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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: 17 August 2017
To: London Stock Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Cc: JSE Limited
New York Stock Exchange
For Release: Immediately
Contact: Rachel Agnew +61 (3) 9609 3730
BHP Billiton Plc – Notification of Major Interest in Shares
The attached notification was received on 16 August 2017 by BHP Billiton Plc from Elliott
Capital Advisors, L.P. relating to major holdings of shares of BHP Billiton Plc
The notification relates to a major holding in BHP Billiton Plc only, and not in the combined
BHP Billiton Plc and BHP Billiton Limited group.
Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Limited
BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 Registered in Australia BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209
LEI WZE1WSENV6JSZFK0JC28 LEI 549300C116EOWV835768
Registered Office: 171 Collins Street Melbourne Victoria Registered in England and Wales
3000 Australia Registered Office: Nova South, 160 Victoria Street
Tel +61 1300 55 4757 Fax +61 3 9609 3015 London, SW1E 5LB United Kingdom
Tel +44 20 7802 4000 Fax +44 20 7802 4111
The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia
TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS
(to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)
1a. Identity of the issuer or the BHP Billiton PLC
underlying issuer of existing shares
to which voting rights are attached
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an “X” if
appropriate)
Non-UK issuer
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an “X”)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify)
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation
Elliott Capital Advisors, L.P. (for itself and related
Name
general partners and investment managers)
City and country of registered office
(if applicable)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)
Name Elliott International, L.P.
City and country of registered office Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
(if applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold
14 August 2017
was crossed or reached:
6. Date on which issuer notified
15 August 2017
(DD/MM/YYYY):
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
% of voting % of voting Total of both Total
rights rights through in % number of
attached to financial (8.A + 8.B) voting rights
shares instruments of issuer
(total of 8. A) (total of 8.B 1 +
8.B 2)
Resulting situation
on the date on 5.04% - 5.04% 106,448,721
which threshold
was crossed or
reached
Position of
previous
notification
(if applicable)
8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was
crossed or reached
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type Number of voting rights % of voting rights
of shares Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
ISIN code (Art 9 of Directive (Art 10 of Directive (Art 9 of Directive (Art 10 of Directive
(if possible) 2004/109/EC) 2004/109/EC) 2004/109/EC) 2004/109/EC)
(DTR5.1) (DTR5.2.1) (DTR5.1) (DTR5.2.1)
GB0000566504 106,448,721 - 5.04% -
SUBTOTAL 8. A 106,448,721 5.04%
B1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1
(a))
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
instrument date Conversion Period rights that may be rights
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/converted
SUBTOTAL 8. B 1
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of
Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
Type of financial Expiration date Exercise/ Physical or Number of % of voting
instrument Conversion cash voting rights
Period settlement rights
SUBTOTAL
8.B.2
9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal
entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in X
the (underlying) issuer
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person
or legal entity (please add additional rows as necessary)
Namexv % of voting rights if % of voting rights Total of both if it
it equals or is through financial equals or is higher
higher than the instruments if it than the notifiable
notifiable threshold equals or is higher threshold
than the notifiable
threshold
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder
The number and % of voting rights held
The date until which the voting rights will be
held
11. Additional information
Place of completion London, United Kingdom
Date of completion 15 August 2017
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