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BIBLT                                                                           
BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Notification of Change of Interests                    
BHP Billiton Plc                                                                
REG NO: 3196209                                                                 
Share code: BIL                                                                 
ISIN: GB0000566504                                                              
BHP Billiton Limited                                                            
ABN: 49 004 028 077                                                             
Company Secretariat                                                             
10 March 2010                                                                   
To: Australian Securities Exchange  cc:  New York Stock Exchange                
   London Stock Exchange                JSE Limited                             
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  Mr M P Randolph                                     
managerial                                                                      
responsibilities                                                                
Date of last notice         18 December 2009                                    
Date issuer informed of     09 March 2010                                       
transaction                                                                     
Date and place of           09 March 2010 (Australian Securities                
transaction                 Exchange)                                           
Nature of transaction       On-market sale of 60,000 BHP Billiton               
           
                Limited Ordinary Shares on the                       
                           Australian Securities Exchange to fund               
                           financial obligations.                               
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     Direct                                          
Nature of indirect interest     Mr Randolph has an indirect interest in         
(including registered holder)   423 
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.                                        
Date of change                  09 March 2010                                   
No. of securities held prior    250,739                                         
to change                                                                       
Class                           Ordinary Shares in BHP Billiton Limited         
Number acquired                 -            
                                   
Number disposed                 60,000                                          
Value/Consideration             $43.24 per share                                
No. of securities held after    190,739                                         
change                                                                          
Nature of change                On-market sale on the Australian                
Example:  on-market trade, off- Securities Exchange.                            
market trade, exercise of                                                       
options, issue of securities                                                    
under dividend reinvestment                                                     
plan, participation in buy-                                                     
back                                                                            
Any additional information      -                                        
       
                                                                                
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                      -                                            
Period during which or date on     -                                            
which exercisable                               
                                
Total amount paid (if any) for the -                                            
grant                                                                           
Description of securities          -                                            
involved:                                                                       
class; number                                                                   
Exercise price (if fixed at 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      70,153  -  maximum number of               
which options or other rights held Deferred Shares (ordinary                
    
at the date of this notice         shares of BHP Billiton Limited)              
                                  under the GIS                                 
                                                                                
                                  827,676  -  maximum number of                 
Performance Shares (ordinary                  
                                  shares of BHP Billiton Limited)               
                                  under the LTIP                                
                                                                                
423  -  maximum number                 
                                  of Matched Shares (ordinary                   
                                  shares of BHP Billiton Limited)               
                                  under Shareplus                               
_________                                     
                                  898,252  -  
Total                             
                                                                                
                                                                                
Any additional information         -                                            
Part 4 - Contact details                                                        
Name of authorised officers     Fiona Smith - BHP Billiton                      
responsible for making this     Limited                                         
notification on behalf of the                                                   
entities                        Geof Stapledon - BHP Billiton                   
                               Plc                                              
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                            
Date: 10/03/2010 08:32:01 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.                  
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