Listing New BHPB Plc Shares
July 29 2002 - 3:00AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:2146Z
BHP Billiton PLC
29 July 2002
29 July 2002
Number 45/02
DEMERGER OF BHP STEEL - LISTING OF NEW BHP BILLITON PLC SHARES
BHP Billiton confirms that 35,200,092 new ordinary shares of US$0.50 each in BHP
Billiton Plc have today been issued to those BHP Billiton Plc shareholders
registered on the South African section of the register.
The new shares will rank pari passu in all respects with existing ordinary BHP
Billiton Plc shares. A total of 2,468,147,002 ordinary shares are now in issue.
As a matter of record, BHP Billiton confirms that a total of 148,999,117 BHP
Billiton Plc shares were issued to BHP Billiton Plc shareholders to reflect the
value distributed to BHP Billiton Limited shareholders as a result of the
demerger of BHP Steel.
Further information can be found on our Internet site: http://
www.bhpbilliton.com
For further information, please contact:
Australia United Kingdom
Andrew Nairn, Investor Relations Mark Lidiard, Investor & Media Relations
Tel: + 61 3 9609 3952 Mobile: +61 408 313 259 Tel: +44 20 7747 3956
email: Andrew.W.Nairn@bhpbilliton.com email: Mark.Lidiard@bhpbilliton.com
Mandy Frostick, Media Relations South Africa
Tel: + 61 3 9609 4157 Mobile: +61 419 546 245 Michael Campbell, Investor & Media Relations
email: Mandy.J.Frostick@bhpbilliton.com Tel: + 27 11 376 3360 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@bhpbilliton.com
BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209
Registered in Australia Registered in England and Wales
Registered Office: 600 Bourke Street Melbourne Victoria Registered Office: 1-3 Strand London WC2N 5HA United Kingdom
3000 Telephone +44 20 7747 3800 Facsimile +44 20 7747 3900
Telephone +61 3 9609 3333 Facsimile +61 3 9609 3015
The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia
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