BHP Billiton Finance Limited Publication of Prospectus (8161C)

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RNS Number : 8161C

BHP Billiton Finance Limited

20 October 2015

   Issued By:        BHP Billiton Finance Limited 
   To:                   London Stock Exchange 
   Date:                20 October 2015 
   For Release:    Immediately 
   Contact:           Helen Ratsey 

Tel: [phone]

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BHP Billiton Finance Limited - Publication of Prospectus

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The following prospectus has been approved by the UK Listing Authority and is available for viewing:

Prospectus relating to EUR 1,250,000,000 4.750 per cent. Subordinated Non-Call 5.5 Fixed Rate Reset Notes due 2076, the EUR 750,000,000 5.625 per cent. Subordinated Non-Call 9 Fixed Rate Reset Notes due 2079 and GBP 600,000,00 6.500 per cent. Subordinated Non-Call 7 Fixed Rate Reset Notes due 2077, each issued by BHP Billiton Finance Limited, guaranteed on a subordinated basis by BHP Billiton Limited and cross-guaranteed on a subordinated basis by BHP Billiton Plc (the "Prospectus").

To view the full Prospectus, plus the documents referred to therein, please paste the following URLs into the address bar of your browser.

   -           the Prospectus: 

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/8161C_1-2015-10-20.pdf

- the audited annual financial statements of BHP Billiton Finance Limited for the financial year ended 30 June 2013:

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/8161C_2-2015-10-20.pdf

- the audited annual financial statements of BHP Billiton Finance Limited for the financial year ended 30 June 2014;

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/8161C_3-2015-10-20.pdf

- the BHP Billiton Annual Report 2014, including the audited financial statements of the BHP Billiton Group in respect to the financial year ended 30 June 2014;

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/8161C_4-2015-10-20.pdf

- the BHP Billiton Annual Report 2015, including the audited financial statements of the BHP Billiton Group in respect to the financial year ended 30 June 2015;

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/8161C_5-2015-10-20.pdf

A copy of the full document has also been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

This website is not provided for, or directed at, U.S. persons or persons in the United States. If you are a U.S. person or are viewing this page from the United States, you should exit this section of the website.

For further information, please contact:

Kiran Swinglehurst

BHP Billiton Treasury & Corporate Finance

Tel: [phone]

DISCLAIMER - INTENDED ADDRESSEES

Please note that the information contained in the Prospectus may be addressed to and/or targeted at persons who are residents of particular countries (specified in the Prospectus) only and is not intended for use and should not be relied upon by any person outside these countries and/or to whom the offer contained in the Prospectus is not addressed. Prior to relying on the information contained in the Prospectus, you must ascertain from the Prospectus whether or not you are part of the intended addressees of the information contained therein.

Your right to access this service is conditional upon complying with the above requirement.

This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities in the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia or any other jurisdiction. The securities described herein have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended or under any relevant securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction, and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to any U.S. persons absent an effective registration statement covering such securities or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements.

   BHP Billiton Finance Limited   ABN 82008519319 

Registered in Australia

Registered Office: Level 12, 171 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia

Telephone [phone] Facsimile (61 3) 9611 1060

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