Listing New BHPB Plc Shares

BHP Billiton Limited
29 July 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.


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: [phone]                 Tel: [phone]
email: [e-mail]                         email: [e-mail]

Mandy Frostick, Media Relations                               South Africa
Tel: + 61 3 9609 4157 Mobile: [phone]                 Michael Campbell, Investor & Media Relations
email: [e-mail]                       Tel: + 27 11 376 3360 Mobile: + 27 82 458 2587
                                                              email: [e-mail]
United States
Francis McAllister, Investor Relations
Tel: [phone] Mobile: [phone]
email: [e-mail]


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