Edgar Filing: BHP BILLITON LTD

Letter

6 January 2003

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
	Companies Announcements Office		Paris Bourse (Euronext)
			Deutsche Bank

Australian Stock Exchange Limited (ASX)

Appendix 3Z of the Listing Rules

Final Notification of Interests of Directors and Connected Persons

Name of entities	BHP Billiton Limited	BHP Billiton Plc
	ABN 49 004 028 077	REG NO 3196209

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 Final Notification is filed in consequence of Listing Rules of the ASX which requires the following information concerning a director on retirement from that office.

We (the entities) advise the following information under ASX Listing Rule 3.19A.3 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 B P Gilbertson
Date of last notice	15 November 2002
Date that director ceased to be a director	5 January 2003

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

415 050 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc

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

Vidacos Nominees Limited (trustee)

Billiton ESOP Trustee Limited a/c GILB (trustee)

Number & class of securities

286 379 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc

259 854 ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc

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	8.11.01 Restricted Share Awards (292 577) 8.11.01 Co-Investment Plan (100 945) 12.11.02 Performance Shares (366 589)
Period during which or date on which exercisable	Restricted Share Awards - 3 years from date of grant Co-Investment Plan - 2 and 4 years from date of grant Performance Shares - not before 1.7.2005
Total amount paid (if any) for the grant	Nil - Restricted Share Awards Nil - Performance Shares Pounds 3.0375 - for each committed share under the Co-Investment Plan (Nil for matching shares)
Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise	Nil
Total number of securities over which options or other rights held at the date of this notice	760 111
Any additional information	-

Part 5 - Contact details

Name of authorised officers responsible for making this notification on behalf of the entities

Mr R V Taylor - BHP Billiton Limited

Ms E A Hobley - BHP Billiton Plc BHP Billiton Plc

Contact details

Mr R V Taylor Tel: +61 3 9609 3265
Fax: +61 3 9609 4372

Ms E A Hobley Tel: +44 20 7747 3854
Fax: +44 20 7747 3852

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

The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia