1st Jul 2008 07:05
1 July 2008
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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)
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Name of entities |
BHP Billiton Limited |
BHP Billiton Plc |
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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.
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Name of director |
Mr M Kloppers |
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Date of last notice |
3 April 2008 |
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Date issuer informed of transaction |
1 July 2008 |
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Date and place of transaction |
Shareplus employee share plan trust purchased the shares on the Australian Securities Exchange on 26 June 2008. The shares were allocated and the issuer informed on 1 July 2008. |
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Nature of transaction |
37 ordinary fully paid shares of BHP Billiton Limited purchased under Shareplus. |
Part 1 - Change of director's 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 |
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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 160 shares. Computershare Nominees CI Ltd is the registered holder. |
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Date of change |
1 July 2008 |
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No. of securities held prior to change |
123 (refer below for details of Mr Kloppers' BHP Billiton Plc holding which is unchanged) |
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Class |
Ordinary fully paid shares of BHP Billiton Limited |
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Number acquired |
37 |
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Number disposed |
- |
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Value/Consideration |
A$43.80 per share |
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No. of securities held after change |
160 |
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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. |
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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 director's 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.
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Detail of contract |
- |
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Nature of interest |
- |
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Name of registered holder (if issued securities) |
- |
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No. and class of securities to which interest related prior to change |
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Interest acquired |
- |
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Interest disposed |
- |
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Value/Consideration |
- |
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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.
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Date of grant |
- |
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Period during which or date on which exercisable |
- |
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Total amount paid (if any) for the grant |
- |
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Description of securities involved: class; number |
- |
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Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise |
- |
Part 3 - Change of director's interests in options or other rights granted by the entities (cont'd)
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Total number of securities over which options or other rights held at the date of this notice |
BHP Billiton Plc interests: 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 BHP Billiton Limited interests: 27,582 - maximum number of GIS Deferred Shares (ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Limited) 333,327 - maximum number of Performance Shares (ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Limited) under the LTIP 160 - maximum number of matched shares (ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Limited) under Shareplus ________________________________________ 361,069 Total |
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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
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Name of authorised officers responsible for making this notification on behalf of the entities |
Contact details Ms F Smith - BHP Billiton Limited Tel: +61 3 9609 3179 Fax: +61 3 9609 4372 Mrs I Watson - BHP Billiton Plc Tel: +44 20 7802 4176 Fax: +44 20 7802 3054
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Related Shares:
BHP Group