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BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Notification of Major Interest in Shares BHP Billiton Plc Share code: BIL ISIN: GB0000566504 Date: 8 December 2011 BHP Billiton Plc - Notification of Major Interest in Shares The following notification was received yesterday, 7 December 2011, by BHP Billiton Plc from Norges Bank relating to major interests in shares of BHP Billiton Plc. BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 BHP Billiton Plc Registration 004 028 077 number 3196209 Registered in Australia Registered in England and Registered Office: 180 Wales Lonsdale Street Registered Office: Neathouse Melbourne Victoria 3000 Place Australia London SW1V 1BH United Tel +61 1300 55 4757 Fax +61 Kingdom 3 9609 3015 Tel +44 20 7802 4000 Fax +44 20 7802 4111
Members of the BHP Billiton group which is headquartered in Australia TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi 1. Identity of the issuer or the BHP Billiton Plc underlying issuer GB0000566504 2. of existing shares to which voting rights are 3. 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 Norges Bank to the notification obligation: iii 4. Full name of shareholder(s)N/A (if different from 3.):iv 5. Date of the transaction and 5th December 2011 date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v 6. Date on which issuer notified: 7th December 2011 7. Threshold(s) that is/are 3% crossed or reached: vi, vii 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix Class/type Situation Resulting situation after the triggering of previous transaction shares to the triggering
if possible transaction using the ISIN CODE Number Number Number Number of % of voting of of of voting rights x Shares Voting shares rights Rights
Direct Direct Indire Direct Indirec xi ct xii t 63,352, 63,352, 63,447, 63,447, 3.00% GB0000566504 826 826 560 560 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Expirat Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting financial ion Conversion rights that may rights instrument date Period xiv be xiii 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 Exerci Expira Exercis Number of voting % of voting financial se tion e/ rights rights xix, instrument price date Convers instrument xx xvii ion refers to period
xviii CFD N/A N/A N/A 3,000 Nomina Delta l 0.0001 0.000
% 1% Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights 63,447,560 3.00% 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 N/A will cease to hold: 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to N/A hold voting rights: 13. Additional information: None 14. Contact name: Jeanette Ronne 15. Contact telephone number: +47 24 07 33 30 Date: 08/12/2011 15:43:01 Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited (`JSE`). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.
