 180 Registered Office: Neathouse Place London
Lonsdale Street Melbourne SW1V 1BH United Kingdom
Victoria 3000
The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia
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