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:                              9 October 2015


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



                        BHP Billiton Plc – Notification of Major Interest in Shares




 The following notification was received on 8 October 2015 by BHP Billiton Plc from Aberdeen
 Asset Managers Limited relating to major interests in shares of BHP Billiton Plc.




 Sponsor: Merrill Lynch South Africa Proprietary Limited




 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


                                            The BHP Billiton Group 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):

                                                     Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited (and/or acting for
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
                                                     its affiliates) as discretionary investment manager on
notification obligation: iii
                                                     behalf of multiple managed portfolios



4. Full name of shareholder(s)
 (if different from 3.):iv


5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or                    7 October 2015
reached: v

6. Date on which issuer notified:                    8 October 2015

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
                                                     5%
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
the ISIN CODE       of              of             of shares      rights                  rights x
                    Shares          Voting                        Direct
                                                   Direct         xi      Indirect xii    Direct     Indirect
                                    Rights




                                                                                                        
 GB0000566504       114,100,310      99,159,464    99,042,858             87,395,523                 4.14%


 GB0000566504       20,182,335       15,712,760    20,182,335             15,712,760                 0.74%



B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

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




C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial   Exercise      Expiratio     Exercise/       Number of voting             % of voting rights
instrument          price         n date xvii   Conversio       rights instrument            xix, xx

                                                n period        refers to
                                                xviii


                                                                                             Nominal     Delta




Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights                                   Percentage of voting rights

103,108,283                                               4.88 %


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




                                                                                                               
Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:




13. Additional information:



14. Contact name:                                   Ben Van Loon


15. Contact telephone number:                       01224 404090




                                                                   

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