Rule 8.3 - BHP BILLITON PLC

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 PLC
Class of relevant security    USD0.50
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing               26 June 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     106,234,985       4.81%     2,707,638     0.12%
securities
(2) Derivatives    2,299,812       0.10%     6,209,907     0.28%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and     502,700        0.02%       751,000     0.03%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total           109,037,497        4.94%     9,668,545     0.44%

(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           Price per unit
                        Securities          (GBP)
Purchase                900                 18.35
Purchase                241                 18.36
Purchase                2,308               18.37
Purchase                707                 18.35
Purchase                744                 18.35
Purchase                600                 18.35
Purchase                461                 18.29
Purchase                270                 18.38
Purchase                289                 18.34
Purchase                89                  18.4
Purchase                692                 18.36
Purchase                125                 18.32
Purchase                681                 18.29
Purchase                318                 18.33
Purchase                462                 18.36
Purchase                1,384               18.4
Purchase                946                 18.33
Purchase                1,400               18.34
Purchase                150                 18.37
Purchase                219                 18.31
Purchase                388                 18.32
Purchase                293                 18.3
Purchase                10,000              18.08
Purchase                400                 18.36
Purchase                605                 18.33
Purchase                482                 18.33
Purchase                462                 18.3
Purchase                160,584             18.5283
Purchase                461                 18.34
Purchase                1,300               18.32
Purchase                237                 18.33
Purchase                1,313               18.33
Purchase                455                 18.31
Purchase                682                 18.29
Purchase                870                 18.34
Purchase                462                 18.34
Purchase                584                 18.35
Purchase                536                 18.27
Purchase                100                 18.35
Purchase                681                 18.28
Purchase                7                   18.32
Purchase                455                 18.31
Purchase                461                 18.36
Purchase                184                 18.35
Purchase                109,822             18.3695
Purchase                100                 18.35
Purchase                462                 18.31
Purchase                608                 18.34
Purchase                400                 18.35
Purchase                600                 18.36
Purchase                692                 18.36
Purchase                923                 18.33
Purchase                461                 18.34
Purchase                1,700               18.34
Purchase                119                 18.33
Purchase                1,019               18.34
Purchase                400                 18.36
Purchase                118                 18.31
Purchase                241                 18.31
Purchase                162                 18.34
Purchase                200                 18.31
Purchase                396                 18.37
Purchase                700                 18.34
Purchase                524                 18.37
Purchase                1,487               18.38
Purchase                692                 18.31
Purchase                634                 18.34
Purchase                854                 18.33
Purchase                100                 18.34
Purchase                267                 18.31
Purchase                1,300               18.36
Purchase                76                  18.36
Purchase                2,266               18.37
Purchase                100                 18.35
Purchase                184                 18.33
Purchase                461                 18.36
Purchase                30                  18.34
Purchase                1,363               18.31
Purchase                700                 18.34
Purchase                262                 18.31
Purchase                303                 18.36
Purchase                923                 18.37
Purchase                231                 18.35
Purchase                1,200               18.31
Purchase                7                   18.34
Purchase                21,345              18.3058
Purchase                100                 18.35
Purchase                700                 18.28
Purchase                308                 18.3
Purchase                2,000               18.34
Purchase                461                 18.32
Purchase                900                 18.35
Purchase                1,156               18.35
Purchase                53                  18.34
Purchase                1,154               18.35
Purchase                1,700               18.31
Purchase                776                 18.35
Purchase                161                 18.35
Purchase                152                 18.32
Purchase                1,300               18.32
Purchase                461                 18.34
Purchase                100                 18.3
Purchase                1,797               18.35
Purchase                162                 18.38
Purchase                1,993               18.35
Purchase                1,346               18.35
Purchase                1,577               18.5931
Purchase                16                  18.38
Purchase                62                  18.34
Purchase                455                 18.33
Purchase                1,887               18.37
Purchase                454                 18.31
Purchase                461                 18.3
Purchase                700                 18.35
Purchase                1,153               18.36
Purchase                200                 18.35
Purchase                455                 18.28
Purchase                42                  18.37
Purchase                200                 18.34
Purchase                400                 18.29
Purchase                1,000               18.3
Purchase                69                  18.35
Purchase                109                 18.34
Purchase                1,300               18.3
Purchase                200                 18.34
Purchase                653                 18.33
Purchase                809                 18.3
Purchase                207,192             18.3361
Purchase                203                 18.35
Purchase                90                  18.28
Purchase                527                 18.37
Purchase                200                 18.35
Purchase                1,100               18.35
Purchase                527                 18.29
Purchase                227                 18.27
Purchase                1,154               18.35
Purchase                962                 18.35
Purchase                700                 18.3
Purchase                1,007               18.34
Purchase                76                  18.29
Purchase                400                 18.34
Purchase                462                 18.34
Purchase                1,200               18.34
Purchase                1,154               18.35
Purchase                2,000               18.34
Purchase                100                 18.35
Purchase                462                 18.39
Purchase                672                 18.34
Purchase                239                 18.33
Purchase                462                 18.33
Purchase                230                 18.39
Purchase                2,273               18.34
Purchase                227                 18.31
Purchase                100                 18.35
Purchase                923                 18.35
Purchase                410                 18.35
Purchase                1,385               18.34
Purchase                2,272               18.34
Purchase                400                 18.34
Purchase                123                 18.31
Purchase                400                 18.34
Purchase                1,137               18.31
Purchase                155                 18.3
Purchase                354                 18.31
Purchase                495                 18.37
Purchase                461                 18.34
Purchase                31                  18.31
Purchase                162                 18.36
Purchase                461                 18.37
Purchase                1,100               18.36
Purchase                142                 18.39
Purchase                1,137               18.31
Purchase                451                 18.36
Purchase                461                 18.31
Purchase                455                 18.31
Purchase                454                 18.29
Purchase                100                 18.34
Purchase                200                 18.35
Purchase                300                 18.34
Purchase                432                 18.31
Purchase                47                  18.35
Purchase                400                 18.34
Purchase                681                 18.31
Purchase                73,000              18.4295
Purchase                100                 18.35
Purchase                689                 18.31
Purchase                590                 18.3
Purchase                1,616               18.34
Purchase                38                  18.34
Purchase                461                 18.33
Purchase                260                 18.36
Purchase                682                 18.29
Purchase                169                 18.3
Purchase                682                 18.29
Purchase                700                 18.35
Purchase                100                 18.35
Purchase                728                 18.35
Purchase                455                 18.27
Purchase                462                 18.37
Purchase                99                  18.38
Purchase                78                  18.34
Purchase                692                 18.35
Purchase                461                 18.31
Purchase                4,100               18.4591
Purchase                346                 18.32
Purchase                435,163             18.4128
Purchase                718                 18.33
Purchase                1,615               18.32
Purchase                583                 18.35
Purchase                865                 18.34
Purchase                692                 18.37
Purchase                1,600               18.36
Purchase                1,384               18.34
Purchase                1,200               18.34
Purchase                123                 18.34
Purchase                100                 18.34
Purchase                100                 18.35
Purchase                4,003               18.08
Purchase                400                 18.35
Purchase                1,674               18.34
Purchase                93                  18.35
Purchase                71                  18.31
Purchase                92                  18.35
Purchase                1,154               18.35
Purchase                145                 18.34
Purchase                100                 18.35
Purchase                469                 18.39
Purchase                26,725              18.3598
Purchase                1,615               18.38
Purchase                681                 18.31
Purchase                1,154               18.31
Purchase                454                 18.33
Purchase                800                 18.36
Purchase                677                 18.35
Purchase                114                 18.35
Purchase                700                 18.36
Purchase                838                 18.34
Purchase                463                 18.39
Purchase                255                 18.3
Purchase                700                 18.28
Purchase                426                 18.35
Purchase                700                 18.31
Purchase                926                 18.2095
Purchase                100                 18.35
Purchase                1,615               18.34
Purchase                455                 18.29
Purchase                61                  18.31
Purchase                461                 18.37
Purchase                375                 18.29
Purchase                461                 18.34
Purchase                693                 18.37
Purchase                100                 18.34
Purchase                210                 18.38
Purchase                127                 18.34
Purchase                682                 18.33
Purchase                162                 18.34
Purchase                100                 18.35
Purchase                94                  18.35
Purchase                2,308               18.34
Purchase                309                 18.37
Purchase                461                 18.31
Purchase                630                 18.37
Purchase                521                 18.31
Purchase                54                  18.36
Purchase                1,205               18.33
Purchase                454                 18.31
Purchase                461                 18.35
Purchase                114                 18.35
Purchase                1,384               18.34
Purchase                1                   18.33
Purchase                27                  18.31
Purchase                692                 18.29
Purchase                100                 18.35
Purchase                339                 18.31
Purchase                153                 18.34
Purchase                700                 18.34
Purchase                638                 18.33
Purchase                444                 18.36
Purchase                316                 18.34
Purchase                700                 18.32
Purchase                609                 18.35
Purchase                923                 18.34
Purchase                100                 18.28
Purchase                923                 18.35
Purchase                30                  18.31
Purchase                592                 18.39
Purchase                1,795               18.33
Purchase                1,173               18.31
Purchase                1,746               18.34
Purchase                462                 18.36
Purchase                1,600               18.34
Purchase                4,032               18.34
Purchase                1,603               18.36
Purchase                500                 18.3
Purchase                924                 18.34
Purchase                291                 18.36
Purchase                231                 18.39
Purchase                454                 18.29
Purchase                676                 18.36
Purchase                451                 18.35
Purchase                3,000               18.34
Purchase                600                 18.36
Purchase                923                 18.37
Purchase                1,354               18.34
Purchase                1,037               18.35
Purchase                423                 18.34
Purchase                79                  18.31
Purchase                461                 18.35
Purchase                51                  18.33
Purchase                191                 18.38
Purchase                94                  18.33
Purchase                261                 18.37
Purchase                111                 18.34
Purchase                1,100               18.35
Purchase                204,103             18.5018
Purchase                900                 18.35
Purchase                700                 18.34
Purchase                316                 18.3
Purchase                1,296               18.39
Purchase                200                 18.32
Purchase                231                 18.34
Purchase                461                 18.36
Purchase                870                 18.34
Purchase                1,846               18.4
Purchase                2,308               18.31
Purchase                572                 18.34
Purchase                1,616               18.33
Purchase                72,184              18.339
Purchase                361                 18.29
Purchase                1,147               18.34
Purchase                250                 18.36
Purchase                600                 18.34
Purchase                606                 18.29
Purchase                692                 18.34
Purchase                100                 18.34
Purchase                693                 18.38
Purchase                680                 18.34
Purchase                231                 18.31
Purchase                1,208               18.33
Purchase                146                 18.29
Purchase                462                 18.34
Purchase                313                 18.3785
Purchase                692                 18.33
Purchase                1,385               18.37
Purchase                360                 18.33
Purchase                2,304               18.36
Purchase                461                 18.34
Purchase                231                 18.34
Purchase                1,389               18.35
Purchase                1,300               18.36
Purchase                259                 18.33
Purchase                1,000               18.35
Purchase                100                 18.36
Purchase                45                  18.3
Purchase                1,590               18.33
Purchase                100                 18.35
Purchase                1,363               18.3
Purchase                138                 18.38
Purchase                154                 18.39
Purchase                451                 18.33
Purchase                461                 18.38
Purchase                1,102               18.35
Purchase                84                  18.35
Purchase                2,100               18.34
Purchase                800                 18.34
Purchase                1,154               18.36
Purchase                139                 18.31
Purchase                672                 18.35
Purchase                447                 18.38
Purchase                249,291             18.3397
Purchase                461                 18.31
Purchase                76                  18.34
Purchase                101                 18.34
Purchase                923                 18.3
Purchase                600                 18.34
Purchase                200                 18.31
Purchase                197                 18.37
Purchase                455                 18.32
Purchase                455                 18.29
Purchase                77                  18.3
Purchase                924                 18.31
Purchase                1,036               18.3
Purchase                1,616               18.34
Purchase                600                 18.39
Purchase                100                 18.35
Purchase                800                 18.36
Purchase                800                 18.34
Purchase                693                 18.34
Purchase                682                 18.31
Purchase                462                 18.34
Purchase                218                 18.33
Purchase                700                 18.34
Purchase                531                 18.38
Purchase                339                 18.34
Purchase                38                  18.32
Purchase                35                  18.28
Purchase                461                 18.31
Purchase                2,000               18.34
Purchase                692                 18.31
Purchase                600                 18.34
Purchase                216                 18.39
Purchase                1,000               18.39
Purchase                461                 18.35
Purchase                410                 18.3
Purchase                923                 18.31
Purchase                359                 18.36
Purchase                705                 18.34
Purchase                923                 18.36
Purchase                11,713              18.0823
Purchase                100                 18.31
Purchase                923                 18.31
Purchase                200                 18.32
Purchase                400                 18.3
Purchase                197                 18.36
Purchase                404                 18.35
Purchase                1,963               18.29
Purchase                231                 18.36
Purchase                400                 18.34
Purchase                207                 18.37
Purchase                100                 18.35
Purchase                223                 18.3
Purchase                129                 18.34
Purchase                1,616               18.36
Purchase                1,300               18.34
Purchase                1,385               18.34
Purchase                700                 18.37
Purchase                400                 18.34
Purchase                200                 18.35
Purchase                90                  18.35
Purchase                681                 18.28
Purchase                133                 18.36
Purchase                8                   18.31
Purchase                456                 18.35
Purchase                227                 18.34
Purchase                62                  18.29
Purchase                28                  18.35
Purchase                308                 18.34
Purchase                1,516               18.35
Purchase                53                  18.31
Purchase                93                  18.33
Purchase                364                 18.33
Purchase                252                 18.35
Purchase                1,235               18.37
Purchase                10                  18.35
Purchase                1,153               18.36
Purchase                1,154               18.31
Purchase                749                 18.33
Purchase                154                 18.35
Purchase                1,097               18.36
Purchase                500                 18.31
Purchase                100                 18.34
Purchase                100                 18.31
Purchase                418                 18.33
Purchase                462                 18.34
Purchase                500                 18.33
Purchase                351                 18.34
Purchase                2,308               18.36
Purchase                50,818              18.3022
Purchase                1,415               18.35
Purchase                461                 18.34
Purchase                1,600               18.31
Purchase                445                 18.36
Purchase                1,300               18.35
Purchase                600                 18.34
Purchase                936                 18.31
Purchase                659                 18.36
Purchase                1,100               18.31
Purchase                1,300               18.35
Purchase                450                 18.35
Purchase                461                 18.35
Purchase                322                 18.6
Purchase                304                 18.08
Purchase                1,534               18.2566
Purchase                726                 18.3
Purchase                4,069               18.08
Purchase                254                 18.37
Purchase                100                 18.35
Purchase                682                 18.34
Purchase                759                 18.36
Purchase                1,219               18.35
Purchase                1,146               18.39
Purchase                585                 18.31
Purchase                419                 18.28
Purchase                390                 18.33
Purchase                1,599               18.39
Purchase                344                 18.35
Purchase                385                 18.31
Purchase                1,590               18.32
Purchase                1,154               18.36
Purchase                100                 18.3
Purchase                448                 18.29
Purchase                363                 18.4
Purchase                485                 18.36
Purchase                234                 18.38
Purchase                539                 18.39
Purchase                800                 18.36
Purchase                1,616               18.33
Purchase                92                  18.39
Purchase                23,027              18.08
Purchase                210                 18.32
Purchase                200                 18.35
Purchase                384                 18.3
Purchase                228                 18.29
Purchase                255                 18.39
Purchase                455                 18.33
Purchase                462                 18.32
Purchase                600                 18.29
Purchase                100                 18.36
Purchase                682                 18.33
Purchase                461                 18.35
Purchase                641                 18.36
Purchase                1,300               18.34
Purchase                205                 18.31
Purchase                473                 18.38
Purchase                500                 18.32
Purchase                600                 18.36
Purchase                462                 18.34
Purchase                1,154               18.32
Purchase                600                 18.34
Purchase                420                 18.36
Purchase                2,308               18.34
Purchase                462                 18.34
Purchase                582                 18.34
Purchase                1,400               18.35
Purchase                461                 18.28
Purchase                120                 18.32
Purchase                461                 18.36
Purchase                600                 18.27
Purchase                9                   18.36
Purchase                100                 18.31
Purchase                461                 18.31
Purchase                100                 18.35
Purchase                1,846               18.33
Purchase                909                 18.3
Purchase                100                 18.35
Purchase                277                 18.33
Purchase                200                 18.36
Purchase                309                 18.29
Purchase                954                 18.33
Purchase                208                 18.34
Purchase                607                 18.37
Purchase                692                 18.31
Purchase                481                 18.35
Purchase                148                 18.33
Purchase                113                 18.38
Purchase                200                 18.31
Purchase                1,591               18.34
Purchase                1,154               18.38
Purchase                300                 18.35
Purchase                194                 18.31
Purchase                19,800              18.2543
Purchase                2,000               18.35
Purchase                700                 18.35
Purchase                1,418               18.3
Purchase                455                 18.31
Purchase                308                 18.33
Purchase                1,600               18.29
Purchase                1,102               18.32
Purchase                1,154               18.35
Purchase                462                 18.31
Purchase                923                 18.35
Purchase                200                 18.33
Purchase                682                 18.27
Purchase                800                 18.31
Purchase                700                 18.33
Purchase                451                 18.33
Purchase                179                 18.36
Purchase                697                 18.36
Purchase                692                 18.33
Purchase                902                 18.33
Purchase                310                 18.29
Purchase                139                 18.29
Purchase                94                  18.29
Purchase                1,100               18.36
Purchase                107                 18.35
Purchase                547                 18.35
Purchase                682                 18.31
Purchase                700                 18.33
Purchase                1,300               18.34
Purchase                2,218               18.36
Purchase                600                 18.34
Purchase                700                 18.3
Sale                    11,065              18.1
Sale                    803                 18.2617
Sale                    39                  18.42
Sale                    43,943              18.4024
Sale                    68                  18.2517
Sale                    165                 18.3017
Sale                    3,246               18.08
Sale                    204,103             18.5018
Sale                    39                  18.3517
Sale                    1,458               18.2847
Sale                    6,379               18.08
Sale                    43,025              18.2181
Sale                    428                 18.08
Sale                    6,156               18.3416
Sale                    743                 18.08
Sale                    452                 18.08
Sale                    51,428              18.2626
Sale                    926                 18.5965
Sale                    38,745              18.1042
Sale                    7,000               18.3665
Sale                    350,000             18.3386
Sale                    70,907              18.2445
Sale                    2,059               18.08
Sale                    887                 18.2535
Sale                    1,949               18.08
Sale                    541                 18.29
Sale                    262,500             18.39
Sale                    350                 18.2712
Sale                    1,000               18.2212
Sale                    450                 18.3312
Sale                    3,442               18.2847
Sale                    7,276               18.08
Sale                    150                 18.3512
Sale                    660                 18.08
Sale                    1,082               18.08
Sale                    1,256               18.08
Sale                    508                 18.08
Sale                    4,325               18.08
Sale                    435                 18.08
Sale                    700                 18.4325



(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,  Long/Short    Number of     Price per
(e.g. CFD)     (Note 6)      Securities    unit (GBP)
CFD            Long          11065         18.1
CFD            Long          38745         18.1041
CFD            Long          43025         18.218
CFD            Long          70907         18.2444
CFD            Long          51428         18.2625
CFD            Long          30922         18.3
CFD            Long          8400          18.3001
CFD            Long          7000          18.3665
CFD            Long          43943         18.4024
CFD            Long          5136          18.4138
CFD            Long          926           18.5964
CFD            Short         2802          18.0764
CFD            Short         11713         18.0822
CFD            Short         926           18.2095
CFD            Short         19800         18.2543
CFD            Short         50818         18.3022
CFD            Short         21345         18.3058
CFD            Short         207192        18.336
CFD            Short         3134          18.3374
CFD            Short         72184         18.339
CFD            Short         249291        18.3396
CFD            Short         22542         18.3564
CFD            Short         26725         18.3598
CFD            Short         109822        18.3695
CFD            Short         435163        18.4127
CFD            Short         73000         18.4295
CFD            Short         4100          18.4591
CFD            Short         160584        18.5282
CFD            Short         1577          18.5931

(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)
CALL            Purchase           750               22        EURO            19/12/2008    1.11

(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
None

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.




Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9)                 YES


Date of disclosure                         27 June 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

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8

DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS
(This form should be attached to Form 8.1, Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate)

OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1)
Product name,     Written or  Number of securities   Exercise price   Type, e.g.     Expiry date
e.g. call option  purchased   to which the option    (Note 2)         American,
                              or derivative relates                   European etc.
Option            Purchased   500,000                9.5000           EURO           19/12/2008
Option            Purchased   750                    2,200.0000       EURO           19/12/2008
Option            Purchased   350                    1,450.0000       EURO           18/12/2009
Option            Purchased   350                    1,450.0000       EURO           18/12/2009
Option            Purchased   250                    1,700.0000       EURO           19/12/2008
Option            Purchased   250                    1,500.0000       EURO           18/12/2009
Option            Purchased   250                    1,500.0000       EURO           18/12/2009
Option            Purchased   250                    1,900.0000       EURO           18/12/2009
Option            Purchased   250                    1,900.0000       EURO           18/12/2009
Option            Purchased   -500                   950.0000         EURO           19/12/2008
Option            Purchased   -500                   950.0000         EURO           19/12/2008
Option            Purchased   -250,000               16.0000          AMER           19/09/2008
Option            Purchased   -500,000               9.5000           EURO           19/12/2008

Notes

1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (except for CFDs), full details should be given.
Full details of any  existing agreements to purchase or to sell  should also be given on this form.

2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated.

For details of the Code's dealing disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 and its Notes which can be viewed on the Takeover
Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk