Director/PDMR Shareholding

9th Dec 2008 16:09



Company Secretariat

9 December 2008

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	7 October 2008
Date issuer informed of transaction	8 December 2008
Date and place of transaction	4 December 2008 (place of transaction not applicable)
Nature of transaction	Award of Performance Shares under the Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") and of Deferred Shares under the Group Incentive Scheme ("GIS").

  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	-
Nature of indirect interest (including registered holder)	-
Date of change	-
No. of securities held prior to change	-
Class	-
Number acquired	-
Number disposed	-
Value/Consideration	-
No. of securities held after change	-
Nature of change Example: on-market trade, off-market trade, exercise of options, issue of securities under dividend reinvestment plan, participation in buy-back	-
Any additional information	Mr Kloppers has an indirect interest in 396,683 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc, as follows: (i) 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 (ii) 80,000 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc held by the Kloppers Family Superannuation Fund and registered in the name of Vidacos Nominees Limited. Mr Kloppers has an indirect interest in 199 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Limited held by Computershare Nominees . Mr Kloppers has a beneficial interest in these shares. There is no change to the above holding.

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	4 December 2008
Period during which or date on which exercisable	·; Performance Shares –August 2013 to August 2018 ·; Deferred Shares – August 2010 to August 2013
Total amount paid (if any) for the grant	—
Description of securities involved: class; number	·; 500,000 Performance Shares under the LTIP ·; 95,847 Deferred Shares under the GIS —
Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise	Nil

 

 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   199 – maximum number of matched shares (ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Limited) under Shareplus ________ 956,955 – Total

Any additional information

This notification is in respect of the award of Performance Shares under the LTIP and Deferred Shares under the GIS

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

 

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