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BHP Group Limited — Director's Dealing 2007
Oct 9, 2007
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Director's Dealing
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Company Secretariat
10 October 2007
To: Australian Securities Exchange
London Stock Exchange
BHP Billiton Limited BHP Billiton Plc 180 Lonsdale Street Neathouse Place Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia London SW1V 1BH UK GPO BOX 86A Melbourne Victoria 3001 Australia Tel +44 20 7802 4000 Tel +61 1300 55 47 57 Fax +61 3 9609 4372 Fax + 44 20 7802 4111 bhpbilliton.com bhpbilliton.com
cc: New York Stock Exchange Swiss Stock Exchange JSE Limited Deutsche Bank UBS Zurich
Notification of Change of Interests of Directors and Connected Persons ( Australian Stock 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 Code.
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 Code.
| Name of director | Mr M J Kloppers |
|---|---|
| Date of last notice | 27 August 2007 |
| Date issuer informed of transaction |
5 October 2007 |
| Date and place of transaction |
SharePlus Trust purchased the shares on the Australian Securities Exchange on 28 September 2007. The shares were allocated and the issuer informed on 5 October 2007. |
| Nature of transaction | 33 ordinary fully paid shares of BHP Billiton Limited purchased under Shareplus. |
BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 Registered in Australia Registered Office: 180 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia
BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209 Registered in England and Wales Registered Office: Neathouse Place, London SW1V 1BH UK
Members of the BHP Billiton group which is headquartered in Australia
Part 1 – Change of director’s relevant interests in securities
Included in this Part are:
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in the case of a trust, interests in the trust made available by the responsible entity of the trust;
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details of the circumstance giving rise to the relevant interest;
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details and estimated valuation if the consideration is non-cash; and
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changes in the relevant interest of Connected Persons of the director.
| Direct or indirect interest | Indirect |
|---|---|
| Nature of indirect interest (including registered holder) |
Shares are held directly by Computershare Nominees on behalf of all Shareplus participants. Mr Kloppers has a beneficial interest in 33 shares. Computershare Nominees CI Ltd is the registered holder. |
| **Date of change ** | 5 October 2007 |
| No. of securities held prior 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 | 33 |
| Number disposed | — |
| Value/Consideration | A$44.62 per share |
| No. of securities held after change |
33 |
| Nature of change | On market purchase through the Shareplus employee share plan Trust. |
| 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 a direct interest in 316,683 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc. In addition to the above, Mr Kloppers also has an indirect interest in 80,000 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc held by the Kloppers Family Superannuation fund, of which Mr Kloppers is a beneficiary. UBS Wealth Management Nominees Pty Ltd is the registered holder. Mr Kloppers as an Executive Director also has a notifiable interest under the United Kingdom legislation in 395,610 shares of BHP Billiton Plc, being the balance of shares held by ESOP Trustee Limited as trustee of the Billiton Employee Share Ownership Trust. |
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Part 2 – Change of director’s interests in contracts other than as described in Part 3
Included in this Part are:
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only details of a contract in relation to which the interest has changed; and
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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 director’s 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 |
— |
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| Total number of securities over which options or other rights held at the date of this notice |
52,771 - vested GIS Deferred Shares (ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Plc) 37,300 - maximum number of GIS Deferred Shares (ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Plc) 675,000 - maximum number of Performance Shares (ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Plc) under the LTIP __________ 765,071 Total In addition, BHP Billiton Limited matched shares held pending satisfaction of the qualification conditions: 33 - maximum number of matched shares (ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Limited) under Shareplus |
|---|---|
| Any additional information | This notification is in respect of the first Acquired Shares under the Shareplus (share purchase) scheme (see Part 1). |
Part 4 – Contact details
| Name of authorised officers responsible for making this notification on behalf of the entities |
Ms F Smith – BHP Billiton Limited Mrs I Watson – BHP 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 |
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