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BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Change of Managerial interests - Mr J M Yeager
BHP Billiton Plc
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504
Company Secretariat
19 December 2007
Notification of Change of Interests of Persons Discharging
Managerial Interests and Connected Persons
(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 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
Listing Rules and Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the United Kingdom
Listing Authority and the Group`s Securities Dealing Code.
We (the entities) advise the following information under the UK Listing
Authority Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4 and as agent for the person
discharging managerial responsibilities in accordance with the Group`s
Securities Dealing Code.
Name of person discharging Mr J M Yeager
managerial responsibilities
Date of last notice 11 December 2006
Date issuer informed of
transaction 17 December 2007
Date and place of 14 December 2007 (place of transaction not
transaction applicable)
Nature of transaction Award of Performance Shares under the Long
Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") and of
Deferred Shares under the Group Incentive
Scheme ("GIS").
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 person discharging
managerial responsibilities.
Direct or indirect interest -
Nature of indirect interest -
(including registered holder)
Date of change -
No. of securities held prior to change -
Class -
Number acquired -
Number disposed -
Value/Consideration -
No. of securities held after change -
Nature of change -
Example: on-market trade, off-market trade,
exercise of options, issue of securities under
dividend reinvestment plan, participation in buy-
back
Any additional information -
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 14 December 2007
Period during which or date on Performance Shares - August 2012 to August
which exercisable 2017
Deferred Shares - August 2009 to August
2012
Total amount paid (if any) for -
the grant
Description of securities 187,702 Performance Shares under the LTIP
involved: 26,460 Deferred Shares under the GIS
class; number
Exercise price (if fixed at Nil
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 over 33,074 - maximum number of GIS
which options or other rights Deferred Shares (ordinary shares of BHP
held at the date of this notice Billiton Limited)
737,702 - maximum number of
Performance Shares (ordinary shares of BHP
Billiton Limited) under the LTIP
770,776 Total
Any additional information This notification is in respect of the
award of Performance Shares under the LTIP
and Deferred Shares under the GIS following
the approval by shareholders on 28 November
2007.
Part 4 - Contact details
Name of authorised officers Ms F Smith - BHP Billiton Limited
responsible for making this
notification on behalf of the Mrs I Watson - BHP Billiton Plc - BHP
entities Billiton Plc
Contact details Ms F Smith Tel: +61 3 9609 3179
Fax: +61 3 9609 4372
Mrs I Watson Tel: +44 20 7802 4176
Fax: +44 20 7802 3054
Date: 19/12/2007 09:18:01 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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