Computershare Congratulates Fletcher Building and BHP Billiton on Their Award-Winning Employee Share Plans

MELBOURNE, Australia, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BHP Billiton's 'SharePlus' employee share plan took the top gong for Best International Share Plan at Thursday's Employee Ownership Australia Awards night, a testament to the company's dedication to offering its people this additional remuneration opportunity since 2007.

Fletcher Building was recognised for Best New Employee Share Plan, adding another piece of silverware to the growing collection for its FBuShare plan.

Matthew Garvan, Managing Director of Computershare Plan Managers, said it was just reward to both companies for offering their employees the opportunity to share in growth and profits.

"Both Fletcher Building and BHP Billiton made a conscious effort to recognise their employees and support investment in their plans through various levels of purchase matching. The outstanding take-up rates for both plans are testament to these companies delivering products perfect for their respective workforces," he said.

Computershare has worked side-by-side with BHP Billiton to support almost 25,000 participants, based in 35 countries, manage their investments and realise the benefits of employee share ownership.

Launched in 2011, FBuShare's inaugural offer was taken up by more than 30% of eligible employees. A credit to the plan's carefully constructed design was that more than 97% of all employees across its global workforce were eligible to participate.

Computershare has more than 25 years' experience in working with companies locally and globally to design, implement, manage and review employee share plans across diverse communities and cultures, languages and currencies. A team of more than 800 industry experts and a secure technology platform deliver effective employee share plan solutions to more than 4,000,000 employees around the world.

About Computershare Limited (CPU)

Computershare (ASX:CPU) is a global market leader in transfer agency and share registration, employee equity plans, proxy solicitation and stakeholder communications. We also specialize in corporate trust, mortgage, bankruptcy, class action, utility and tax voucher administration, and a range of other diversified financial and governance services.

Founded in 1978, Computershare is renowned for its expertise in high integrity data management, high volume transaction processing and reconciliations, payments and stakeholder engagement. Many of the world's leading organizations use us to streamline and maximize the value of relationships with their investors, employees, creditors and customers.

Computershare is represented in all major financial markets and has more than 12,000 employees worldwide.

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Contacts:

Matthew Reed
National Business Development Manager
Computershare Plan Managers
Tel: 61 2 8234 5235
matthew.reed@computershare.com.au

Genevieve Reid
Director Sales & Marketing
Computershare Limited
Tel: 61 3 9415 5097
genevieve.reid@computershare.com.au

SOURCE Computershare Limited