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Director/PDMR Shareholding

1st Apr 2009 07:00

RNS Number : 8884P
BHP Billiton PLC
01 April 2009
 



1 April 2009

To:

Australian Securities Exchange

cc:

New York Stock Exchange

 

 

 

Swiss Stock Exchange

 

 

 

JSE Limited

London Stock Exchange

Deutsche Bank UBS Zurich

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 managerial responsibilities 

Mr M J Kloppers

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

(including registered holder) 

Shares are held directly by Computershare Nominees on behalf of all Shareplus 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 to change 

246 

(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 change 

287

Nature of change

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

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 an indirect interest in 396,683 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc, as follows:

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

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

BHP Billiton Plc interests:

90,071 - vested Deferred Shares (ordinary 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 responsible for making this notification on behalf of the entities

Ms F Smith - BHP Billiton Limited

Ms E Hobley - BHP 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 49 004 028 077

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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