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 Date: 27/06/2014 04:20:00 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.