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 Andrew Nairn, Investor Relations Tel: +61 3 9609 3952 Mobile: +61 408 313 259 mailto:Andrew.W.Nairn@bhpbilliton.com Mandy Frostick, Media Relations Tel: +61 3 9609 4157 Mobile: +61 419 546 245 mailto:Mandy.J.Frostick@bhpbilliton.com United States Francis McAllister, Investor Relations Tel: +1 713 961 8625 Mobile: +1 713 480 3699 mailto:Francis.R.McAllister@bhpbilliton.com United Kingdom Mark Lidiard, Investor & Media Relations Tel: +44 20 7747 3956 mailto:Mark.T.Lidiard@bhpbilliton.com South Africa Michael Campbell, Investor & Media Relations Tel: +27 11 376 3360 Mobile: +27 82 458 2587 mailto:Michael.J.Campbell@bhpbilliton.com BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 Registered in Australia Registered Office: 600 Bourke Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 Telephone +61 3 9609 3333 Facsimile +61 3 9609 3015 BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209 Registered in England and Wales Registered Office: 1-3 Strand London WC2N 5HA United Kingdom Telephone +44 20 7747 3800 Facsimile +44 20 7747 3900 A member of the BHP Billiton group which is headquartered in Australia