BHP BILLITON LIMITED (BHP)

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name changed to BHP Group Limited

we understand that on or about this date the company demerged South32 Limited by way of a 1 for 1 distribution - the Demerged Entity represented 7.1% of the market value of the group as a whole immediately after the demerger

the Notice of Meeting and Shareholder Circular relating to the proposed demerger of South32 by BHP Billiton are now available online at: www.bhpbilliton.com/demerger

in February/March 2007, the company undertook an off-market share buy-back - the buy-back price was $24.81 per share consisting of a fully franked dividend of $22.31 per share, and a capital component of $2.50 per share (for capital gains tax purposes, participants in the buy-back are deemed to have received $7.39 as the capital component of the buy-back price) - payments to bank accounts and dispatch of cheques for shares bought back are expected to be completed by Monday, 2 April 2007

in February/March 2006, the company undertook an off-market share buy-back - the buy-back price was $23.45 per share consisting of a fully franked dividend of $21.35 per share, and a capital component of $2.10 per share (for capital gains tax purposes, participants in the buy-back are deemed to have received $5.96 as the capital component of the buy-back price) - shareholders may have made a capital gain or a capital loss on their BHP Billiton shares, depending on their cost base (or reduced cost base) and the amount they received for them - they need to adjust their cost base (or reduced cost base) for the OneSteel and BHP Steel demerger if applicable if they received OneSteel shares on 20 October 2000 and BHP Steel shares on 22 July 2002 because they held BHP Billiton shares, they must reduce the cost base (or reduced cost base) of each of their shares by $0.66 cents for the receipts of the OneSteel shares, and 5.063% for the receipts of the BHP Steel shares

on 23 November 2004, BHP Billiton completed an off-market share buy-back - shareholders who took part in the buy-back received $12.57 per share, which included a fully franked dividend of $10.47 per share - according to the ATO, for capital gains tax purposes, shareholders are taken to have received $4.04 per share - the date the shares were sold under the buy-back was 23 November 2004 - if the capital proceeds of $4.04 were more than the cost base of the share, the difference is a capital gain to the shareholder in 2004-05 - if $4.04 was less than the share's reduced cost base, the difference is a capital loss

we understand that on or about this date the company demerged BHP Steel Limited by way of a 1 for 5 distribution - the Demerged Entity represented 5.063% of the market value of the group as a whole immediately after the demerger

according to the Australian Tax Office, in July 2002, BHP shareholders received one BHP Steel Ltd share for every five BHP Billiton shares held - BHP Billiton has advised that BHP Steel represented 5.063% of the market value of the group as a whole just after the demerger - shareholders who received BHP Steel shares should use this percentage to apportion the sum of the cost bases of their post-CGT BHP Billiton shares between these shares and the post-CGT BHP Steel shares

name changed from BHP Limited

we understand that on or about this date the company undertook, proposed to undertake or was the subject of the following corporate action: - Billiton merger, economic interest .4842 of existing BHP share value and bonus issue 1.0651 for 1 - this corporate event may appear elsewhere in this company record