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Director/PDMR Shareholding

1st Apr 2010 16:20

RNS Number : 6786J
BHP Billiton PLC
01 April 2010
 



Company Secretariat

1 April 2010

 

 

 

To:

Australian Securities Exchange

cc:

New York Stock Exchange

London Stock Exchange

JSE Limited

 

Notification of Change of Interests of

Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility 

(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 Listing Rules and Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the United Kingdom Listing Authority and the Group's Securities Dealing Procedure.

 

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 Procedure.

 

Name of person discharging managerial responsibilities

Ms K J Wood

 

Date of last notice

10 March 2010

Date issuer informed of transaction

1 April 2010

Date and place of transaction

Shareplus employee share plan trust purchased the shares on the Australian Securities Exchange on 19 March 2010. The shares were allocated and the issuer informed on 1 April 2010.

Nature of transaction

Due to the expiry of the Qualification Period and satisfaction of other conditions under the terms of the all employee share plan Shareplus (2007) the:

·; acquisition of 157 Matched Shares (ordinary fully paid shares of BHP Billiton Limited) (see Part 3), and

·; transfer of 157 Acquired Shares (ordinary fully paid shares of BHP Billiton Limited).

 

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 & Direct

Nature of indirect interest

(including registered holder)

Ms Wood has an indirect interest in 38,265* ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Limited as follows:

(i) 38,000 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Limited registered in the name of Sloan Wood Superannuation Fund. The Trustees of this private superannuation fund are K Wood and A Sloan; and

(ii) 265* ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Limited held by Computershare Nominees on behalf of Shareplus participants as Acquired Shares under the scheme. Shareplus is an all employee share purchase plan of the BHP Billiton Group.

* Note - total above reflects shares transferred in this transaction (Acquired Shares) previously held by the Shareplus Nominee Computershare.

Date of change

1 April 2010

No. of securities held prior to change

70,458 (Direct)

38,422 (Indirect)

Class

Ordinary Shares in BHP Billiton Limited

Number acquired

157 (Matched Shares)

Number disposed

-

Value/Consideration

Nil priced Matched Shares (BHP Billiton Limited)

No. of securities held after change

70,772 (Direct)

38,265 (Indirect)

Nature of change

Example: on-market trade, off-market trade, exercise of options, issue of securities under dividend reinvestment plan, participation in buy-back

Allocation and transfer of Matching Shares and transfer of Acquired Shares from Computershare Nominees.

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 qualification period will be matched by the company on a 1:1 basis.

 

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 over which options or other rights held at the date of this notice

 

 

54,464 - maximum number of Deferred Shares (ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Limited) under the GIS

 

674,187 - maximum number of Performance Shares (ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Limited) under the LTIP

 

265 - maximum number of Matched Shares (ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Limited) under the Shareplus

_________

728,916 - Total

 

Any additional information

 

This notification is in respect of the vested Matched Shares under Shareplus where 157 Matched Shares under the 2007 scheme were purchased and transferred (see Part 1).

 

Part 4 - Contact details

 

Name of authorised officers responsible for making this notification on behalf of the entities

Fiona Smith - BHP Billiton Limited

 

Geof Stapledon - BHP Billiton Plc

Contact details

 

 

 

Fiona Smith Tel: +61 3 9609 3179

Fax: +61 3 9609 4372

 

Geof Stapledon Tel: +44 20 7802 4176

Fax: +44 20 7802 3054

 

 

 

 

BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077

Registered in Australia

Registered Office: 180 Lonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000

BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209

Registered in England and Wales

Registered Office: Neathouse Place London SW1V 1BH United Kingdom

The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia

 

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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