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BIL
BIBLT
BHP Billiton - Group Share Buy-back Programme
BHP Billiton Plc
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504
15 September 2006
To:
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CC:
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BHP Billiton Group Share Buy-back Programme
Attached, for the information of your markets, is a notice in the form
(Appendix 3D) required by the Listing Rules of the Australian Stock
Exchange (`ASX") advising of an extension to the BHP Billiton Limited on-
market share buy-back programme previously advised to the market on 29
August 2005. The Group wishes to extend the current on-market buy-back
programme of BHP Billiton Limited for a further 12 months to 30 September
2007. BHP Billiton Limited may buy back up to 349 million shares on ASX.
This number represents less than 10 percent of BHP Billiton Limited"s
issued share capital at 30 June 2006.
A similar authority will be sought by BHP Billiton Plc at the Annual
General Meeting.
These approvals form part of the programme announced on 23 August 2006
whereby BHP Billiton announced its intention to return US$3 billion to
shareholders over the next 18 months through a series of share buy-backs.
This programme commenced on 7 September 2006 with an on-market buy-back of
shares in BHP Billiton Plc. We expect it to continue with on-market
purchases of shares in BHP Billiton Plc which could be made by BHP Billiton
Plc and/or BHP Billiton Limited or one of its subsidiaries.
Karen Wood
Group Company Secretary
Rule 3.8A
Appendix 3D
Changes relating to buy-back
(except minimum holding buy-back)
Information and documents given to ASX become ASX"s property and may be
made public.
Introduced 1/9/99. Origin: Appendix 7B.
Amended 13/3/2000, 30/9/2001.
Name of entity ABN
BHP Billiton Limited 49 004 028 077
We (the entity) give ASX the following information.
1 Date that an Appendix 29 August 2005
3C or the last
Appendix 3D was given
to ASX
Information about the change
Complete each item for which there has been a change and
items 9 and 10.
Column 1 Column 2
(Details announced (Details of change
to market in to buy-back
Appendix 3C or proposals)
last Appendix 3D)
On-market buy-back
2 Name of broker who
will act on the
company"s behalf
3 Deleted 30/9/2001.
4 If the company intends 358 million 349 million (being
to buy back a maximum less than 10
number of shares - percent of the
that number Company"s issued
Note: This requires a share capital at 30
figure to be included, June 2006 or at any
not a percentage. The time during the
reference to a maximum previous 12 months)
number is to the total
number including
shares already bought
back and shares
remaining to be bought
back. If the total
has not changed, the
item does not need to
be completed.
Column 1 Column 2
(Details (Details of change
announced to to buy-back
market in proposals)
Appendix 3C or
last Appendix 3D)
5 If the company intends
to buy back a maximum
number of shares - the
number remaining to be
bought back
6 If the company intends Up to and Up to and including
to buy-back shares including 30 30 September 2007
within a period of time September 2006
- that period of time;
if the company intends
that the buy-back be of
unlimited duration -
that intention
7 If the company intends
to buy back shares if
conditions are met -
those conditions
All buy-backs
8 Any other change
9 Reason for change Extension of the period of the buy-
back programme for capital management
purposes and reduction in the maximum
number of shares that may be bought
back following the cancellation of
95,950,979 shares on 3 April 2006.
10 Any other information
material to a
shareholder"s decision
whether to accept the
offer (e.g., details of
any proposed takeover
bid)
Compliance statement
1. The company is in compliance with all Corporations Act requirements
relevant to this buy-back.
2. There is no information that the listing rules require to be disclosed
that has not already been disclosed, or is not contained in, or attached
to, this form.
K.J. Wood
Group Company Secretary
Date: 15 September 2006
Date: 15/09/2006 07:29:33 AM Produced by the JSE SENS Department
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