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BHP BILLITON PLC - Notification of Major Interest in Shares

Release Date: 03/04/2014 16:02
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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:                              3 April 2014


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 Wednesday 2 April 2014 by BHP Billiton Plc from
 Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited 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 1LH 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 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

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            Acquisition of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Group Limited
                                                                                                        X
specify):                from Lloyds Banking Group on 31 March 2014.

                                                     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                    31 March 2014
reached: v
6. Date on which issuer notified:                    02 April 2014

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             % of voting rights
                                                                                                x
the ISIN CODE          of             of                  of shares       voting
                       Shares         Voting                              rights
                                      Rights                              Di
                                                                          re
                                                          Direct              Indirect xii      Direct      Indirect
                                                                          ct
                                                                          xi


GB0000566504
                       82,076,656     82,076,656          114,065,683            114,065,683                5.40%


GB0000566504           19,578,645     19,578,645          19,578,645             19,578,645                 0.93%


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.

BHP Billiton June 14
                            20/06/2014                                  164,000                     0.01%
PUT Option


BHP Billiton July 14
                            20/07/2014                                  75,000                      0.00%
PUT Option



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

133,644,567                                                  6.34%
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:                                   Kirsty Lyons


15. Contact telephone number:                       01224 404111

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