Bhp Billiton Announces Appointment Of Computershar9 Dec 2002
Bhp Billiton Announces Appointment Of Computershare Limited As Global Share     
Registry Service Provider                                                       
Bhp Billiton Plc                                                                
NEWS RELEASE                                                                    
9 December 2002                                                                 
BHP BILLITON ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF COMPUTERSHARE LIMITED AS GLOBAL SHARE     
REGISTRY SERVICE PROVIDER                                                       
BHP Billiton today announced the appointment of Computershare Limited as        
global share registry and employee share plan services provider to BHP          
Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc, effective 3 February 2003. The global    
contract will be coordinated from a single point of contact based in            
Melbourne.                                                                      
Details of transition arrangements will be announced in due course.  In the     
interim period existing contact details with current providers will remain in   
place.                                                                          
Further information can be found on our Internet site:                          
http://www.bhpbilliton.com                                                      
Australia                      United Kingdom                                   
Andrew Nairn, Investor         Mark Lidiard, Investor & Media                   
Relations                      Relations                                        
Tel:    +61 3 9609 3952        Tel: +44 20 7747 3956                            
Mobile: +61 408 313 259        email:                                           
email:                         Mark.Lidiard@bhpbilliton.com                     
Andrew.W.Nairn@bhpbilliton.co                                                   
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Tracey Whitehead, Media        Elizabeth Hobley, Secretariat                    
Relations                      Tel: +44 20 7747 3854                            
Tel:    +61 3 9609 4202        email:                                           
Mobile: +61 419 404 978        elizabeth.hobley@bhpbilliton.com                 
email:                                                                          
Tracey.Whitehead@bhpbilliton.                                                   
com                                                                             
Jim Jones, Share Department    South Africa                                     
Tel:    +61 3 9609 4535        Michael Campbell, Investor & Media               
Mobile: +61 419 581 217        Relations                                        
email:                         Tel:    +27 11 376 3360                          
Jim.Jones@bhpbilliton.com      Mobile: +27 82 458 2587                          
                               email:                                           
                               Michael.J.Campbell@bhpbilliton.com               
United States                                                                   
Francis McAllister, Investor                                                    
Relations                                                                       
Tel:    +1 713 961 8625                                                         
Mobile: +1 713 480 3699                                                         
email:                                                                          
Francis.R.McAllister@bhpbilli                                                   
ton.com                                                                         
Date: 09/12/2002 08:10:18 AM Produced by the JSE SENS Department