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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-13-379115
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		6
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20131226
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130926
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130926

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BHP BILLITON LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000811809
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	METAL MINING [1000]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			C3
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09526
		FILM NUMBER:		131115557

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		LEVEL 27, 180 LONSDALE STREET
		STREET 2:		MELBOURNE
		CITY:			VICTORIA AUSTRALIA
		STATE:			C3
		ZIP:			3000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		011611300554757

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		GPO BOX 86
		STREET 2:		MELBOURNE
		CITY:			VICTORIA AUSTRALIA
		STATE:			C3
		ZIP:			3001

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BHP LTD
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20010129

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY CO LTD
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960116

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BHP BILLITON PLC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001171264
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BITUMINOUS COAL & LIGNITE MINING [1220]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			X0
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31714
		FILM NUMBER:		131115558

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8TH FLOOR - NEATHOUSE PLACE
		CITY:			LONDON
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			SW1V 1BH
		BUSINESS PHONE:		011442078024054

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8TH FLOOR - NEATHOUSE PLACE
		CITY:			LONDON
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			SW1V 1BH

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BHP BILLITON PLC/ADR
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20020416
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 <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM 6-K
</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15b-16 OF </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>September 26, 2013 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>BHP BILLITON LIMITED</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>BHP BILLITON PLC</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(ABN 49 004 028 077)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(REG NO. 3196209)</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>ENGLAND AND WALES</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organisation)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organisation)</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>VICTORIA</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>3000
AUSTRALIA</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>NEATHOUSE PLACE, VICTORIA, LONDON,</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED KINGDOM</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices)</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Form
20-F&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Form 40-F&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT
STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T
Rule 101(b)(7):&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yes&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If &#147;Yes&#148; is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): <U>n/a</U> </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This report on Form 6-K shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the registration statement on Form
F-3 of BHP Billiton Finance (USA) Limited, BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc filed on September&nbsp;18, 2012, File No.&nbsp;333-183951, and to be a part thereof from the date on which this report is furnished, to the extent not superseded
by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>EXHIBITS </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;1.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="d602962dex11.htm">Underwriting Agreement </A></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="d602962dex991.htm">Form of certificate setting forth terms of 2.050% Senior Notes due 2018 </A></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="d602962dex992.htm">Form of certificate setting forth terms of 3.850% Senior Notes due 2023 </A></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="d602962dex993.htm">Form of certificate setting forth terms of 5.000% Senior Notes due 2043 </A></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="d602962dex994.htm">Form of certificate setting forth terms of Senior Floating Rate Notes due 2016 </A></P></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SIGNATURES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Nigel Chadwick</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Date: September 26, 2013</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Nigel Chadwick</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">US$500,000,000 2.050% Senior Notes due 2018 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">US$1,500,000,000 3.850% Senior Notes due 2023 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">US$2,500,000,000 5.000% Senior Notes due 2043 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B></B>US$500,000,000 Senior Floating Rate Notes due 2016 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">of </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BHP Billiton Finance (USA)
Limited </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Fully and Unconditionally Guaranteed by </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BHP Billiton Limited </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>and
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BHP Billiton Plc </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><U>UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT </U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:56%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">September 25, 2013 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Barclays
Capital Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">745 Seventh Avenue </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, New York 10019
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Goldman, Sachs&nbsp;&amp; Co. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">200 West Street </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, New York 10282 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">J.P. Morgan Securities LLC </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">383 Madison Avenue </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, New York 10179 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As representatives of the several Underwriters </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BHP Billiton Finance
(USA) Limited, a company incorporated in the Commonwealth of Australia (the &#147;Company&#148;), proposes to issue and sell US$500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.050% Senior Notes due 2018, US$1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount
of its 3.850% Senior Notes due 2023, US$2,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.000% Senior Notes due 2043 and US$500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Senior Floating Rate Notes due 2016 (together, the &#147;Securities&#148;). The
Securities will be issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of April&nbsp;17, 2003 (the &#147;Indenture&#148;), among the Company, BHP Billiton Limited, a company incorporated in the Commonwealth of Australia (&#147;Limited&#148;), BHP Billiton
Plc, a public company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (&#147;Plc&#148;, and together with Limited, the &#147;Guarantors&#148;), and The Bank of New York, as successor trustee (the &#147;Trustee&#148;), which
Indenture has been filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (as defined below). Pursuant to the Indenture, each of the Guarantors will jointly and severally guarantee the payment of all amounts owing by the Company with respect to the
Securities and a guarantee executed by each of the Guarantors (together, the &#147;Guarantees&#148;) will be endorsed on each Security. The Securities will be denominated in U.S. dollars. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby confirms its agreement with the underwriters named
in Schedule I hereto (the &#147;Underwriters&#148;) for whom Barclays Capital Inc. (&#147;Barclays&#148;), Goldman, Sachs&nbsp;&amp; Co. (&#147;Goldman&#148;) and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (&#147;J.P. Morgan&#148; and together with Barclays and
Goldman, the &#147;Lead Managers&#148;) are acting as representatives concerning the purchase of the Securities from the Company (with the benefit of the Guarantees from the Guarantors) by the several Underwriters. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following terms have the meanings set forth below: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">&#147;BHP Billiton Group&#148; means Limited and its subsidiaries and Plc and its subsidiaries. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">&#147;Commission&#148; means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">&#147;Exchange Act&#148; means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">&#147;Effective Time&#148; means any date as of which any part of the Registration Statement relating to the Securities became, or is deemed to have become, effective under the Securities Act in accordance with the
Rules and Regulations. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(e)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">&#147;General Use Free Writing Prospectus&#148; means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being specified in Exhibit A to this
Agreement. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(f)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">&#147;Issuer Free Writing Prospectus&#148; means any &#147;issuer free writing prospectus,&#148; as defined in Rule 433, relating to the Securities in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if
not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company&#146;s records pursuant to Rule 433(g). </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(g)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">&#147;Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus&#148; means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a General Use Free Writing Prospectus. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(h)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">&#147;Preliminary Prospectus&#148; means the preliminary prospectus supplement dated September 25, 2013 and the base prospectus dated September&nbsp;18, 2012. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(i)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">&#147;Prospectus&#148; means the prospectus relating to the Securities that is included in the Registration Statement in the form first used (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the
Securities Act) in connection with confirmation of sales of the Securities, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any prospectus or prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified.
For purposes of this definition, information contained in a form of prospectus (including a prospectus supplement) that is deemed retroactively to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rules 430A, 430B or 430C (&#147;Rule 430
Information&#148;) shall be considered to be included in the Prospectus only as of the actual time that form of prospectus (including a prospectus supplement) is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b). </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(j)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">&#147;Registration Statement&#148; means the registration statement on Form F-3 (File No.&nbsp;333-183951), including a form of prospectus, relating to the Securities and the Guarantees. The various parts of the
Registration Statement and the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, including all exhibits thereto and (i)&nbsp;the Rule 430 Information, if any, contained in the form of final prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
under the Securities Act in accordance with Section&nbsp;6(a) hereof and (ii)&nbsp;the documents incorporated by reference in the prospectus contained in such registration statement at the time such part of such registration statement became
effective, each as amended at the time such part of such registration statement became effective or such part of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, became or hereafter becomes effective, are hereinafter collectively called the
&#147;Registration Statement&#148;. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(k)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">&#147;Rule 462(b) Registration Statement&#148; means any abbreviated registration statement filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act. Any reference herein to the term &#147;Registration
Statement&#148; shall include such Rule 462 Registration Statement. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(l)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">&#147;Rules and Regulations&#148; means the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(m)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">&#147;Securities Act&#148; means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(n)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">&#147;Subsidiary&#148; means any entity whose financial statements would be consolidated in the consolidated financial statements of BHP Billiton Group. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(o)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">&#147;Time of Sale&#148; means the time when sales of the Securities are first made. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(p)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">&#147;Time of Sale Information&#148; means the Preliminary Prospectus, as amended or supplemented prior to the Time of Sale and each General Use Free Writing Prospectus issued at or prior to the Time of Sale.
</TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(q)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">&#147;Trust Indenture Act&#148; means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any
reference herein to any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to the applicable form under the Securities Act, as of the date of such preliminary
prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be. Any reference to any amendment or supplement to any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after the date of such preliminary prospectus or
Prospectus, as the case may be, under the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in such preliminary prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be. Any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and
include any annual report of the Guarantors filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. Any reference to
the Prospectus as amended or supplemented shall be deemed to refer to the Prospectus as amended or supplemented in relation to the Securities in the form in which it is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act in
accordance with Section&nbsp;6(a) hereof, including any documents incorporated by reference therein as of the date of such filing. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1. <U>Representations, Warranties and Agreements of each of the Company and the Guarantors</U>.
Each of the Company and the Guarantors represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several Underwriters on and as of the date hereof and the Closing Date (as defined in Section&nbsp;3(a)) that: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Registration Statement has been prepared by the Company and the Guarantors in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act
and the Rules and Regulations and has been filed by the Company and the Guarantors with the Commission. The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered to the Underwriters, including all documents
incorporated by reference therein, has become effective under the Securities Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Registration Statement is an &#147;automatic
shelf registration statement&#148; as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such
registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Company or the Guarantors. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in
effect, and no proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section&nbsp;8A of the Securities Act against the Company or the Guarantors or related to the offering are pending before or threatened by the Commission. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) At the Effective Time, the Registration Statement did not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. At the Effective Time, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus did comply and, as
amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations. At the Effective Time and on the Closing Date, the Indenture did or will conform in all material respects
with the applicable requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. At the Effective Time, the Prospectus did not or will not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties
set forth in this paragraph 1(c) do not apply (A)&nbsp;to statements or omissions in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter expressly
for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described in Section&nbsp;16 of this Agreement or (B)&nbsp;to that part of the Registration Statement that
constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act, of the Trustee. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale
Information or Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. Any
further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Information or Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as
the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) As of
the Time of Sale, neither (i)&nbsp;any Time of Sale Information, nor (ii)&nbsp;any Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the Time of Sale Information, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state
any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As of the Closing Date, neither (i)&nbsp;the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus
(collectively, the &#147;General Disclosure Package&#148;) nor (ii)&nbsp;any individual Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, will include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding two sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from any prospectus
included in the Registration Statement or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Lead Managers specifically for use therein, it being
understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described in Section&nbsp;16 of this Agreement. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through
the completion of the public offer and sale of the Securities or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Lead Manager as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted,
conflicts or will conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, (i)&nbsp;the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Lead Managers and (ii)&nbsp;the Company has promptly
amended or will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission. The foregoing two sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Lead Managers specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any
Underwriter consists of the information described in Section&nbsp;16 of this Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) At the earliest time after the filing of the
Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2)) of the Securities and at the date of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any Guarantor was an &#147;ineligible
issuer,&#148; as defined in Rule 405. The Guarantors are well-known seasoned issuers as defined under the Securities Act in connection with the offering of the Guarantees. The Company and the Guarantors have paid the registration fee for this
offering pursuant to Rule 456(b)(1) under the Securities Act or will pay such fees within the time period required by such rule (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) Each of the Company and Limited has been duly incorporated, is not in liquidation under Australian federal law or the laws of Victoria, and
has the corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) Plc has been duly incorporated and organized as a public company with limited liability under the laws of England and Wales, is not in
liquidation, and has the corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j) Each of the Subsidiaries other than the Company has been duly organized under the laws of its
respective jurisdiction of organization and has the requisite power and authority to carry on its business as it is currently being conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties as described in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus. Each of the Subsidiaries other than the Company is authorized to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where the operation, ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of its business requires
such qualification, except where the failure to be so authorized would not have a material adverse effect on the condition, financial or otherwise, or on the earnings, business or operations of the Guarantors and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole
(a &#147;Material Adverse Effect&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k) No authorization, approval, consent or order of, or filing with, any court or governmental
body or agency or any third party is necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Indenture, the Securities or the Guarantees except such as may be required by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
(&#147;FINRA&#148;) or have been obtained and made under the Securities Act, the Trust Indenture Act or state securities or blue sky laws or regulations. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l) The Guarantors maintain a system of control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act)
that has been designed by the Guarantors&#146; principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. As of June&nbsp;30, 2013, the Guarantors&#146; management has concluded that the Guarantors maintained effective control over financial reporting and that
there were no material weaknesses in the Guarantors&#146; internal control over financial reporting. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m) The Guarantors maintain a system
of &#147;disclosure controls and procedures&#148; (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that is designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Guarantors in reports that each files or submits under the Exchange
Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission&#146;s rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the
Guarantors&#146; management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Guarantors have carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 under of the
Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(n) Except as otherwise described in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, to the
knowledge of the Guarantors, there is no strike, labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending against the Company, the Guarantors or any of the Subsidiaries, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(o) Except as otherwise described in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus there is no action, suit or proceeding before or by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, pending against or affecting the Company, the Guarantors or any of the Subsidiaries, or any of their respective properties,
which, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(p) This Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Company and the Guarantors. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(q) The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act and has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Company and the Guarantors and is a valid and binding agreement of each of the Company and the Guarantors, enforceable in accordance with its terms subject, to
(i)&nbsp;bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors&#146; rights generally and (ii)&nbsp;rights of acceleration, if any, and the availability of equitable remedies may
be limited by equitable principles of general applicability. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(r) The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, on the
Closing Date, will have been duly executed by the Company and will conform in all material respects to the description thereof in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus. When the Securities are issued and authenticated in accordance with
the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Securities will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, and will be valid and binding obligations of the
Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms subject to (i)&nbsp;bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors&#146; rights generally and (ii)&nbsp;rights of
acceleration, if any, and the availability of equitable remedies may be limited by equitable principles of general applicability. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(s) The
Guarantees have been duly authorized by the Guarantors and, when endorsed on the Securities in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, will be valid and binding obligations of the Guarantors, enforceable in accordance with their terms
subject to (i)&nbsp;bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors&#146; rights generally and (ii)&nbsp;rights of acceleration, if any, and the availability of equitable
remedies may be limited by equitable principles of general applicability. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(t) The execution and delivery by each of the Company and the
Guarantors of, and the performance by each of the Company and the Guarantors of its obligations under, this Agreement, the Indenture and, in the case of the Company, the Securities and, in the case of the Guarantors, the Guarantees will not
contravene any provision of applicable law (except such contravention of law which individually or in the aggregate would not have a Material Adverse Effect) or the Constitution of the Company or Limited or the Memorandum and Articles of Association
of Plc or any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or any of the Guarantors or any of the Subsidiaries (except with respect to such agreements and instruments such contravention which individually or in the aggregate would not have
a Material Adverse Effect) or any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Guarantors or any Subsidiary (except with respect to such judgments, orders or decrees, such contravention which
individually or in the aggregate would not have a Material Adverse Effect) and all consents, approvals, authorizations and orders of, and qualifications with, all governmental bodies and agencies required for the performance by the Company and the
Guarantors of their obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture, in the case of the Company, the Securities, and, in the case of the Guarantors, the Guarantees, except such as may be required by the securities or blue sky laws of the various
states of the United States in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities, have been made or obtained. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(u) Each of KPMG and KPMG Audit Plc is an independent registered public accounting firm at the
time they issued their audit reports on the consolidated financial statements of Limited, Plc and their respective subsidiaries (the &#147;BHP Billiton Group&#148;) as of June&nbsp;30, 2012 and June&nbsp;30, 2013 and for the three years ended
June&nbsp;30, 2013 as required by the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) The historical financial statements (including the related notes and supporting schedules) contained or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements under the Securities Act. All financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are required to be included in
the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (including, without limitation, as required by Rule 3-05 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act) are included as required. The financial statements as of June&nbsp;30,
2012 and June&nbsp;30, 2013 and for the three years ended June&nbsp;30, 2013 have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board in existence at that time, in
each case consistently applied throughout the periods covered thereby and fairly present the financial position of the entities purported to be covered thereby at the respective dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash
flows for the respective periods indicated. The financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus are derived from the accounting records of the combined BHP
Billiton Group, Limited and its subsidiaries and Plc and its subsidiaries and in each case fairly present the information purported to be shown thereby. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(w) There has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development which will involve a prospective material adverse change, in the
condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Guarantors and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(x) Each prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement as originally filed or as part of
any amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, complied when so filed in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(y) Except as otherwise described in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, none of the Guarantors nor any
Subsidiary is in violation of any law or regulation of any country in which they operate relating to occupational safety and health or the storage, handling or transportation of hazardous or toxic materials, except any such violation of law or
regulation which would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(z) None of the Company or the Guarantors is
an &#147;affiliate&#148; of any member of FINRA. As used herein, the term &#147;affiliate&#148; shall have the meaning assigned to such term in FINRA Rule 5121. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(aa) None of the Company or the Guarantors is, and after giving effect to the offering of the Securities and the application of the proceeds
therefrom as described under &#147;Use of Proceeds&#148; in each of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, will not be, required to register as an &#147;investment company&#148; as such term is defined in the U.S. Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(bb) No event has occurred which would constitute an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) or which, with the
giving of notice or the lapse of time or other condition would, after the issuance of the Securities and the Guarantees, constitute an Event of Default. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. <U>Purchase of the Securities</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements contained herein, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, and each of the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company, the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the name
of such Underwriter on Schedule I hereto at the purchase price and on the other terms set forth in Schedule II hereto. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Company
shall not be obligated to deliver any of the Securities except upon payment for all of the Securities to be purchased as provided herein. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may sell Securities to any affiliate of an
Underwriter and that any such affiliate may sell Securities purchased by it to an Underwriter. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The Company and the Guarantors acknowledge and agree that the Underwriters are acting solely
in the capacity of an arm&#146;s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of Securities and Guarantees contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial
advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person. Additionally, neither the Lead Managers nor any other Underwriter is advising the Company, the Guarantors or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or
regulatory matters in any jurisdiction with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company and the Guarantors shall consult with their own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making their own independent
investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters of the Company or the Guarantors, the
transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company and the Guarantors. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3. <U>Delivery of and Payment for the Securities</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Delivery of and payment for the Securities shall be made at the offices of Sullivan&nbsp;&amp; Cromwell LLP, 125 Broad Street, New York, NY
10004, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Lead Managers, on behalf of the Underwriters, and the Company, at 9:00 a.m., New York time, on September 30, 2013, or at such other time or date, not later than seven full business days
thereafter, as shall be agreed upon by the Lead Managers and the Company (such date and time of payment and delivery being referred to herein as the &#147;Closing Date&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) On the Closing Date, payment of the purchase price for the Securities shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately
available funds, or by such other means as the parties hereto shall agree prior to the Closing Date, against delivery to the Underwriters of the certificates evidencing the Securities. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place
specified pursuant to this Agreement is a further condition of the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder. Upon delivery, the Securities shall be in global form, registered in such names and in such denominations as the Lead Managers on behalf of
the Underwriters shall have requested in writing not less than two full business days prior to the Closing Date. The Company agrees to make one or more global certificates evidencing the Securities available for inspection by the Lead Managers on
behalf of the Underwriters in New York, New York at least 24 hours prior to the Closing Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4. <U>Representations, Warranties and
Agreements of each of the Underwriters</U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Each Underwriter represents and agrees severally and not jointly, that (i)&nbsp;it has not
made or invited, and will not make or invite, an offer of the Securities or the Guarantees for issue or sale in Australia (including an offer or invitation which is received by a person in Australia), and (ii)&nbsp;it has not distributed or
published, and will not distribute or publish, the Prospectus or any other offering material or advertisement relating to the Securities or the Guarantees in Australia, unless the minimum aggregate consideration payable by each offeree is at least
A$500,000 (disregarding moneys lent by the offeror or its associates) or the offer otherwise does not require disclosure to investors in accordance with Part 6D.2 of the Corporations Act and such action complies with all applicable laws and
regulations. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Each Underwriter represents and agrees severally and not jointly that (i)&nbsp;it has only
communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the
&#147;FSMA&#148;)) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of the Securities in circumstances in which section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Company or the Guarantors; and (ii)&nbsp;it has complied and will comply with all
applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a &#147;Relevant
Member State&#148;), each Underwriter represents and agrees severally and not jointly, that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the &#147;Relevant Implementation
Date&#148;), it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities to the public in that Relevant Member State except that it may, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of Securities to the public in
that Relevant Member State at any time: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(i)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="13%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(ii)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">to fewer than 100, or, if the Relevant Member State has implemented the relevant provisions of the 2010 PD Amending Directive, 150, natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus
Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Lead Managers; or </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="13%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(iii)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">in any other circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive, </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">provided
that no such offer of the Securities referred to in (i)&nbsp;to (iii)&nbsp;above shall require the Company, the Guarantors or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For the purposes of this provision, the expression &#147;offer of the Securities to the
public&#148; in relation to any of the Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to
decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that member state by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression &#147;Prospectus Directive&#148; means Directive 2003/71/EC (and
amendments thereto, including the PD Amending Directive, to the extent implemented in the Relevant Member State), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State and the expression &#147;2010 PD Amending Directive&#148;
means Directive 2010/73/EU. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) Each of the Lead Managers agrees, severally and not jointly, that they will offer the Securities
(i)&nbsp;to at least 10&nbsp;persons, each of whom is carrying on a business of providing finance or investing or dealing in securities in the course of operating in financial markets, and is not known, or suspected, to be an associate (as defined
in section 128F(9) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 of Australia (the &#147;Australian Tax Act&#148;)) of any other persons to whom the offer is made by the relevant Lead Manager under this sub-paragraph (d)(i); or (ii)&nbsp;in such other
manner as which satisfies section 128F(3) of the Australian Tax Act. Such offers will be made within 30 days of the relevant Lead Manager being unconditionally obliged to offer the Securities for sale. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) Each Underwriter represents and warrants that it is and will be acting as a Underwriter in the course of carrying on a business of
providing finance, or investing or dealing in securities in the course of operating in financial markets. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) Each Underwriter represents
and agrees that, in connection with the primary distribution of the Securities, it will not (directly or indirectly) sell Securities to any person if, at the time of such sale, the employees of the Underwriter who are involved in making the offer,
effecting the sale or otherwise directly involved in the sale knew or had reasonable grounds to suspect that, as a result of such sale, any Securities (or an interest in any Securities) was being, or would be, acquired (directly or indirectly) by an
Offshore Associate (as defined below) other than in the capacity of a dealer, manager or underwriter in relation to the placement of those Securities or in the capacity of a clearing house, custodian, funds manager or responsible entity of an
Australian registered scheme. For the avoidance of doubt, if the relevant employees of an Underwriter do not know, or do not have reasonable grounds to suspect, that a person is an associate of the Company or one of the Guarantors, nothing in this
paragraph (f)&nbsp;obliges that Underwriter to make positive inquiries of that person to confirm that person is not an Offshore Associate. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In this paragraph, &#147;Offshore Associate&#148; means an associate (as defined in section 128F(9) of the Australian Tax Act) of the Company
or one of the Guarantors that is either a non-resident of Australia that does not acquire the Securities in carrying on a business at or through a permanent establishment in Australia, or a resident of Australia that acquires the Securities at or
through a permanent establishment outside Australia. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) Each Underwriter will provide to the Company, within 14 days of receipt of a request from the
Company, such information as is reasonably required for the purposes of assisting the Company to demonstrate (to the extent necessary) that the public offer test under section 128F of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 of Australia has been
satisfied, but no Underwriter is obliged to disclose the identity of the purchaser or potential purchaser of any Securities or any information from which such identity might or would be capable of being ascertained, or any information the disclosure
of which would be contrary to or prohibited by any relevant law, regulation or directive or any confidentiality agreement binding upon an Underwriter. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) Each Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company and the Lead Managers, it has not made and
will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute a &#147;free writing prospectus,&#148; as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission
other than one or more term sheets relating to the Securities that contain customary information not inconsistent in any material respect with the information set forth in Schedule II hereto. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5. <U>Conditions of Underwriters&#146; Obligations</U>. The several obligations of the Underwriters hereunder are subject to the following
conditions: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period
prescribed for such filing by the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and in accordance with Section&nbsp;6(a) hereof. If the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have become effective
by the date of this Agreement. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section&nbsp;8A under the Securities Act shall have
been initiated or threatened by the Commission. The Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of a Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required
by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with Section&nbsp;6(a) hereof. All requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to your reasonable satisfaction. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Prior to the Closing Date, </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="13%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(i)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any surveillance or review for a possible change which surveillance or review includes
an indication that the direction of such possible change will be negative, in the rating accorded any of the Guarantors&#146; or the Company&#146;s securities by Standard&nbsp;&amp; Poor&#146;s Inc. or Moody&#146;s Investors Services Inc.; and
</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="13%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(ii)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">there shall not have occurred any change, or any development which will involve a prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations, of the Guarantors and their
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, that, in the reasonable judgment of the Lead Managers, is material and adverse and that makes it, in the reasonable judgment of the Lead
Managers, impracticable to market the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="13%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(i)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by a Director of the Company, </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH="13%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(ii)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by an executive officer of Limited and </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="13%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(iii)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by an executive officer of Plc, </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">in each case
to the effect set forth in clause (b)(i) and (ii)&nbsp;above with respect to the Company&#146;s or the Guarantors&#146; securities, as applicable, and to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Company, Limited or Plc, as
applicable, contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date and that the Company, Limited or Plc, as applicable, has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or
satisfied on or before the Closing Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Director, officer or officers signing and delivering such certificates may rely upon the best
of his or their knowledge after reasonable inquiry. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Katherine
Kloeden, Manager-Group Legal of the Guarantors, dated the Closing Date, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) The
Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Christopher Edwards, Senior Manager-Group Legal of Plc, dated the Closing Date, in the form of Exhibit C hereto. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Sullivan&nbsp;&amp; Cromwell LLP, special English Counsel for Plc,
dated the Closing Date, in the form of Exhibit D hereto. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Greenwoods and
Freehills, special Australian taxation counsel for the Company and Limited, dated the Closing Date, in the form of Exhibit&nbsp;E hereto. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Sullivan&nbsp;&amp; Cromwell LLP, special United Kingdom taxation
counsel for the Company and the Guarantors, and an opinion of Sullivan&nbsp;&amp; Cromwell LLP, special United States taxation counsel for the Company, each dated the Closing Date, in the form of Exhibit F hereto. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion and letter of Sullivan&nbsp;&amp; Cromwell, special United States
counsel for the Company and the Guarantors, dated the Closing Date, in the form of Exhibit&nbsp;G hereto. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j) The Underwriters shall have
received on the Closing Date an opinion of Sidley Austin, United States counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lead Managers.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k) On the date hereof, KPMG and KPMG Audit Plc, each independent registered accounting firms for the BHP Billiton Group, shall have
furnished to the Underwriters a letter, dated the date hereof, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lead Managers, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants&#146; &#147;comfort letters&#148; to
underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l) On the Closing Date, KPMG and KPMG Audit Plc shall have furnished to the Underwriters a letter, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that
they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to paragraph (k)&nbsp;of this Section, except that the &#147;cut-off&#148; date referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to the Closing Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m) The Indenture shall have been duly executed and delivered by each of the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, the Securities shall have
been duly executed and delivered by the Company, the Guarantees shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Guarantors and the Securities shall have been duly authenticated by the Trustee. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(n) The issue and sale of the Securities shall not violate the provisions of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or the Guarantors. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(o) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement there shall not have occurred any
of the following: (i)&nbsp;trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the over-the-counter market shall have been suspended or materially limited, or minimum prices shall have been established on
any such exchange or market by the Commission, by any such exchange or by any other regulatory body or governmental authority having jurisdiction, or trading in any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market shall
have been suspended or (ii)&nbsp;a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by U.S. federal or New York state authorities or (iii)&nbsp;an outbreak or escalation of hostilities or a declaration by the United
States of a national emergency or war or (iv)&nbsp;a material adverse change in general economic, political or financial conditions (or the effect of international conditions on the financial markets in the United States shall be such) the effect of
which, in the case of clauses (iii)&nbsp;and (iv), is, in the judgment of the Lead Managers, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the sale or the delivery of the Securities on the
terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and in the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">6.
<U>Further Agreements of each of the Company and the Guarantors</U>. In further consideration of the agreements of the Underwriters herein contained, each of the Company and the Guarantors covenants as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved (orally or in writing) by you and to file it pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b) under the Securities
Act not later than the Commission&#146;s close of business on the second day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement or, if applicable, such other time as may be required by Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act; to make no
further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or Prospectus prior to the Time of Delivery which shall be disapproved by you promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise you, promptly after it
receives notice thereof, of the time when the Registration Statement, or any amendment thereto, has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed and to furnish you with copies thereof;
to file promptly all reports required to be filed by Limited and Plc with the Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus
is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities; to advise you, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary
prospectus or Prospectus, of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the
amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any
preliminary prospectus or Prospectus or suspending any such qualification, to use promptly its best efforts to obtain its withdrawal. The Company and the Guarantors will pay the registration fees for this offering within the time period required by
Rule 456(b)(i) under the Securities Act prior to the Closing Date. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Each of the Company and the Guarantors has complied and will comply with Rule 433. Each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied in all material respects with Rule 433 and has been, or will be, filed to the extent required in accordance with such rule. Each of the Company and the Guarantors represents and agrees that, unless it obtains
the prior consent of the Lead Managers, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute a &#147;free writing prospectus,&#148; as
defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Company shall file
a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or give irrevocable
instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the Securities Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) To furnish to each of the Underwriters,
without charge, two copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and, during the period mentioned in paragraph (f)&nbsp;below, as many copies of the Prospectus (and any supplements and amendments thereto) and any documents
incorporated by reference therein or to the Registration Statement as the Underwriters may reasonably request. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) Before preparing,
using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company will furnish to the Lead Managers a copy of the
proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review and will not use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Lead Managers
reasonably objects. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) If, during such period after the first date of the public offering of the Securities as in the opinion of counsel
for the Underwriters the Prospectus is (or but for the exemption in Rule 172 under the Securities Act would be required by law to be) delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall occur as a result of which it is
necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not
misleading, or if it is necessary to the Time of Sale Information or amend or supplement the Time of Sale Information or the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus to comply with law, forthwith to prepare and, subject to paragraph
(e)&nbsp;above, file with the Commission (to the extent required), and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses the Lead Managers will furnish to the Company and the Guarantors) to which
Securities may have been sold by the Underwriters and to any other dealers upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus so that the statements in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus as
so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, as so amended or supplemented, as the case may be, will
comply with law. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) To endeavor to qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky
laws of such jurisdictions as the Lead Managers shall reasonably request (provided that in connection therewith none of the Company and the Guarantors shall be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of
process in any jurisdiction) and to pay all expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) in connection with such qualification and in connection with (i)&nbsp;the determination of the eligibility of the Securities for investment under the
laws of such jurisdictions as the Lead Managers may designate and (ii)&nbsp;any review of the offering of the Securities by FINRA. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) As
soon as practicable to make generally available to the Security holders and to deliver to the Underwriters an earning statement of each of Limited and Plc (which need not be audited) complying with Section&nbsp;11(a) of the Securities Act and the
Rules and Regulations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) Prior to the Closing Date, not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of: </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH="13%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(i)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">any debt securities (including, without limitation, any guarantee of debt securities) of the Guarantors or any subsidiary of the Guarantors; </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH="13%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(ii)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">warrants to purchase debt securities of the Guarantors or any subsidiary of the Guarantors substantially similar to the Securities </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(other than (i)&nbsp;the Securities and (ii)&nbsp;commercial paper issued in the ordinary course of business), in each case in the United
States or Europe or to any resident of the United States or the European Economic Area (including corporations and other entities organized under the laws of the United States or any member state of the European Economic Area but not including a
permanent establishment of such corporations or other entity located outside the United States and the European Economic Area), without the Lead Managers&#146; prior written consent. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j) Whether or not any sale of Securities is consummated, to pay all expenses incident to the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including: (i)&nbsp;the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information (to the extent required) and the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements thereto
(including the Commission&#146;s registration fee), (ii)&nbsp;the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Securities and the Guarantees, (iii)&nbsp;the fees and disbursements of the Company&#146;s and the Guarantors&#146; various counsel,
including their United States, United Kingdom and Australian counsel, each of their auditors and the auditors of the combined BHP Billiton Group, (iv)&nbsp;the fees and disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel, (v)&nbsp;the printing and delivery
to the Underwriters in quantities as herein above stated of copies of the Registration Statement and all amendments thereto and of the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, (vi)&nbsp;any fees charged
by rating agencies for the rating of the Securities, (vii)&nbsp;fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification of the Securities and Guarantees under the securities laws or blue sky laws of any states of the United
States, (viii)&nbsp;reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with the roadshows to market the Securities, and (ix)&nbsp;reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, provided that the Underwriters shall be responsible for the fees and expenses of Sidley Austin. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k) In connection with the
offering of the Securities, until the Lead Managers on behalf of the Underwriters shall have notified the Company of the completion of the distribution of the Securities, not to, and to cause its affiliated purchasers (as defined in Regulation M
under the Exchange Act) not to, either alone or with one or more other persons, bid for or purchase, for any account in which it or any of its affiliated purchasers has a beneficial interest, any Securities, or attempt to induce any person to
purchase any Securities; and not to, and to cause its affiliated purchasers not to, make bids or purchase for the purpose of creating actual, or apparent, active trading in or of raising the price of the Securities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l) To apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as set forth in the Time of Sale Information, Registration Statement and the
Prospectus under the heading &#147;Use of Proceeds&#148;. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m) The Company and the Guarantors will, pursuant to reasonable procedures
developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">7. <U>Indemnification and Contribution</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Each of the Company and the Guarantors jointly and severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its officers,
directors and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of either Section&nbsp;15 of the Securities Act or Section&nbsp;20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities, joint
or several (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by any Underwriter, officer, director or any such controlling person in connection with defending or investigating or preparing to defend against or appearing
as a third party witness in connection with any such action or claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus, any
Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities were caused by any such untrue statement or omission of a material fact or alleged
untrue statement or omission to state therein a material fact based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Lead Managers expressly for use therein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless each of the Company and the Guarantors and their
respective directors, officers and authorized representatives who sign the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Guarantors within the meaning of either Section&nbsp;15 of the Securities Act or
Section&nbsp;20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and the Guarantors to such Underwriter, but only with reference to information set forth in Section&nbsp;16 of this Agreement relating to such
Underwriter, furnished to the Company or the Guarantors in writing by such Underwriter through the Lead Managers expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, Time of Sale Information, the Prospectus or any
amendments or supplements thereto. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted
involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to either clause (a)&nbsp;or (b)&nbsp;above, such person (the &#147;indemnified party&#148;) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the
&#147;indemnifying party&#148;) in writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying
party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of
such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i)&nbsp;the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel, or (ii)&nbsp;the named parties to any such proceeding
(including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is
understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one
separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all such indemnified parties and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by the Lead Managers, in the case of parties
indemnified pursuant to clause (b)&nbsp;above, and by the Company or the Guarantors, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to clause (a)&nbsp;above. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected
without its written consent, such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any
loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as
contemplated by this clause (c), the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i)&nbsp;such settlement is entered into more than 60 days after receipt by such
indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii)&nbsp;such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior
written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party,
unless such settlement (i)&nbsp;includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding; and (ii)&nbsp;does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault,
culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The obligations of the Company, the Guarantors and the
Underwriters in this Section&nbsp;7 are in addition to any other liability that the Company, the Guarantors and the Underwriters, as the case may be, may otherwise have, including in respect of any breaches of representations, warranties and
agreements made herein by any such party. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) If the indemnification provided for in clause (a)&nbsp;or (b)&nbsp;above is unavailable to
an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, or action in respect thereof, referred to therein, then each indemnifying party under such clause, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party
thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i)&nbsp;in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on
the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Securities or (ii)&nbsp;if the allocation provided by clause (i)&nbsp;above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the
relative benefits referred to in clause (i)&nbsp;above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in
connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of the Securities (before deducting expenses) received by or on behalf of the Company and the total
underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate public offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company and the
Guarantors on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material
fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Guarantors or by the Underwriters and the parties&#146; relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The
Underwriters&#146; respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section&nbsp;7 are several in proportion to the respective principal amounts of Securities they have purchased hereunder, and not joint. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) The Company, the Guarantors and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just or equitable
if contribution pursuant to this Section&nbsp;7 were determined by pro-rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable
considerations referred to in clause (e)&nbsp;above. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities, or action in respect thereof, referred to in clause (e)&nbsp;above shall be deemed to
include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section&nbsp;7, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any
damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section&nbsp;11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section&nbsp;7 are not exclusive and shall
not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">8. <U>Submission to Jurisdiction; Appointment of Process Agent</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees that any legal suit, action or proceeding brought by any Underwriter or any person
controlling any Underwriter arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in any U.S. federal or state court sitting in New York City and irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction
of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding. Each of the Company and the Guarantors irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit,
action or proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees that a final judgment in any such
suit, action or proceeding shall be conclusive and binding upon itself and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. The parties hereto each hereby waive any right to trial by jury in any
action, proceeding or counterclaim arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Each of the Company and the Guarantors has irrevocably appointed CT Corporation, 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10011, as its agent (the &#147;Process
Agent&#148;) to accept and acknowledge, on behalf of the Company or the Guarantors, as applicable, service of copies of the summons and complaint and any other process which may be served in any such suit, action or proceeding brought and shall
deliver to the Lead Managers written evidence satisfactory to the Lead Managers that the Process Agent has been duly empowered to so act. Each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees that service of process upon the Process Agent and written notice
of said process mailed or delivered to the Company, Limited or Plc, as the case may be, to the address provided in Section&nbsp;15 shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company, Limited or Plc, as the case may be, in
any such suit, action or proceeding and shall be taken and held to be valid personal service upon the Company, Limited or Plc, as the case may be. Each of the Company and the Guarantors agree to take all action as may be necessary to continue the
appointment of CT Corporation as Process Agent in full force and effect. Each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees to have at all times a Process Agent for the above purposes in New York City and to irrevocably appoint promptly another Process
Agent satisfactory to the Lead Managers (and to deliver to the Lead Managers written evidence satisfactory to the Lead Managers of such appointment) if CT Corporation shall cease to act as Process Agent for the Company, Limited or Plc, as
applicable. Nothing herein shall affect the right of any Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter to serve process in any manner permitted by law or limit the right of any Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter to bring
proceedings against the Company, Limited or Plc in the courts of any jurisdiction or jurisdictions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Each of the Company and the
Guarantors agrees that any amount required to be paid by the Company or the Guarantors hereunder shall be payable in U.S. dollars and its obligation to make any such payment shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, or any recovery
pursuant to any judgment in any other currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the full amount of U.S. dollars expressed to be payable being received. The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors to make U.S.
dollar payments shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of recovery in U.S. dollars of the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of U.S. dollars expressed to be
payable. Each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees that, if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any proceeding relating to its obligations hereunder, it is necessary to convert a sum payable by the Company or the Guarantors in U.S. dollars,
the rate of exchange used shall be the noon buying rate in New York City for cable transfers in foreign currencies as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for the business day immediately preceding that on which
final judgment is given. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">9. <U>Effectiveness and Termination</U>. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution
of this Agreement. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be terminated by the Underwriters by notice given by the Lead Managers on behalf of the Underwriters to and received by the Company and the Guarantors prior to delivery of and
payment for the Securities if, prior to that time, any of the events described in Sections 5(b)(i), 5(b)(ii), 5(n) or 5(o) in this Agreement shall have occurred and be continuing. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">10. <U>Defaulting Underwriters</U>. If, on the Closing Date, any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities
that it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate principal amount of Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate
principal amount of the Securities to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated severally in the proportions that the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I bears to the
principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as the Lead Managers may specify, to purchase the Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed
but failed or refused to purchase on such date; provided that in no event shall the principal amount of Securities that any Underwriter has agreed to purchase pursuant to this Agreement be increased pursuant to this Section&nbsp;10 by an amount in
excess of one-ninth of such principal amount of Securities without the written consent of such Underwriter. If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter or underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities and the aggregate principal amount of
Securities with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased on such date, and arrangements satisfactory to the Lead Managers and the Company for the purchase of such
Securities are not made within 36&nbsp;hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company or the Guarantors. In any such case either the Lead Managers or the
Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement and in the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be
effected. Any action taken under this Section&nbsp;10 shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">11. <U>Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement</U>. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters, the
Company, Limited, Plc and their respective successors. This Agreement and the terms and provisions hereof are for the sole benefit of only those persons, except as provided in Section&nbsp;7 with respect to affiliates, officers, directors,
employees, representatives, agents and controlling persons of the Company, the Guarantors and the Underwriters. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, other than the persons referred to in this
Section&nbsp;11, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">12. <U>Underwriters&#146; Expenses</U>. If this Agreement shall be terminated by the
Underwriters, or any of them, because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company or any of the Guarantors to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or if for any reason the Company or any of the
Guarantors shall be unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Company will pay all expenses as set forth in Section&nbsp;6(j), including reimbursement of the Underwriters or such Underwriters as have so terminated this Agreement
with respect to themselves, severally, of all out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or the offering contemplated hereunder. Each of the Guarantors agrees, jointly and severally, to make on
behalf of the Company any payments required to be made but not made by the Company to the Underwriters pursuant to this Section&nbsp;12. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">13. <U>GST</U>. If Australian Goods and Services Tax (&#147;GST&#148;) is payable on a taxable supply (as defined in Section&nbsp;195-1 of the
A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (C&#146;th) (the &#147;GST Act&#148;)) under this Agreement, the party receiving that taxable supply shall, in addition to the amounts or other consideration otherwise to be provided under this
Agreement, pay to the party making the taxable supply the amount of the GST for which the party making the taxable supply is liable in respect of that taxable supply. Where the Company is required under this Agreement to reimburse the Underwriters
for an expense incurred by the Underwriters to a third party, the amount of that reimbursement shall be reduced by the input tax credit (as defined by Section&nbsp;195-1 of the GST Act) to which the Underwriters are entitled in respect of an
acquisition to which the expense relates. An Underwriter may also recover any GST for which it becomes liable as a result of the receipt of such reimbursement. If GST is payable on a taxable supply, then the party paying for that taxable supply is
not required to pay any amount in respect of that taxable supply unless it has first received a tax invoice (as defined by Section&nbsp;195-1 of the GST Act) for that taxable supply. If a party (for the avoidance of doubt, including any of the
Underwriters) is or becomes a member of a GST Group (as defined in Section&nbsp;195-1 of the GST Act), references in this Section&nbsp;13 to an amount of GST to which a party making a taxable supply or receiving a reimbursement is liable, or to an
input tax credit to which the Underwriters are entitled, include an amount of GST, or an input tax credit to which the Representative Member (as defined in Section&nbsp;195-1 of the GST Act) of the relevant GST Group is liable, or is entitled, as
the case may be. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">14. <U>Survival</U>. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of
the Company, the Guarantors and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company, the Guarantors or the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the
delivery of and payment for the Securities and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any of Company, the Guarantors or the Underwriters or
any of their respective affiliates, officers, directors, employees, representatives, agents or controlling persons. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">15. <U>Notices, etc</U>. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in
writing, and: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) if to the Underwriters, shall be delivered or sent by mail or telecopy transmission to: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) Barclays Capital Inc., Attention: Syndicate Registration (fax no. +1 646 834 8133); </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) Goldman, Sachs&nbsp;&amp; Co., Attention: Registration Department (fax no. +1 212 902 9316); </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Attention: High Grade Syndicate Desk (fax no. +1 212 834 6081). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) if to the Company, shall be delivered or sent by mail or telecopy transmission to 171 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
(telecopier no.(61-3) 9609-3015); </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) if to Limited, shall be delivered or sent by mail or telecopy transmission to 171 Collins Street,
Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia (telecopier no. (61-3) 9609-3015); or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) if to Plc, shall be delivered or sent by mail or telecopy
transmission to Neathouse Place, Victoria, London SW1V 1BH, United Kingdom (telecopier no. (44 20) 7802 4111); </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any such statements,
requests, notices or agreements shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof. The Company shall be entitled to act and rely upon any request, consent, notice or agreement given or made on behalf of the Underwriters by the Lead Managers. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">16. <U>Underwriters&#146; Information</U>. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Underwriters&#146; information consists solely of
the following information in the Prospectus Supplement, dated the date hereof: (a)&nbsp;the last paragraph on the front cover page concerning the terms of the offering by the Underwriters and (b)&nbsp;the statements concerning the Underwriters
contained in the (i)&nbsp;the first paragraph, (ii)&nbsp;the second sentence in the third paragraph and (iii)&nbsp;the last paragraph under the sub-heading &#147;Underwriting&nbsp;-&nbsp;The Distribution&#148;. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">17. <U>Governing Law</U>. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, provided that
all matters governing the authorization and execution of this Agreement by the Company and Limited shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia and, provided further, that all matters governing the authorization and execution of
this Agreement by Plc shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">18. <U>USA Patriot Act</U>. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III
of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October&nbsp;26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of
their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow&nbsp;the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">19. <U>Counterparts</U>. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by telecopier)
and, if executed in more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">20. <U>Amendments</U>. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall
in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">21. <U>Headings</U>. The headings herein
are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and
return to us a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument will become a binding agreement between the Company and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Very truly yours,</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Nigel Chadwick</P></TD></TR>
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Treasurer</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Nigel Chadwick</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Name: Nigel Chadwick</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Title: Group
Treasurer</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Nigel Chadwick</P></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Accepted as of the date hereof on behalf of itself and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">each of the several Underwriters by: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Pamela Kendall</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Authorized Signatory</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000">Principal&nbsp;Amount&nbsp;of<br>2.050% Fixed Rate<br>Securities due 2018</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Barclays Capital Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">125,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">375,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Goldman, Sachs&nbsp;&amp; Co.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">125,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">375,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">J.P. Morgan Securities LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">125,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">375,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">ANZ Securities, Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BBVA Securities Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Banca IMI S.p.A.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BNP Paribas Securities Corp.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">CIBC World Markets Corp.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Citigroup Global Markets Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">ING Financial Markets LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Lloyds Securities Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith Incorporated</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mizuho Securities USA Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">nabSecurities, LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">RBC Capital Markets, LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">RBS Securities Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Santander Investment Securities Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SG Americas Securities, LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Limited</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Standard Chartered Bank</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">TD Securities (USA) LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">UBS Securities LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">UniCredit Capital Markets LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">500,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1,500,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Barclays Capital Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">625,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">125,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Goldman, Sachs&nbsp;&amp; Co.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">625,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">125,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">J.P. Morgan Securities LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">625,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">125,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">ANZ Securities, Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BBVA Securities Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Banca IMI S.p.A.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BNP Paribas Securities Corp.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">CIBC World Markets Corp.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Citigroup Global Markets Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">ING Financial Markets LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Lloyds Securities Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith Incorporated</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mizuho Securities USA Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">nabSecurities, LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">RBC Capital Markets, LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">RBS Securities Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Santander Investment Securities Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SG Americas Securities, LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Limited</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Standard Chartered Bank</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">TD Securities (USA) LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">UBS Securities LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">UniCredit Capital Markets LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">25,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:2.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Total</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2,500,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">500,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Title of Securities:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2.050% Senior Fixed Rate Securities due 2018</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>3.850% Senior Fixed Rate Securities due 2023</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Aggregate Principal Amount:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$500,000,000</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$1,500,000,000</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Price to Public:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">99.854% of face amount</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">99.877% of face amount</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Purchase Price by the Underwriters:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">99.504% of face amount</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">99.427% of face amount</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Maturity:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">September 30, 2018</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">September 30, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Coupon:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">2.050%</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">3.850%</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Interest Payment Dates:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">March 30 and September 30 commencing March 30, 2014</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">March 30 and September 30 commencing March 30, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Settlement:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">September 30, 2013 (T+3)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">September 30, 2013 (T+3)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Title of Securities:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>5.000% Senior Fixed Rate Securities due 2043</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Senior Floating Rate Securities due 2016</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Aggregate Principal Amount:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$2,500,000,000</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$500,000,000</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">99.985% of face amount</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">100% of face amount</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">99.110% of face amount</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">99.750% of face amount</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Maturity:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">September 30, 2043</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">September 30, 2016</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Coupon:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">5.000%</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">3 month USD LIBOR plus the Spread</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Interest Payment Dates:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">March 30 and September 30 commencing March 30, 2014</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">March 30, June 30, September 30 and December 30 of each year, commencing on December 30, 2013</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">September 30, 2013 (T+3)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">September 30, 2013 (T+3)</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Term Sheets for the Securities attached hereto </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-183951 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>September&nbsp;25, 2013 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pricing Details on BHP Billiton Senior 2.050% Fixed Rate Notes due 2018 </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Issuer:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">BHP Billiton Finance (USA) Limited</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Guarantors:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">BHP Billiton Plc and BHP Billiton Limited</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Security:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">2.050% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2018 (the &#147;2018 Notes&#148;)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Format:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">SEC Registered</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Principal Amount:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">US$500,000,000</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Denomination:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">The 2018 Notes will be issued in denominations of US$2,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Pricing Date:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">September 25, 2013</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Settlement Date:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">September 30, 2013</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Maturity Date:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">September 30, 2018</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Interest Payment Dates:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">March&nbsp;30 and September 30 of each year, commencing on March&nbsp;30, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Make-Whole Call</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">At any time at a discount rate of Treasury plus 15 basis points</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Public Offering Price:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Per Note: 99.854%. Total: US$499,270,000</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Proceeds to Issuer:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">US$497,520,000</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Treasury Benchmark:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">1.500% due August 31, 2018</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Treasury Benchmark Price and Yield:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">100-18 / 1.381%</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Spread to Benchmark Treasury:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">70 bps</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Re-offer Yield:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">2.081%</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Coupon:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">2.050%</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Ranking:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">The 2018 Notes are unsecured and will rank equally with all of the Issuer&#146;s other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Use of Proceeds:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">General corporate purposes</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Joint Active Book-Running Managers:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Barclays Capital Inc.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Goldman, Sachs &amp;
Co.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">J.P. Morgan Securities LLC</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>CUSIP:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">055451 AT5</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>ISIN:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">US055451AT54</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this
communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these
documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling Barclays Capital
Inc. toll free on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-888-603-5847</FONT></FONT></FONT> or emailing barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com / or calling Goldman, Sachs&nbsp;&amp; Co. on <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-866-471-2526</FONT></FONT></FONT> or emailing prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com / or calling J.P. Morgan Securities LLC on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-212-834-4533.</FONT></FONT></FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-183951 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pricing Details on BHP Billiton Senior 3.850% Fixed Rate Notes due 2023 </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Issuer:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">BHP Billiton Finance (USA) Limited</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Guarantors:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">BHP Billiton Plc and BHP Billiton Limited</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Security:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">3.850% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2023 (the &#147;2023 Notes&#148;)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Format:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">SEC Registered</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Principal Amount:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">US$1,500,000,000</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Denomination:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">The 2023 Notes will be issued in denominations of US$2,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Pricing Date:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">September 25, 2013</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Settlement Date:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">September 30, 2013</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Maturity Date:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">September 30, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Interest Payment Dates:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">March 30 and September 30 of each year, commencing on March 30, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Make-Whole Call</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">At any time at a discount rate of Treasury plus 20 basis points</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Public Offering Price:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Per Note: 99.877%. Total: $1,498,155,000</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Proceeds to Issuer:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">US$1,491,405,000</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Treasury Benchmark:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">2.500% due August 15, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Treasury Benchmark Price and Yield:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">99-00 / 2.615%</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Spread to Benchmark Treasury:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">125 bps</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Re-offer Yield:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">3.865%</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Coupon:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">3.850%</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Ranking:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">The 2023 Notes are unsecured and will rank equally with all of the Issuer&#146;s other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Use of Proceeds:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">General corporate purposes</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Joint Active Book-Running Managers:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Barclays Capital Inc.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Goldman, Sachs &amp;
Co.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">J.P. Morgan Securities LLC</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>CUSIP:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">055451 AU2</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>ISIN:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">US055451AU28</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this
communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these
documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling Barclays Capital
Inc. toll free on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-888-603-5847</FONT></FONT></FONT> or emailing barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com / or calling Goldman, Sachs&nbsp;&amp; Co. on <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-866-471-2526</FONT></FONT></FONT> or emailing prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com / or calling J.P. Morgan Securities LLC on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-212-834-4533.</FONT></FONT></FONT> </B></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Filed pursuant to Rule 433 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-183951 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>September&nbsp;25, 2013 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pricing Details on BHP Billiton Senior 5.000% Fixed Rate Notes due 2043 </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Issuer:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">BHP Billiton Finance (USA) Limited</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Guarantors:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">BHP Billiton Plc and BHP Billiton Limited</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Security:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">5.000% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2043 (the &#147;2043 Notes&#148;)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Format:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">SEC Registered</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Principal Amount:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">US$2,500,000,000</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Denomination:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">The 2043 Notes will be issued in denominations of US$2,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Pricing Date:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">September 25, 2013</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Settlement Date:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">September 30, 2013</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Maturity Date:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">September 30, 2043</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Interest Payment Dates:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">March 30 and September 30 of each year, commencing on March 30, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Make-Whole Call</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">At any time at a discount rate of Treasury plus 20 basis points</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Public Offering Price:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Per Note: 99.985%. Total: $2,499,625,000</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Proceeds to Issuer:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">US$2,477,750,000</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Treasury Benchmark:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">2.875% due May 15, 2043</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Treasury Benchmark Price and Yield:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">85-6+ / 3.701%</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Spread to Benchmark Treasury:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">130 bps</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Re-offer Yield:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">5.001%</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Coupon:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">5.000%</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Ranking:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">The 2043 Notes are unsecured and will rank equally with all of the Issuer&#146;s other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Use of Proceeds:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">General corporate purposes</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Joint Active Book-Running Managers:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Barclays Capital Inc.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Goldman, Sachs &amp;
Co.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">J.P. Morgan Securities LLC</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>CUSIP:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">055451 AV0</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>ISIN:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">US055451AV01</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this
communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these
documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling Barclays Capital
Inc. toll free on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-888-603-5847</FONT></FONT></FONT> or emailing barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com / or calling Goldman, Sachs&nbsp;&amp; Co. on <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-866-471-2526</FONT></FONT></FONT> or emailing prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com / or calling J.P. Morgan Securities LLC on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-212-834-4533.</FONT></FONT> </B></P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">A-4 </P>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Filed pursuant to Rule 433 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-183951 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>September&nbsp;25, 2013 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pricing Details on BHP Billiton Senior Floating Rate Notes due 2016 </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Issuer:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">BHP Billiton Finance (USA) Limited</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Guarantors:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">BHP Billiton Plc and BHP Billiton Limited</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Security:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Guaranteed Senior Floating Rate Notes due 2016 (the &#147;2016 Notes&#148;)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Format:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">SEC Registered</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Principal Amount:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">US$500,000,000</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Denomination:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">The 2016 Notes will be issued in denominations of US$2,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Pricing Date:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">September 25, 2013</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Settlement Date:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">September 30, 2013</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Maturity Date:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">September 30, 2016</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Interest Payment and Reset Dates:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">March 30, June 30, September 30 and December 30 of each year, commencing on December 30, 2013</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Public Offering Price:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Per Note: 100%. Total: $500,000,000</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Proceeds to Issuer:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">US$498,750,000</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Coupon:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">3 month USD LIBOR plus the Spread (set out below)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">25 bps</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Ranking:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">The 2016 Notes are unsecured and will rank equally with all of the Issuer&#146;s other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Use of Proceeds:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">General corporate purposes</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Joint Active Book-Running Managers:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Barclays Capital Inc.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Goldman, Sachs &amp;
Co.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">J.P. Morgan Securities LLC</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>CUSIP:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">055451 AS7</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>ISIN:</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">US055451AS71</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this
communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these
documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling Barclays Capital
Inc. toll free on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-888-603-5847</FONT></FONT></FONT> or emailing barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com / or calling Goldman, Sachs&nbsp;&amp; Co. on <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-866-471-2526</FONT></FONT></FONT> or emailing prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com / or calling J.P. Morgan Securities LLC on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-212-834-4533.</FONT></FONT></FONT> </B></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 99.1 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BHP BILLITON FINANCE (USA) LIMITED </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BHP BILLITON LIMITED </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BHP
BILLITON PLC </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>301 Certificate </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned officer of BHP Billiton Finance (USA) Limited, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia
(the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), and each of the undersigned officers of BHP Billiton Limited, an Australian corporation, and BHP Billiton Plc, an English public company (collectively, the &#147;<U>Guarantors</U>&#148;), do each hereby certify
pursuant to Sections&nbsp;102, 201 and 301 of the Indenture (the &#147;<U>Indenture</U>&#148;), dated as of April&nbsp;17, 2003, among the Company, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon, as successor trustee (the
&#147;<U>Trustee</U>&#148;), that there is hereby established a series of Securities (as that term is defined in the Indenture), the terms of which shall be as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) The title of the Securities shall be the 2.050% Senior Notes due 2018 (the &#147;<U>Notes</U>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) Subject to item 12 below, the limit to the initial aggregate principal amount of the Notes which may be authenticated and
delivered under the Indenture pursuant to this Certificate is US$500,000,000. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) Subject to the provisions of
Section&nbsp;307 of the Indenture, interest shall be payable to the Person in whose name a Note (or any predecessor Note) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date next preceding the Interest Payment Date in respect of such
Note. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(4) The principal amount of the Notes shall be payable in full on September 30, 2018 subject to and in accordance
with the provisions of the Indenture, subject to optional tax redemption as set forth in Sections 1101 and 1108 of the Indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(5) The Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 2.050% per annum from the date of issuance or from the most recent Interest
Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable semi-annually in arrears on March 30 and September&nbsp;30 of each year (each, an &#147;<U>Interest Payment Date</U>&#148;), commencing March 30, 2014, until the principal
amount of the Notes has been paid or duly provided for. If any Interest Payment Date falls on a date that is not a Business Day, interest will be paid on the next Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Interest Payment Date.
March 15 and September&nbsp;15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding an Interest Payment Date, shall be the &#147;Regular Record Date&#148; for interest payable on such Interest Payment Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(6) Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be made at the office or agency of the
Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; <I>provided</I>,<I>
however</I>, that at the option of the Company payment of any interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register. The Notes may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange, and notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be served, in each case at the office or agency of the Company maintained for those purposes in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(7) The Notes shall not be redeemable by the Company prior to their Stated
Maturity, except as provided in Sections&nbsp;1101 and 1108 of the Indenture. For the purposes of redemption pursuant to Section&nbsp;1108, the specified date is September 30, 2013. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(8) The Company shall not be obligated to redeem or purchase the Notes pursuant to a sinking fund or analogous provisions or at
the option of the Holder thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(9) The Notes shall be issuable in minimum denominations of US$2,000 and in integral
multiples of US$1,000. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(10) The Notes shall be defeasible as provided by Article Thirteen of the Indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(11) The Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities and shall be substantially in the form attached
hereto as Annex&nbsp;A. The depositary for the Global Securities representing the Notes shall be The Depository Trust Company (the &#147;<U>Depositary</U>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(12) The Company may from time to time or at any time, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, create and issue
additional Securities with terms and conditions identical to those of the Notes, which additional Securities shall increase the aggregate principal amount of, and shall be consolidated and form a single series with, the Notes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(13) The Notes shall be entitled to the benefits of Section&nbsp;205 of the Indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(14) The Guarantees shall be in the form included in Annex&nbsp;A attached hereto. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(15) Each of the undersigned certifies that he has read the Indenture, including the provisions of Sections 102, 201, 205, 301
and 303 and the definitions relating thereto, the specimen form of Notes and Guarantee attached hereto as Annexure&nbsp;A, and the Board Resolutions adopted by the Boards of Directors (including committees thereof) of the Company and the Guarantors
adopted in accordance with Section&nbsp;301 of the Indenture. In the opinion of each of the undersigned, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not all conditions
precedent provided in the Indenture relating to the issuance of the Notes and the endorsement of the Guarantee thereon, and the authentication and delivery by the Trustee of the Notes and the Guarantee, have been complied with. In the opinion of
each of the undersigned, all such conditions precedent have been complied with. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(16) The address of the Company and BHP Billiton Limited for purposes of
Section&nbsp;105 of the Indenture is 171 Collins Street, Melbourne Victoria 3000, Australia, Telephone: +61 1300 554 757, Facsimile: +613 9609 3015. The address of BHP Billiton Plc for purposes of Section&nbsp;105 of the Indenture is Neathouse
Place, Victoria, London SWIV 1BH, United Kingdom, Telephone: +44 20 7802 4000, Facsimile: +44 20 7802 4111. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(17) For
purposes of the Notes, all references to &#147;UK GAAP&#148; in the Indenture shall be deemed to mean International Financial Reporting Standards, as adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board, as at any date of any computation, or such
other accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United Kingdom as of any such date, and as applied by the Company and/or either Guarantor, as the case may be. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(18) For the avoidance of doubt, the references to &#147;such Liens&#148; in the second paragraph of Section&nbsp;1008 of the
Indenture do not include Permitted Liens. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All terms used in this Officers&#146; Certificate which are defined in the Indenture or the
Notes shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture and the Notes, respectively. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have signed this Officers&#146; Certificate. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dated: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2013 </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>BHP BILLITON FINANCE (USA) LIMITED</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>BHP BILLITON LIMITED</B></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 99.2 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BHP BILLITON FINANCE (USA) LIMITED </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BHP BILLITON LIMITED </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BHP
BILLITON PLC </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>301 Certificate </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned officer of BHP Billiton Finance (USA) Limited, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia
(the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), and each of the undersigned officers of BHP Billiton Limited, an Australian corporation, and BHP Billiton Plc, an English public company (collectively, the &#147;<U>Guarantors</U>&#148;), do each hereby certify
pursuant to Sections&nbsp;102, 201 and 301 of the Indenture (the &#147;<U>Indenture</U>&#148;), dated as of April&nbsp;17, 2003, among the Company, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon, as successor trustee (the
&#147;<U>Trustee</U>&#148;), that there is hereby established a series of Securities (as that term is defined in the Indenture), the terms of which shall be as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) The title of the Securities shall be the 3.850% Senior Notes due 2023 (the &#147;<U>Notes</U>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) Subject to item 12 below, the limit to the initial aggregate principal amount of the Notes which may be authenticated and
delivered under the Indenture pursuant to this Certificate is US$1,500,000,000. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) Subject to the provisions of
Section&nbsp;307 of the Indenture, interest shall be payable to the Person in whose name a Note (or any predecessor Note) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date next preceding the Interest Payment Date in respect of such
Note. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(4) The principal amount of the Notes shall be payable in full on September 30, 2023 subject to and in accordance
with the provisions of the Indenture, subject to optional tax redemption as set forth in Sections 1101 and 1108 of the Indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(5) The Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 3.850% per annum from the date of issuance or from the most recent Interest
Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable semi-annually in arrears on March 30 and September&nbsp;30 of each year (each, an &#147;<U>Interest Payment Date</U>&#148;), commencing March 30, 2014, until the principal
amount of the Notes has been paid or duly provided for. If any Interest Payment Date falls on a date that is not a Business Day, interest will be paid on the next Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Interest Payment Date.
March 15 and September&nbsp;15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding an Interest Payment Date, shall be the &#147;Regular Record Date&#148; for interest payable on such Interest Payment Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(6) Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be made at the office or agency of the
Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; <I>provided</I>,<I>
however</I>, that at the option of the Company payment of any interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register. The Notes may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange, and notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be served, in each case at the office or agency of the Company maintained for those purposes in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(7) The Notes shall not be redeemable by the Company prior to their Stated
Maturity, except as provided in Sections&nbsp;1101 and 1108 of the Indenture. For the purposes of redemption pursuant to Section&nbsp;1108, the specified date is September 30, 2013. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(8) The Company shall not be obligated to redeem or purchase the Notes pursuant to a sinking fund or analogous provisions or at
the option of the Holder thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(9) The Notes shall be issuable in minimum denominations of US$2,000 and in integral
multiples of US$1,000. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(10) The Notes shall be defeasible as provided by Article Thirteen of the Indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(11) The Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities and shall be substantially in the form attached
hereto as Annex&nbsp;A. The depositary for the Global Securities representing the Notes shall be The Depository Trust Company (the &#147;<U>Depositary</U>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(12) The Company may from time to time or at any time, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, create and issue
additional Securities with terms and conditions identical to those of the Notes, which additional Securities shall increase the aggregate principal amount of, and shall be consolidated and form a single series with, the Notes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(13) The Notes shall be entitled to the benefits of Section&nbsp;205 of the Indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(14) The Guarantees shall be in the form included in Annex&nbsp;A attached hereto. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(15) Each of the undersigned certifies that he has read the Indenture, including the provisions of Sections 102, 201, 205, 301
and 303 and the definitions relating thereto, the specimen form of Notes and Guarantee attached hereto as Annexure&nbsp;A, and the Board Resolutions adopted by the Boards of Directors (including committees thereof) of the Company and the Guarantors
adopted in accordance with Section&nbsp;301 of the Indenture. In the opinion of each of the undersigned, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not all conditions
precedent provided in the Indenture relating to the issuance of the Notes and the endorsement of the Guarantee thereon, and the authentication and delivery by the Trustee of the Notes and the Guarantee, have been complied with. In the opinion of
each of the undersigned, all such conditions precedent have been complied with. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(16) The address of the Company and BHP Billiton Limited for purposes of
Section&nbsp;105 of the Indenture is 171 Collins Street, Melbourne Victoria 3000, Australia, Telephone: +61 1300 554 757, Facsimile: +613 9609 3015. The address of BHP Billiton Plc for purposes of Section&nbsp;105 of the Indenture is Neathouse
Place, Victoria, London SWIV 1BH, United Kingdom, Telephone: +44 20 7802 4000, Facsimile: +44 20 7802 4111. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(17) For
purposes of the Notes, all references to &#147;UK GAAP&#148; in the Indenture shall be deemed to mean International Financial Reporting Standards, as adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board, as at any date of any computation, or such
other accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United Kingdom as of any such date, and as applied by the Company and/or either Guarantor, as the case may be. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(18) For the avoidance of doubt, the references to &#147;such Liens&#148; in the second paragraph of Section&nbsp;1008 of the
Indenture do not include Permitted Liens. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All terms used in this Officers&#146; Certificate which are defined in the Indenture or the
Notes shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture and the Notes, respectively. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have signed this Officers&#146; Certificate. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dated: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2013 </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 99.3 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BHP BILLITON FINANCE (USA) LIMITED </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BHP BILLITON LIMITED </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BHP
BILLITON PLC </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>301 Certificate </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned officer of BHP Billiton Finance (USA) Limited, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia
(the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), and each of the undersigned officers of BHP Billiton Limited, an Australian corporation, and BHP Billiton Plc, an English public company (collectively, the &#147;<U>Guarantors</U>&#148;), do each hereby certify
pursuant to Sections&nbsp;102, 201 and 301 of the Indenture (the &#147;<U>Indenture</U>&#148;), dated as of April&nbsp;17, 2003, among the Company, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon, as successor trustee (the
&#147;<U>Trustee</U>&#148;), that there is hereby established a series of Securities (as that term is defined in the Indenture), the terms of which shall be as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) The title of the Securities shall be the 5.000% Senior Notes due 2043 (the &#147;<U>Notes</U>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) Subject to item 12 below, the limit to the initial aggregate principal amount of the Notes which may be authenticated and
delivered under the Indenture pursuant to this Certificate is US$2,500,000,000. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) Subject to the provisions of
Section&nbsp;307 of the Indenture, interest shall be payable to the Person in whose name a Note (or any predecessor Note) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date next preceding the Interest Payment Date in respect of such
Note. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(4) The principal amount of the Notes shall be payable in full on September 30, 2043 subject to and in accordance
with the provisions of the Indenture, subject to optional tax redemption as set forth in Sections 1101 and 1108 of the Indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(5) The Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 5.000% per annum from the date of issuance or from the most recent Interest
Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable semi-annually in arrears on March 30 and September&nbsp;30 of each year (each, an &#147;<U>Interest Payment Date</U>&#148;), commencing March 30, 2014, until the principal
amount of the Notes has been paid or duly provided for. If any Interest Payment Date falls on a date that is not a Business Day, interest will be paid on the next Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Interest Payment Date.
March 15 and September&nbsp;15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding an Interest Payment Date, shall be the &#147;Regular Record Date&#148; for interest payable on such Interest Payment Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(6) Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be made at the office or agency of the
Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; <I>provided</I>,<I>
however</I>, that at the option of the Company payment of any interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register. The Notes may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange, and notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be served, in each case at the office or agency of the Company maintained for those purposes in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(7) The Notes shall not be redeemable by the Company prior to their Stated
Maturity, except as provided in Sections&nbsp;1101 and 1108 of the Indenture. For the purposes of redemption pursuant to Section&nbsp;1108, the specified date is September 30, 2013. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(8) The Company shall not be obligated to redeem or purchase the Notes pursuant to a sinking fund or analogous provisions or at
the option of the Holder thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(9) The Notes shall be issuable in minimum denominations of US$2,000 and in integral
multiples of US$1,000. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(10) The Notes shall be defeasible as provided by Article Thirteen of the Indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(11) The Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities and shall be substantially in the form attached
hereto as Annex&nbsp;A. The depositary for the Global Securities representing the Notes shall be The Depository Trust Company (the &#147;<U>Depositary</U>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(12) The Company may from time to time or at any time, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, create and issue
additional Securities with terms and conditions identical to those of the Notes, which additional Securities shall increase the aggregate principal amount of, and shall be consolidated and form a single series with, the Notes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(13) The Notes shall be entitled to the benefits of Section&nbsp;205 of the Indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(14) The Guarantees shall be in the form included in Annex&nbsp;A attached hereto. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(15) Each of the undersigned certifies that he has read the Indenture, including the provisions of Sections 102, 201, 205, 301
and 303 and the definitions relating thereto, the specimen form of Notes and Guarantee attached hereto as Annexure&nbsp;A, and the Board Resolutions adopted by the Boards of Directors (including committees thereof) of the Company and the Guarantors
adopted in accordance with Section&nbsp;301 of the Indenture. In the opinion of each of the undersigned, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not all conditions
precedent provided in the Indenture relating to the issuance of the Notes and the endorsement of the Guarantee thereon, and the authentication and delivery by the Trustee of the Notes and the Guarantee, have been complied with. In the opinion of
each of the undersigned, all such conditions precedent have been complied with. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(16) The address of the Company and BHP Billiton Limited for purposes of
Section&nbsp;105 of the Indenture is 171 Collins Street, Melbourne Victoria 3000, Australia, Telephone: +61 1300 554 757, Facsimile: +613 9609 3015. The address of BHP Billiton Plc for purposes of Section&nbsp;105 of the Indenture is Neathouse
Place, Victoria, London SWIV 1BH, United Kingdom, Telephone: +44 20 7802 4000, Facsimile: +44 20 7802 4111. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(17) For
purposes of the Notes, all references to &#147;UK GAAP&#148; in the Indenture shall be deemed to mean International Financial Reporting Standards, as adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board, as at any date of any computation, or such
other accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United Kingdom as of any such date, and as applied by the Company and/or either Guarantor, as the case may be. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(18) For the avoidance of doubt, the references to &#147;such Liens&#148; in the second paragraph of Section&nbsp;1008 of the
Indenture do not include Permitted Liens. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All terms used in this Officers&#146; Certificate which are defined in the Indenture or the
Notes shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture and the Notes, respectively. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have signed this Officers&#146; Certificate. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dated: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2013 </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 99.4 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BHP BILLITON FINANCE (USA) LIMITED </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BHP BILLITON LIMITED </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BHP
BILLITON PLC </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>301 Certificate </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned officer of BHP Billiton Finance (USA) Limited, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia (the
&#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), and each of the undersigned officers of BHP Billiton Limited, an Australian corporation, and BHP Billiton Plc, an English public company (collectively, the &#147;<U>Guarantors</U>&#148;), do each hereby certify pursuant
to Sections&nbsp;102, 201 and 301 of the Indenture (the &#147;<U>Indenture</U>&#148;), dated as of April&nbsp;17, 2003, among the Company, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon, as successor trustee (the &#147;<U>Trustee</U>&#148;), that
there is hereby established a series of Securities (as that term is defined in the Indenture), the terms of which shall be as follows: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The title of the Securities shall be the Senior Floating Rate Notes due 2016 (the &#147;<U>Notes</U>&#148;). </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Subject to item 12 below, the limit to the initial aggregate principal amount of the Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture pursuant to this Certificate is US$500,000,000. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(3)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Subject to the provisions of Section&nbsp;307 of the Indenture, interest shall be payable to the Person in whose name a Note (or any predecessor Note) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
next preceding the Interest Payment Date in respect of such Note. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(4)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The principal amount of the Notes shall be payable in full on September 30, 2016 subject to and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, subject to optional tax redemption as set forth in Sections 1101 and
1108 of the Indenture. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(5)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Each Note will bear interest at a rate per annum, reset quarterly, equal to LIBOR plus 0.25%, as determined by the calculation agent (the &#147;<U>Calculation Agent</U>&#148;). <B></B>Interest on the Notes will be
payable quarterly in arrears on <B></B>March&nbsp;30, June&nbsp;30, September&nbsp;30 and December&nbsp;30 of each year (each, an &#147;<U>Interest Payment Date</U>&#148;), commencing December 30, 2013, until the principal amount of the Notes has
been paid or duly provided for. Interest on the Notes will accrue from September<B></B> 30, 2013 or, if interest has already been paid, from the date it was most recently paid. Interest on the Note will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year
and the actual number of days in the Interest Period in which it accrues. If any Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, interest will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day
falls in the next succeeding calendar month, in which case payment will be made on the Business Day immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date. The 15th calendar day (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding an Interest Payment Date,
shall be the &#147;Regular Record Date&#148; for interest payable on such Interest Payment Date. </TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Determination Date,&#148; with respect to an Interest Period, will be the second London Banking Day preceding the first day of such
Interest Period. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Interest Period&#148; means the period commencing on and including an Interest Payment Date and ending on and
including the day immediately preceding the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, with the exception that the first Interest Period shall commence on and include the issue date and end on and include December 29, 2013. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;LIBOR,&#148; with respect to any Interest Period, will be the rate (expressed as a percentage per annum) for deposits in U.S. dollars for
a three-month period beginning on the second London Banking Day after the Determination Date that appears on Reuters LIBOR01 Page as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Determination Date. If Reuters LIBOR01 Page does not include such a rate or is
unavailable on a Determination Date, the Calculation Agent will request the principal London office of each of four major banks in the London interbank market, as selected by the Calculation Agent (at the written direction of the Company), to
provide such bank&#146;s offered quotation (expressed as a percentage per annum), as of approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such Determination Date, to prime banks in the London interbank market for deposits in a Representative Amount in U.S.
dollars for a three-month period beginning on the second London Banking Day after the Determination Date. If at least two such offered quotations are so provided, the rate for the Interest Period will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations. If
fewer than two such quotations are so provided, the Calculation Agent will request each of three major banks in New York City, as selected by the Calculation Agent (at the written direction of the Company), to provide such bank&#146;s rate
(expressed as a percentage per annum), as of approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Determination Date, for loans in a Representative Amount in U.S. dollars to leading European banks for a three-month period beginning on the second
London Banking Day after the Determination Date. If at least two such rates are so provided, the rate for the Interest Period will be the arithmetic mean of such rates. If fewer than two such rates are so provided, then the rate for the Interest
Period will be the rate in effect with respect to the immediately preceding Interest Period. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;London Banking Day&#148; is any day on
which dealings in U.S. dollars are transacted or, with respect to any future date, are expected to be transacted in the London interbank market. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Representative Amount&#148; means a principal amount of not less than US$1,000,000 for a single transaction in the relevant market at the
relevant time. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Reuters LIBOR01 Page&#148; means the display so designated on the Reuters 3000 Xtra (or such other page as may
replace that page on that service, or such other service as may be nominated as the information vendor, for the purpose of displaying rates or prices comparable to the London Interbank Offered rate for U.S. dollar deposits). </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All percentages resulting from any of the above calculations will be rounded, if
necessary, to the nearest one hundred thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point being rounded upwards (e.g., 9.876545% (or .09876545) being rounded to 9.87655% (or .0987655)) and all dollar amounts used in or
resulting from such calculations will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upwards). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
interest rate on the Notes will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by New York law as the same may be modified by United States law of general application. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Calculation Agent will, upon the request of the Holder of any Note, provide the interest rate then in effect with respect
to the Note. All calculations made by the Calculation Agent in the absence of manifest error will be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Holders of the Notes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Calculation Agent shall be The Bank of New York Mellon; <I>provided </I>that the Company may at any time replace the
Calculation Agent without notice to any Holder. Any replacement Calculation Agent may be an affiliate of the Company or any Guarantor. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(6)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that at the option of the Company payment of any interest may be made by check mailed to the
address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register. The Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and the
Indenture may be served, in each case at the office or agency of the Company maintained for those purposes in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(7)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Notes shall not be redeemable by the Company prior to their Stated Maturity, except as provided in Sections&nbsp;1101 and 1108 of the Indenture. For the purposes of redemption pursuant to Section&nbsp;1108, the
specified date is September 30, 2013. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(8)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Company shall not be obligated to redeem or purchase the Notes pursuant to a sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of the Holder thereof. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Notes shall be issuable in minimum denominations of US$2,000 and in integral multiples of US$1,000. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(10)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Notes shall be defeasible as provided by Article Thirteen of the Indenture. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(11)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities and shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex&nbsp;A. The depositary for the Global Securities representing the Notes shall be The
Depository Trust Company (the &#147;<U>Depositary</U>&#148;). </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Company may from time to time or at any time, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, create and issue additional Securities with terms and conditions identical to those of the Notes, which additional
Securities shall increase the aggregate principal amount of, and shall be consolidated and form a single series with, the Notes. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Notes shall be entitled to the benefits of Section&nbsp;205 of the Indenture. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Guarantees shall be in the form included in Annex&nbsp;A attached hereto. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Each of the undersigned certifies that he has read the Indenture, including the provisions of Sections 102, 201, 205, 301 and 303 and the definitions relating thereto, the specimen form of Notes and Guarantee attached
hereto as Annexure&nbsp;A, and the Board Resolutions adopted by the Boards of Directors (including committees thereof) of the Company and the Guarantors adopted in accordance with Section&nbsp;301 of the Indenture. In the opinion of each of the
undersigned, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not all conditions precedent provided in the Indenture relating to the issuance of the Notes and the endorsement
of the Guarantee thereon, and the authentication and delivery by the Trustee of the Notes and the Guarantee, have been complied with. In the opinion of each of the undersigned, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The address of the Company and BHP Billiton Limited for purposes of Section&nbsp;105 of the Indenture is 171 Collins Street, Melbourne Victoria 3000, Australia, Telephone: +61 1300 554 757, Facsimile: +613 9609 3015.
The address of BHP Billiton Plc for purposes of Section&nbsp;105 of the Indenture is Neathouse Place, Victoria, London SWIV 1BH, United Kingdom, Telephone: +44 20 7802 4000, Facsimile: +44 20 7802 4111. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">For purposes of the Notes, all references to &#147;UK GAAP&#148; in the Indenture shall be deemed to mean International Financial Reporting Standards, as adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board, as at
any date of any computation, or such other accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United Kingdom as of any such date, and as applied by the Company and/or either Guarantor, as the case may be. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">For the avoidance of doubt, the references to &#147;such Liens&#148; in the second paragraph of Section&nbsp;1008 of the Indenture do not include Permitted Liens. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All terms used in this Officers&#146; Certificate which are defined in the Indenture or the Notes shall have the meanings assigned to them in
the Indenture and the Notes, respectively. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dated: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2013 </P>
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