Director Shareholding

BHP Billiton Limited
4 January 2002

    BHP Billiton Limited is issuing this announcement to fulfil disclosure
 obligations arising from its secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange.

   The text of this release is identical to that issued by BHP Billiton Plc
                                   earlier.




Company Secretariat


4 January 2002




To:    Australian Stock Exchange       cc:    New York Stock Exchange
       Companies Announcements Office         Swiss Stock Exchange
                                              New Zealand Stock Exchange
       London Stock Exchange                  Johannesburg Stock Exchange
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                                              Deutsche Bank



                   Australian Stock Exchange Limited (ASX)

                       Appendix 3X of the Listing Rules

      Initial Notification of Interests of Directors and Connected Persons


Name of entities        BHP Billiton Limited           BHP Billiton Plc
                        ABN  49 004 028 077            REG NO  3196029



As part of a dual listed company structure, the BHP Billiton Group has agreed
to adopt the better of the existing governance practices between BHP Billiton
Plc and BHP Billiton Limited.  As a result, the Group voluntarily notifies all
stock exchanges on which either BHP Billiton Plc or BHP Billiton Limited have
primary or secondary listings, all those interest of directors of both
entities in the securities of both entities (and changes to those interests)
which are required to be disclosed under the ASX Listing Rules, the Listing
Rules of the United Kingdom Listing Authority, the Australian Corporations
Act, the United Kingdom Companies Act and the Group's Securities Dealing Code.



This Initial Notification is filed in consequence of new Listing Rules of the
ASX effective 1 January 2002, and the details are as at that date.



We (the entities) advise the following information under ASX Listing Rule
3.19A.1 and as agent for the director for the purposes of section 205G of the
Australian Corporations Act and otherwise in accordance with the foregoing
policy -


Name of director              Mr P M Anderson
Date of appointment           BHP Billiton Limited  -      1.12.1998
                              BHP Billiton Plc  -          29.6.2001




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.


Number & class of securities



1 057 911 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Limited




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



Included in this Part is:

*     in the case of a trust, interests in the trust made available by the
responsible entity of the trust;

*     details of the circumstance giving rise to the relevant interest; and

*     the relevant interest of Connected Persons as defined in the United
Kingdom Companies Act, their identity and relationship to the director.  The
definition includes spouses and children under 18 years of age.


Name of holder & nature of interest                                  Number &
                                                                     class of
                                                                     securities

Billiton ESOP Trustees Limited as
trustee of the Billiton Employee Share Ownership Trust.  Under the
Trust,                                                               521 411
all employees of BHP Billiton Plc, including its executive directors ordinary
(of which Mr Anderson is one) are potential beneficiaries of the     shares in
Trust under provisions allowing the Trustee discretion to distribute BHP
excess Trust assets, either on winding up of the Trust or before.    Billiton
The executive directors therefore have an interest in the balance of Plc
the shares in BHP Billiton Plc held in the Trust at any one time.




Part 3 - Director's interests in contracts other than as described in Part 4


Detail of contract                                                           -


Nature of interest                                                           -


Name of registered holder                                                    -

(if issued securities)
No. and class of securities to which interest relates                        -





Part 4  -  Director's interests in options or other rights granted by the
entities


Date of grant                  *     1 000 000 options on 23.4.99



                               *     1 000 000 Performance Rights (PR's) on
                               26.2.99


Period during which or date on *     options:  23.4.02 - 23.4.09
which exercisable


                               *     PR's:  become exercisable quarterly (25
                               000) and annually (100 000)


Total amount paid (if any) for Nil
the grant


Exercise price (if fixed at    *     options:   A$15.73 (adjusted by A$0.66 as
time of grant) or indication   a result of the OneSteel capital reduction).
that price is to be fixed at   Whilst there was no reduction in the exercise
time of exercise               price following the bonus issue on 5.7.01, bonus
                               shares accrued on each option.



                               *     PR's:   Nil


Total number of securities     *     The 1 000 000 maximum number of options
over which options or other    are over 2 065 100 ordinary shares in BHP
rights held at the date of     Billiton Limited following the bonus issue on
this notice                    5.7.01.



                               *     The 450 000 maximum remaining PR's are
                               rights to 963 495 ordinary shares in BHP
                               Billiton Limited (after adjustment to take
                               account of the spin-off of OneSteel Limited and
                               the bonus issue on 5.7.01).




Part 4  -  Director's interests in options or other rights granted by the
entities

               (cont'd)


Any         *     The options are subject to Performance Hurdles.
additional
information

            *     PR's constitute a right, issued by a trustee of a special
            purpose trust, to require the trustee to acquire BHP Billiton
            Limited shares on behalf of the director upon fulfilment of
            prescribed Performance Hurdles or completion of Service Conditions.

            When fulfilled, related PR's become exercisable.  The trustee
            acquires shares either by purchase on market or subscription, and
            the shares are then held in trust until the director requests that
            they be transferred to him.

            Of the 1 000 000 PR's which were issued to the director after
            shareholder approval on 26.2.99:

            (a)  500 000 were subject to Performance Hurdles and exercisable in
            annual tranches of 100 000; and

            (b)  500 000 were subject to Service Conditions and exercisable in
            quarterly tranches of 25 000.

            350 000 of the PR's subject to Service Conditions and 200 000 of
            the PR's subject to Performance Hurdles have become exercisable,
            all of which the director has exercised.







Part 5  -  Contact details


Name of authorised officers responsible for making  Mr R V Taylor - BHP
this notification on behalf of the entities         Billiton Limited



                                                    Mrs M Taylor -  BHP
                                                    Billiton Plc

Contact details                                     Mr R V Taylor    
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                                                    Fax:   [phone]

                                                    Mrs M Taylor     
                                                    Tel:   [phone]
                                                    Fax:   [phone]




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