5th Oct 2007 07:00
BHP Billiton PLC05 October 2007 5 October 2007 To: Australian Securities Exchange cc: New York Stock Exchange Swiss Stock Exchange JSE Limited London Stock Exchange Deutsche Bank UBS Zurich Final Notification of Interests of Directors and Connected Persons (Australian Stock Exchange Listing Rules Appendix 3Z) 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 allstock exchanges on which either BHP Billiton Limited or BHP Billiton Plc haveprimary or secondary listings, all those interests of directors and personsdischarging managerial responsibilities of both entities in the securities ofboth entities (and changes to those interests) which are required to bedisclosed under the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) Listing Rules, theListing Rules and Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the United KingdomListing Authority, the Australian Corporations Act, the United Kingdom CompaniesActs and the Group's Securities Dealing Code. This final notification is filed in accordance with the ASX Listing Rules whichrequires the following information concerning a director to be reported onretirement from that office. We (the entities) advise the following information under ASX Listing Rule3.19A.3 and as agent for the director for the purposes of section 205G of theAustralian Corporations Act and otherwise in accordance with the foregoingpolicy. Name of director Mr C W Goodyear Date of last notice 27 August 2007 Date of cessation as a director 30 September 2007 Part 1 - 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; and • the relevant interests of Connected Persons of the director. Name of holder and nature of interest Number and class of securities Mr C W Goodyear 916,151 ordinary fully paid shares of BHP Billiton Limited Cede and Company (indirect interest, 41,302 American DepositaryMr C W Goodyear beneficial owner) Shares of BHP Billiton Limited (equivalent to 82,604 ordinary fully paid shares of BHP Billiton Limited) Cede and Company (indirect interest, 1,000 American Depositary SharesMr C W Goodyear beneficial owner) of BHP Billiton Plc (equivalent to 2,000 ordinary fully paid shares of US$0.50 each of BHP Billiton Plc) Part 2 - Director's interests in contracts other than as described in Part 3 Detail of contract - Nature of interest - Name of registered holder(if issued securities) - No. and class of securities to which interest relates - Part 3 - Director's interests in options or other rights granted by the entities Date of grant 23 April 1999 (ESP) 3 April 2000 (ESP) 8 November 2001 (PSP) 21 November 2003 (GIS) 3 December 2004 (LTIP) 5 December 2005 (GIS & LTIP) 7 December 2006 (GIS & LTIP) Total amount paid (if any) for the grant Nil Description of securities involved: class; Ordinary fully paid shares ofnumber BHP Billiton Limited under the: • Employee Share Plan (ESP) • Performance Share Plan (PSP) • Group Incentive Scheme (GIS) • Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) April 1999 ESP Options $6.92or indication that price is to be April 2000 ESP Options $7.60fixed at time of exercise November 2003 GIS Options $11.11 December 2004 GIS Options $15.39 Remaining awards are zero priced options Total number of securities over which options 1,021,338 vested but notor other rights held at the date of this exercised Options under the ESPnotice and GIS over 1,575,188 ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Limited 14,660 vested but not exercised Performance Rights under the PSP over 15,716 ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Limited 76,569 vested but not exercised GIS Deferred Shares (ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Limited) 56,691 GIS Deferred Shares (ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Limited) (unvested) and will vest in full on 1 January 2008 when Mr Goodyear retires from the BHP Billiton Group. 1,692,558 Performance Shares (ordinary share of BHP Billiton Limited under the LTIP) (unvested) of which 864,791 LTIP Performance Shares will lapse on 1 January 2008 when Mr Goodyear retires from BHP Billiton. He will retain an interest in 827,767 Performance Shares which have been pro-rated to reflect his period of employment from the commencement of the relevant performance period to 1 January 2008. The retained Performance Shares will only become exercisable to the extent that the performance hurdles are met at the end of the original performance periods in August 2009, August 2010 and August 2011. Part 4 - Contact details Name of authorised officers responsible Ms F Smith - BHP Billiton Limitedfor making this notification on behalf Mrs I Watson - BHP Billiton Plcof the entities 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 3176 BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209Registered in Australia Registered in England and WalesRegistered Office: Level 27, 180 Lonsdale Street Melbourne Registered Office: Neathouse Place London SW1V 1BH UnitedVictoria 3000 KingdomTelephone +61 1300 554 757 Facsimile +61 3 9609 3015 Telephone +44 20 7802 4000 Facsimile +44 20 7802 4111 The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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