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: 01 July 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 corrected notification was received on 30 June 2014 by BHP Billiton Plc from Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited relating to major interests in shares of BHP Billiton Plc further to the notification released by BHP Billiton Plc on 3 April 2014. 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: Merrill Lynch South Africa Proprietary Limited 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 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 specify): Acquisition of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Group Limited X from Lloyds Banking Group on 31 March 2014. 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited (and/or acting for notification obligation: iii its affiliates) as discretionary investment manager on 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: 30 June 2014 (see Section 13) 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 the ISIN CODE of of of shares voting rights x Shares Voting rights Rights Di re Direct ct Indirect xii Direct Indirect 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 PUT Option 20/06/2014 164,000 0.01% BHP Billiton July 14 PUT Option 20/07/2014 75,000 0.00% 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 instrument price n date xvii Conversio rights instrument rights xix, xx n refers to period xviii Nominal Delta Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights 133,883,328* 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: *Please note that there is no change to the number of voting rights held. 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