BHP BILLITON PLC - BHP Billiton - Notification of Major Interest in Shares (BHP Billiton PLC)

BHP Billiton - Notification of Major Interest in Shares (BHP Billiton PLC)

BHP Billiton Plc – Notification of Major Interest in Shares


Issued by:                         BHP Billiton Plc


Date:                              22 July 2013


To:                                London Stock Exchange
                                   Australian Securities Exchange


cc:                                JSE Limited
                                   New York Stock Exchange


For Release:                       Immediately


Contact:                           Elizabeth Hobley +44 (0) 20 7802 4054



                        



 The following notification was received on Friday 19 July by BHP Billiton Plc from Legal &
 General Group Plc 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: 180 Lonsdale Street                              Registered Office: Neathouse Place
 Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia                                   London SW1V 1BH 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 Capital (the investment banking division of Absa Bank Limited, affiliated with Barclays).




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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
                                                                     BHP Billiton Plc
attached:

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                Yes


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
                                                         Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)
notification obligation:



4. Full name of shareholder(s)
                                                                         N/A
 (if different from 3.):


5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or                                   17 July 2013
reached:


6. Date on which issuer notified:                                   19 July 2013

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:                                                          L&G (Below 3%)




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8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of           Situation previous             Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares                   to the triggering
                            transaction
if possible using      Number        Number                      Number of voting          % of voting rights
the ISIN CODE             of            of        Number             rights
                       Shares        Voting      of shares
                                                                Direct      Indirect      Direct       Indirect
                                     Rights

                            88,103,187
Ordinary
                                                                           Below 3%
USD0.50                (As on 17/02/2010)


B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
                                                                  Number of voting
Type of financial          Expiration    Exercise/                rights that may be          % of voting
instrument                 date          Conversion Period        acquired if the             rights
                                                                  instrument is
                                                                  exercised/ converted.




C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


Type of financial     Exercise     Expiration   Exercise/     Number of voting rights      % of voting rights
instrument            price        date         Conversion    instrument refers to
                                                period
                                                                                            Nominal         Delta




Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights                                 Percentage of voting rights


                                                  Below 3%




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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:


Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)


Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct
and Indirect)


Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)


                      Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (Below 3% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)


Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited    Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct)
(Direct) (LGIMHD)                                           (LGIH)


Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited     Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS &
(PMC)                                                       LGPL)


                                                            Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL)




Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                                N/A

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:                                 Notification using the total voting rights figure of
                                                                              2,112,071,796




14. Contact name:                                                          Angela Hayter (LGIM)


15. Contact telephone number:                                                  020 3124 3851



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