BHP Group Limited — Director's Dealing 2014

Nov 19, 2014

Company Secretariat

20 November 2014

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To: Australian Securities Exchange London Stock Exchange

cc: New York Stock Exchange JSE Limited

Retirement of David Crawford as independent non-executive Director

As announced on 19 August 2014 David Crawford retired as an independent non-executive Director of BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc with effect from the end of the Annual General Meeting of BHP Billiton Limited on 20 November 2014.

As part of a dual listed company structure, the Group voluntarily notifies all stock exchanges on which either BHP Billiton Plc or BHP Billiton Limited have primary or secondary listings, all those interests of directors 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 document.

The information required to be made available under Section 430(2B) of the UK Companies Act 2006 in relation to David Crawford’s retirement will be made available on our website once the information is available.

Final Notification of Interests of Directors and Connected Persons (Australian Securities Exchange Listing Rules Appendix 3Z)

Name of entities	BHP Billiton Limited	BHP Billiton Plc
	ABN 49 004 028 077	REG NO 3196209

We (the entities) advise the following information under ASX Listing Rule 3.19A.3 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 document.

Name of director	Mr D A Crawford
Date of last notice	11 December 2009
Date of cessation as a director	20 November 2014

Part 1 - Director’s relevant interests in securities of which the director is the registered holder

In the case of a trust, this includes interests in the trust made available by the responsible entity of the trust

Name of holder and nature of interest	Number and class of securities
N/A	N/A

Part 2 – Director’s relevant interests in securities of which the director is not the registered holder

In the case of a trust, this includes interests in the trust made available by the responsible entity of the trust

Name of holder & nature of interest	Number & class of securities
Melpeat Pty Ltd	6,000 Ordinary Shares in BHP Billiton Plc
Melpeat Pty Ltd	33,127 Ordinary Shares in BHP Billiton Limited

Part 3 – Director’s interests in contracts

Detail of contract	Nil
Nature of interest	N/A
Name of registered holder (if issued securities)	N/A
No. and class of securities to which interest relates	N/A

Part 4 – Director’s interests in options or other rights granted by the entities

Date of grant	N/A
Period during which or date on which exercisable	N/A
Total amount paid (if any) for the grant	N/A
Description of securities involved: class; number	N/A
Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise	N/A
Total number of securities over which options or other rights held at the date of this notice	N/A
**Any additional information **	N/A

Part 5 - Contact details

Name of authorised officers Nicole Duncan: BHP Billiton responsible for making this notification on behalf of the entities Contact details Nicole Duncan Tel: +61396092917

BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 Registered in Australia Registered Office: 171 Collins Street Melbourne Victoria 3000

BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209 Registered in England and Wales Registered Office: Neathouse Place, London SW1V 1LH United Kingdom

The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia