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BIL - BHP Billiton Finance Limited - Annual Report and Accounts 2011            
BHP Billiton Finance Limited                                                    
Annual Report and Accounts 2011                                                 
19 October 2011                                                                 
A copy of the Annual Report and Accounts of BHP Billiton Finance Limited        
for the year ended 30 June 2011 has today been submitted to the National        
Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at:              
www.hemscott.com/nsm.do                                                         
BHP Billiton Finance Limited   ABN 82008519319                                  
Registered in Australia                                                         
Registered Office: 180 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000,               
Australia                                                                       
Telephone +61 1300 55 4757 Facsimile +61 3 9609 3015                            
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