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Notification of Major Interest in Shares
BHP Billiton Plc
Registration number 3196209
Registered in England and
Wales
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504
Issued by: BHP Billiton Plc
Date: 28 January 2014
To: London Stock Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
cc: JSE Limited
New York Stock Exchange
For Release: Immediately
Contact: James Upton +44 (0) 20 7802 7308
BHP Billiton Plc – Notification of Major Interest in Shares
The following notification was received on Monday 27 January 2014 by BHP Billiton Plc from
Norges Bank relating to major interests in shares of BHP Billiton Plc.
BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209
Registered in Australia Registered in England and Wales
Registered Office: 171 Collins Street Registered Office: Neathouse Place
Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia London SW1V 1LH United Kingdom
Tel +61 1300 55 4757 Fax +61 3 9609 3015 Tel +44 20 7802 4000 Fax +44 20 7802 4111
Members of the BHP Billiton group which is headquartered in Australia
Sponsor: Absa Bank Limited (acting through its Corporate and Investment Banking Division).
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are BHP Billiton Plc
attached: ii GB0000566504
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying
financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please
specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
Norges Bank
notification obligation: iii
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
N/A
(if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or 24 January 2014
reached: v
6. Date on which issuer notified: 27 January 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
Above 3%
reached: vi, vii
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares to the triggering
transaction
x
if possible using Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting rights
the ISIN CODE of of of shares rights
Shares Voting xi Indirect
Direct Direct xii Direct Indirect
Rights
GB0000566504 63,340,432 63,340,432 63,675,432 63,675,432 3.01%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
xiii xiv
instrument date Conversion Period rights that may be rights
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
xix,
Type of financial Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting rights % of voting rights
xvii xx
instrument price date Conversion instrument refers to
xviii
period
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Nominal Delta
N/A N/A
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
63,675,432 3.01%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
N/A
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder: Norges Bank
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
N/A
to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
N/A
voting rights:
13. Additional information: None
14. Contact name: R. Sai Aanandha Shankhar
15. Contact telephone number: +47 2407 3134
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