BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Notification of change of3 Feb 2010
BIL
BIBLT                                                                           
BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Notification of change of interests of persons         
discharging managerial responsibility                                           
BHP Billiton Plc                                                                
Share code: BIL                                                                 
ISIN: GB0000566504                                                              
3 February 2010                                                                 
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         Ms K J Wood                                  
managerial responsibilities                                                     
Date of last notice                18 December 2009                             
Date issuer informed of            02 February 2010                             
transaction                                                                     
Date and place of transaction      01 February 2010 (place of                   
                                  transaction not applicable)                   
Nature of transaction              Award of Performance Shares under            
                                  the Long Term Incentive Plan                  
("LTIP").                                     
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   Ms Wood has a direct interest in 120,457           
                            ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Limited.            
                            Ms Wood has an indirect interest in 38,422          
                            ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Limited as          
follows:                                            
                            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                                          
                            422 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.                                     

                            There is no change to the above holdings.           
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                   01 February 2010                                
Period during which or date on  Performance Shares - August 2014 to             
which exercisable               August 2019                                     
Total amount paid (if any) for  -                                               
the grant                                                                       
Description of securities       90,000 Performance Shares under the             
involved:                       LTIP                                            
class; number                                                                   
Exercise price (if fixed at     Nil                                             
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       54,464 - maximum number of Deferred           
rights held at the date of      Shares (ordinary shares of BHP Billiton         
this notice                     Limited) under the GIS                          
                                                                                
674,187 - maximum number of Performance          
                               Shares (ordinary shares of BHP Billiton          
                               Limited) under the LTIP                          
                                                                                
422 - maximum number of Matched           
                               Shares (ordinary shares of BHP Billiton          
                               Limited) under the Shareplus                     
                               _________                                        
729,073 - Total                                  
Any additional information      This notification is in respect of the          
                               award of Performance Shares under the            
                               LTIP.                                            
Part 4 - Contact details                                                        
Name of authorised officers     Fiona Smith - BHP Billiton Limited              
responsible for making this                                                     
notification on behalf of the   Geof Stapledon - BHP Billiton Plc               
entities                                                                        
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     BHP Billiton Plc Registration                   
004 028 077                     number 3196209                                  
Registered in Australia         Registered in England and Wales                 
Registered Office: 180          Registered Office: Neathouse                    
Lonsdale Street Melbourne       Place London SW1V 1BH United                    
Victoria 3000                   Kingdom                                         
         The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia                   
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