Rule 8.3 - BHP BILLITON LTD

FORM 8.3

    DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
              (Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)


1.   KEY INFORMATION

Name of person dealing        BARCLAYS PLC
(Note 1)
Company dealt in              BHP BILLITON LIMITED
Class of relevant security    NPV
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing               23 April 2008

2.   INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE

(a)  Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant
security dealt in (Note 3)

                            Long                     Short

                      Number       (%)         Number       (%)

(1) Relevant     146,701,141      4.37%     1,204,979      0.04%
securities
(2) Derivatives          390      0.00%       340,580      0.01%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and            0      0.00%            0       0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total            146,701,531      4.37%     1,545,559      0.05%

(b)  Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
     than the class dealt in (Note 3)

Class of                    Long                     Short
relevant
security:

                  Number              (%)   Number              (%)

(1) Relevant
securities

(2) Derivatives
(other than
options)

(3) Options and
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total


  (c)  Rights to subscribe (Note 3)

Class of relevant security:   Details



3.   DEALINGS (Note 4)

  (a)  Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale Number of Securities Price per unit
                                   (GBP)
Purchase      390                  44.5000 AUD
Purchase      5,800                45.1000 AUD
Purchase      1,045                44.5303 AUD
Purchase      293                  44.5000 AUD
Purchase      120                  43.6000 AUD
Purchase      129,009              43.8128 AUD
Purchase      721                  44.5302 AUD
Purchase      25,000               45.0880 AUD
Purchase      4,230                44.2194 AUD
Purchase      2,741                44.5303 AUD
Purchase      768                  44.5000 AUD
Purchase      202                  44.5000 AUD
Purchase      1,390                44.5303 AUD
Purchase      202                  44.5000 AUD
Purchase      276                  44.5303 AUD
Purchase      118                  45.1000 AUD
Purchase      841                  43.6000 AUD
Purchase      174,783              43.8967 AUD
Purchase      2,503                44.8052 AUD
Purchase      721                  44.5302 AUD
Purchase      77                   44.5000 AUD
Purchase      2,297                44.5302 AUD
Purchase      188                  44.5000 AUD
Purchase      670                  44.5302 AUD
Purchase      3,284                44.5303 AUD
Purchase      925                  44.5000 AUD
Purchase      644                  44.5000 AUD
Sale          174,783              43.8967 AUD
Sale          129,009              43.8128 AUD
Sale          120                  43.6000 AUD
Sale          480                  35.7500 AUD
Sale          2,503                44.8052 AUD
Sale          22,900               45.0972 AUD
Sale          2,218                20.5000
Sale          25,000               45.0880 AUD
Sale          3,874                44.3055 AUD
Sale          116                  44.5000 AUD
Sale          2,512                44.5000 AUD
Sale          362                  44.5000 AUD
Sale          129,009              43.8128 AUD
Sale          352                  44.5000 AUD
Sale          260                  43.4077 AUD
Sale          6,011                45.1000 AUD
Sale          19,892               45.1000 AUD
Sale          347                  44.5000 AUD

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,  Long/Short    Number of     Price per
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)      Securities    unit (GBP)
CFD            Long          3874          44.3054
CFD            Long          22900         45.0972
CFD            Short         4230          44.2193
CFD            Short         440585        44.3175

(c)  Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i)  Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name,   Writing,          Number of          Exercise  Type, e.g.      Expiry   Option money
e.g. call       selling,          securities to      price     American,       date     paid/received
option          purchasing,       which the option             European etc.            per unit (GBP)
                varying etc.      relates (GBP)


(ii) Exercising

Product name, e.g.  Number of           Exercise price per
call option         securities          unit (Note 5)




(d)  Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)


Nature of transaction Details           Price per unit
(Note 8)                                (if applicable)
                                        (Note 5)




4.   OTHER INFORMATION
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives


Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the
person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of
any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or
relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any
relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is
referenced.  If none, this should be stated.


None

Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9)                 NO


Date of disclosure                         24 April 2008
Contact name                               Geoff Smith
Telephone number                           020 7116 2913
If a connected EFM, name of
offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of
connection (Note 10)


Notes

The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk