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BIL
BIBLT
BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Notification of Major Interest in Shares
BHP Billiton Plc
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504
Company Secretariat
Issued by: BHP Billiton Plc
To: London Stock Exchange cc: New York Stock
Exchange
Australian Securities Swiss Stock
Exchange Exchange
JSE Limited
Deutsche Bank
UBS Zurich
Date: 8 December 2009
For Immediately
Release:
Contact: Geof Stapledon
+44 20 7802 4176
Notification of Major Interest in Shares
The following notification was received yesterday, 7 December 2009, 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: 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: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the BHP Billiton Plc
underlying issuer of existing shares GB0000566504
to which voting rights are attached: US05545E2090
ii
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 Norges Bank
to the notification obligation:
iii
4. Full name of shareholder(s) N/A
(if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and 3rd December 2009
date on which the threshold is
crossed or reached: v
6. Date on which issuer notified: 7th December 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are 3%
crossed or reached: vi, vii
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type Situation Resulting situation after the triggering
of shares previous to the transaction
if possible triggering
using the transaction
ISIN CODE
Number Number Number Number of % of voting
of of of voting rights rights x
Shares Voting shares
Rights
Direct Direct Indire Direct Indirec
xi ct xii t
64,496, 64,496, 65,448, 65,448, 2.97%
GB0000566504 096 096 933 933
US05545E2090 963,600 963,600 963,600 0.04%
963,600
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of Expirat Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
financial ion Conversion rights that may rights
instrument date Period xiv be acquired if
xiii 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 Exerci Expira Exercis Number of voting % of voting
financial se tion e/ rights rights xix,
instrument price date Convers instrument xx
xvii ion refers to
period
xviii
CFD N/A N/A N/A 3,000 Nomina Delta
l
0.0001 N/A
%
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
66,415,533 3.01%
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 N/A
will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to N/A
hold voting rights:
13. Additional information: None
14. Contact name: Jonas Lexmark
15. Contact telephone number: +47 24 07 31 34
Date: 08/12/2009 14:10:20 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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