BHP BILLITON PLC - Notification of Major Interest in Shares

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:                                  25 January 2017


  To:                                    London Stock Exchange
                                         Australian Securities Exchange


  To:                                    JSE Limited
                                         New York Stock Exchange


  For Release:                           Immediately


  Contact:                               Geof Stapledon +44 (0) 20 7802 4176



                             BHP Billiton Plc – Notification of Major Interest in Shares




    The attached notification was received on 24 January 2017 by BHP Billiton Plc from Public
    Investment Corporation SOC Limited relating to major interests in shares of BHP Billiton Plc.



    BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077                                    BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209
    LEI WZE1WSENV6JSZFK0JC28                                                   LEI 549300C116EOWV835768
    Registered in Australia                                                    Registered in England and Wales
    Registered Office: Level 18, 171 Collins Street Melbourne Victoria 3000    Registered Office: Neathouse Place, 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


For filings with the FCA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex


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
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
                                                       PUBLIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION SOC LIMITED
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                                         23 January 2017
reached: v

6. Date on which issuer notified:                                         24 January 2017

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
                                                                                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
if possible using    Number          Number      Number         Number of voting        % of voting rights x
the ISIN CODE        of              of          of shares      rights
                     Shares          Voting                     Direct
                                                 Direct          xi          Indirect xii   Direct         Indirect
                                     Rights

BIL                  57268229
                                                 66684446                                   3.157%



B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

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


NONE                       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
Type of financial     Exercise     Expiration   Exercise/      Number of voting rights         % of voting rights xix,
instrument            price        date xvii    Conversion     instrument refers to            xx

                                                period xviii
                                                                                               Nominal       Delta




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

66684446                                                  3.157%
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:                               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:                                 N/A


14. Contact name:                                           DEVILLIERS MAKONKO

15. Contact telephone number:                               012 742 3578




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