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BIL - BHP Billiton - Notification of major interests in shares
BHP Billiton Plc
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504
Date: 9 May 2008
Notification of Major Interests in Shares
The following notification was received yesterday by BHP Billiton Plc from Legal
& General Group Plc & Legal & General Investment Management Limited relating to
major interests in shares of BHP Billiton Plc.
BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 BHP Billiton Plc Registration number
028 077 3196209
Registered in Australia Registered in England and Wales
Registered Office: 180 Lonsdale Registered Office: Neathouse Place,
Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 London SW1V 1BH United Kingdom
Telephone +61 1300 55 4757 Telephone +44 20 7802 4000 Facsimile
Facsimile +61 3 9609 3015 +44 20 7802 4111
The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia
TR-1: notification of major interests in shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying BHP Billiton Plc
issuer of existing shares to which voting rights
are attached:
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights Yes
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
Other (please specify):______________
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the Legal & General Group Plc
notification obligation: (Group)
Legal & General Investment
Management Limited (LGIM)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different Legal & General Assurance
from 3.): (Pensions Management)
Limited (PMC)
Legal & General Group Plc
(L&G)
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which 26 Mar 2008
the threshold is crossed or reached if
different):
6. Date on which issuer notified: 08 May 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Below 5% (Group)
Below 5% (LGIM)
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of Situation Resulting situation after the
shares previous to the triggering transaction
if possible using Triggering
the ISIN CODE transaction
Number Number Numbe Number of % of voting
of of r of voting rights rights
Shares Voting share
Rights s
Direct Indire Direct Indirec
ct t
ORD 110,484, 110,48
USD0.50 492 4,492 Below 5%
B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Expirat Exercise/ Number of % of
instrument ion Conversion voting rights voting
date Period/ Date that may be rights
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/
converted.
Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights % of voting rights
Below 5%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights
and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) (Below 5% = Total
Position)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct
and Indirect) (Below 5% = Total Position)
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) (Below 5%
= Total Position)
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (100,123,908 - 4.53% = LGAS,
LGPL & PMC)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct)
(LGIMHD) (85,520,084 -3.87 % = PMC)
Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH)
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)
(85,520,084 -3.87 % = PMC)
Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)
Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL)
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 Notification using the total voting rights
information: figure of 2,207,007,544
Whilst trading on almost a daily basis
actual threshold was crossed on 26 Mar 2008.
Indentifcation of this has been delayed due
to system issue with the total voting rights
figure.
14. Contact name: Helen Lewis (LGIM)
Date: 09/05/2008 17:00:03 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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