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BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Notification of major interests in shares
BHP Billiton Plc
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504
Notification of Major Interests in Shares
The following notification was received today by BHP Billiton Plc from Old
Mutual plc relating to major interests in shares of BHP Billiton Plc.
BHP Billiton Limited BHP Billiton Plc
ABN 49 004 028 077 Registration number 3196209
Registered in Australia Registered in England and Wales
Registered Office: Registered Office:
180 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Neathouse Place, London SW1V 1BH,
Victoria 3000, Australia United Kingdom
Telephone +61 1300 55 4757 Telephone +44 20 7802 4000
Facsimile +61 3 9609 3015 Facsimile +44 20 7802 4111
Contact: Dennis Read + 44 (0)20 7802 4108
The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia
TR-1: notification of major interests in shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the BHP Billiton Plc
underlying issuer of existing shares
to which voting rights are attached:
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 financial instruments
which may result in the acquisition of shares already
issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
3. Full name of person(s) subject to Old Mutual plc
the notification obligation:
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if Old Mutual Investment
different from 3.): Group (South Africa) (Pty)
Ltd
Old Mutual Asset Managers
(Namibia) (Pty) Ltd
Old Mutual Asset Managers
(Bermuda) Ltd
Syfrets Securities Ltd
BOE (Pty) Ltd
5. Date of the transaction and date on 14th September 2007
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:
6. Date on which issuer notified: 18th September 2007
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or From 4% to 3%
reached:
8. Notified details:
N/a
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/ty Situation Resulting situation after the triggering
pe of previous to transaction
shares the
if Triggering
possible transaction
using
the ISIN
CODE
Numbe Numbe Number Number of % of voting
r of r of of voting rights rights
Share Votin shares ix
s g
Right
s
viii
Direct Direct Indir Direct Indirec
x ect t
xi
GB000056 114002541 Nil Nil 86928 0%
6504 4.62% 832 3.84%
B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii
Type of Expirat Exercise/ Number of % of
financial ion Conversion voting rights voting
instrument date Period/ Date that may be rights
xiii xiv acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/
converted.
NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL
Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights % of voting rights
86928832 3.84%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting
rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held,
if applicable xv:
Old Mutual Investment Group (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd
Old Mutual Asset Managers (Namibia) (Pty) Ltd
Old Mutual Asset Managers (Bermuda) Ltd
Syfrets Securities Ltd
BOE (Pty) Ltd
Old Mutual Investment Group (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd has 3.33%
of the Voting Rights
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy N/A
holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will N/A
cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional
information:
14. Contact name: Peter Keynes
15. Contact telephone 020 7002 7119
number:
A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the
notification obligation
Full name (including legal form Old Mutual plc
for legal entities)
Contact address (registered office Old Mutual plc, 2 Lambeth
for legal entities) Hill, London, EC4V 4GG
Phone number 020 7002 7119
Other useful information (at least
legal representative for legal
persons)
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable xvii
Full name
Contact address
Phone number
Other useful information (e.g. functional
relationship with the person or legal entity
subject to the notification obligation)
C: Additional information
Notes
This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to be filed
with the competent authority.
Either the full name of the legal entity or another method for identifying
the issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and accurate.
This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the person
acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases provided
for in DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h); (c) all the parties to the agreement referred
to in DTR5.2.1 (a), or (d) the direct or indirect holder of financial
instruments entitled to acquire shares already issued to which voting
rights are attached, as appropriate.
In relation to the transactions referred to in points DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h), the
following list is provided as indication of the persons who should be mentioned:
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (b), the person that acquires
the voting rights and is entitled to exercise them under the agreement and
the natural person or legal entity who is transferring temporarily for
consideration the voting rights;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR 5.2.1 (c), the person holding the
collateral, provided the person or entity controls the voting rights and
declares its intention of exercising them, and person lodging the
collateral under these conditions;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1(d), the person who has a life
interest in shares if that person is entitled to exercise the voting rights
attached to the shares and the person who is disposing of the voting rights
when the life interest is created;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (e), the parent undertaking and,
provided it has a notification duty at an individual level under DTR 5.1,
under DTR5.2.1 (a) to (d) or under a combination of any of those
situations, the controlled undertaking;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (f), the deposit taker of the
shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached to the shares
deposited with him at his discretion, and the depositor of the shares
allowing the deposit taker to exercise the voting rights at his discretion;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (g), the person that controls
the voting rights;
- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (h), the proxy holder, if he can
exercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the shareholder who has
given his proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter to exercise the
voting rights at his discretion.
Applicable in the cases provided for in DTR 5.2.1 (b) to (h). This should
be the full name of the shareholder or holder of financial instruments who
is the counterparty to the natural person or legal entity referred to in
DTR5.2.
The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case of an on
exchange transaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; in
the case of an off exchange transaction, date of the entering into an
agreement.
The date on which threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which
the acquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes
effect (see DTR 5.1.1R (3)). For passive crossings, the date when the
corporate event took effect.
These dates will usually be the same unless the transaction is subject to a
condition beyond the control of the parties.
Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previous notification, In
case the situation previous to the triggering transaction was below 3%,
please state `below 3%`.
vii If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold , the notifying party
should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the
new holding is less than 3%.
For the case provided for in DTR5.2.1(a), there should be no disclosure of
individual holdings per party to the agreement unless a party individually
crosses or reaches an Article 9 threshold. This applies upon entering into,
introducing changes to or terminating an agreement.
viii Direct and indirect
ix In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights attached `direct
holding` and voting rights `indirect holdings`, please split the voting
rights number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns-if there
is no combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank.
X Voting rights attached to shares in respect of which the notifying party is
a direct shareholder (DTR 5.1)
xi Voting rights held by the notifying party as an indirect shareholder
(DTR 5.2.1)
xii If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party
should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the
new holding is below 3%.
xiii date of maturity / expiration of the finical instrument i.e. the date
when the right to acquire shares ends.
xiv If the financial instrument has such a period-please specify the period-
for example once every three months starting from the (date)
xv The notification should include the name(s) of the controlled undertakings
through which the voting rights are held. The notification should also
include the amount of voting rights and the percentage held by each
controlled undertaking, insofar as individually the controlled undertaking
holds 3% or more, and insofar as the notification by the parent undertaking
is intended to cover the notification obligations of the controlled
undertaking.
xvi This annex is only to be filed with the competent authority.
xvii Whenever another person makes the notification on behalf of the shareholder
or the natural person/legal entity referred to in DTR5.2 and DTR5.3.
18 September 2007
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