BHP Group Limited — Major Shareholding Notification 2014

Aug 20, 2014

Form 605 Corporations Act 2001 Section 671B

Notice of ceasing to be a substantial holder

To Company Name/Scheme Austpac Resources NL ( Austpac) ACN/ARSN 002 264 057

1. Details of substantial holder (1)

Name BHP Billiton Limited ACN/ARSN (if applicable) 004 028 077

This notice is given by BHP Billiton Limited on behalf of BHP Billiton Limited’s controlled bodies corporate ( Limited Subsidiaries ), on behalf of BHP Billiton Plc, and on behalf of BHP Billiton Plc’s controlled bodies corporate ( Plc Subsidiaries ) including those named in Annexure A to the Form 603 “Notice of initial substantial shareholder” dated 30 June 2008.

The holder ceased to be a substantial holder on 17 / 07 / 2012 (as a result of a share placements by Austpac) The previous notice was given to the company on 30 / 06 / 2008 The previous notice was dated 30 / 06 / 2008

2. Changes in relevant interests

Particulars of each change in, or change in the nature of, a relevant interest (2) of the substantial holder or an associate (3) in voting securities of the company or scheme, since the substantial holder was last required to give a substantial holding notice to the company or scheme are as follows:

Date ofchange	Person whoserelevant interestchanged	Nature ofchange (4)	Considerationgiven in relationto change (5)	Class (6) andnumber ofsecuritiesaffected	Person’s votesaffected
Not applicable	Not applicable1	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable

1 There has been no change in the relevant interest of BHP Billiton or any of its associates. However, its voting power has fallen below 5% due to placements to other subscribers by Austpac.

3. Changes in association

The persons who have become associates (3) of, ceased to be associates of, or have changed the nature of their association (7) with, the substantial holder in relation to voting interests in the company or scheme are as follows:

o have become associates (3) of, ceased to be associates of, orinterests in the company or scheme are as follows:	have changed the nature of their association (7) with, the substantial holder
Name and ACN/ARSN(if applicable)	Nature of association
Not applicable	Not applicable

4. Addresses

The addresses of persons named in this form are as follows:

f persons named in this form are as follows:
Name	Address
BHP Billiton Limited, BHP Billiton Plc and each of the Limited	C/-
Subsidiaries and each of the Plc Subsidiaries	171 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 3000

Signature

print name	NICOLE DUNCAN	capacity	Company Secretary
sign here		date	21/08/2014

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