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BIL
BIBLT
BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Notification of Major Interests in Shares
BHP Billiton Plc
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504
Issued by: BHP Billiton Plc
To: Company Announcements cc: New York Stock
Office Exchange
The London Stock Swiss Stock
Exchange Exchange
JSE Limited
Company Announcements Deutsche Bank
Office UBS Zurich
The Australian Stock
Exchange
Date: 8 September 2008
Contact: Ines Watson
+ 44 (0)20 7802 4176
Notification of Major Interests in Shares
The following notification was received on 4 September 2008 by BHP Billiton Plc
from Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) 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: 180 Lonsdale
Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 Registered Office: Neathouse Place,
London SW1V 1BH United Kingdom
Telephone +61 1300 55 4757
Facsimile +61 3 9609 3015 Telephone +44 20 7802 4000 Facsimile +44
20 7802 4111
The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia
TR-1: Notifications 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)
YES
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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 Credit Suisse Securities (Europe)
notification obligation: Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if Credit Suisse Securities (Europe)
different from 3): Limited
Credit Suisse International
Credit Suisse Business Finance and
Products
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
5. Date of transaction (and date on 2.09.08
which the threshold is crossed or
reached if different):
6. Date on which issuer notified: 4.09.08
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 3%
or reached:
8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type Situation Resulting situation after the triggering
of shares previous to transaction
If possible the
use ISIN triggering
code transaction
Number Number Number Number of voting Percentage of
of of of rights voting rights
shares voting shares
rights
Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
ORD-
GB0000566504 n/a n/a 73961961 73961961 n/a 3.35% n/a
ADR-
US05545E2090 n/a n/a 8200 8200 n/a 0.0004% n/a
B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of Expiration Exercise/ No. of voting rights Percentage
financial date conversion that may be acquired of voting
instrument period/date (if the instrument rights
exercised/converted)
Option 12.09.08 400000 0.017
Option 19.12.08 260000 0.012
Option 17.10.08 200000 0.009
Option 19.12.08 500000 0.022
Option 20.03.09 30000 0.001
Option 19.09.08 30000 0.001
Option 19.09.08 33000 0.015
Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
75423161 3.42%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting
rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively
held, if applicable:
Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited and Credit Suisse
International are a division of Credit Suisse ("CSIBD"),
which is part of the Credit Suisse Group ("CSG"). CSIBD is a
segregated business unit within CSG with an independent
management structure and exercises its voting rights
independently from other divsions of CSG
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of 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: Carolyn Collins
15. Contact telephone number: + 44 207 888 0241
Date: 08/09/2008 08:38:53 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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