BHP BILLITON PLC - Notification of Major Interest in Shares PLC

Notification  of Major Interest in Shares PLC

BHP Billiton Plc
Registration number 3196209
Registered in England and
Wales
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504



Issued by:                          BHP Billiton Plc


Date:                               30 October 2013


To:                                 London Stock Exchange
                                    Australian Securities Exchange


cc:                                 JSE Limited
                                    New York Stock Exchange


For Release:                        Immediately


Contact:                            James Upton +44 (0) 20 7802 7308



                         BHP Billiton Plc – Notification of Major Interest in Shares




  The following notification was received on Tuesday 29 October 2013 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).


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                                                          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                28 October 2013
reached: v

6. Date on which issuer notified:                29 October 2013

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               to the triggering
                     transaction
                                                                                                                x
if possible using    Number         Number       Number        Number of voting          % of voting rights
the ISIN CODE        of             of           of shares     rights
                     Shares         Voting                            xi   Indirect
                                                 Direct        Direct      xii           Direct          Indirect
                                    Rights

GB0000566504         63,497,374    63,497,374    63,225,745    63,225,745                2.99%



B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

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

63,225,745                                                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:                            Frank Heggen


15. Contact telephone number:                +47 2407 3143

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