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:              27 June 2014


To:                London Stock Exchange
                   Australian Securities Exchange


cc:                JSE Limited
                   New York Stock Exchange


For Release:       Immediately


Contact:           Prakash Kakkad +44 (0) 20 7802 7410



                BHP Billiton Plc – Notification of Major Interest in Shares


 The following notification was received on Thursday 26 June 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 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 Bank Limited (acting through its Corporate and Investment Banking Division)


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

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES i

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                25 June 2014
reached: v

6. Date on which issuer notified:                26 June 2014

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

GB0000566504         63,687,772    63,687,772    63,081,004    63,081,004                              2.99 %



B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial           Expiration         Exercise/Conversion Period xiv                    Number of voting             % of voting rights
instrument                  date xiii                                                            rights that may be
                                                                                                 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
                                                                                                                    
Type of financial     Exercise     Expiration   Exercise/      Number of voting rights       % of voting rights XlX, XX
                                                                                         
instrument            price        date xvii    Conversion     instrument refers to
                                                period xviii
                                                
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

63,081,004                                                2.99 %

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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