BIL
BIBLT
BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Total voting rights
BHP Billiton Plc`s
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504
TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS
In conformity with the Transparency Directive`s transitional provision 6, BHP
Billiton Plc announces the following:
BHP Billiton Plc`s issued capital, including treasury shares held by BHP
Billiton Plc, consists of 2,366,462,002 Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each. Of
these, 25,160,000 Ordinary shares are held in treasury by BHP Billiton Plc at
the date of this announcement and therefore the total number of voting rights in
the Company is 2,341,302,002.
The figure of 2,341,302,002 Ordinary shares may be used by shareholders to
calculate if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their
interest in, the share capital of BHP Billiton Plc under the FSA`s Disclosure
and Transparency Rules.
30 April 2007
For further information, please contact:
Company Secretary
BHP Billiton Plc
Robert Franklin
Office: +44 (0) 20 7802 4116
Mobile: +44 (0) 7824 302684
Notes:
BHP Billiton Plc also has one Special Voting Share in issue to facilitate joint
voting by shareholders of BHP Billiton Plc and BHP Billiton Ltd on joint
electorate actions.
At the date of this announcement BHP Billiton Limited holds 13,000,000 of the
Ordinary shares in BHP Billiton Plc.
On 23 April 2007 a total of 34,400,000 Ordinary shares held by BHP Billiton
Limited were cancelled. The cancellation of these shares was approved at the
Annual General Meeting of BHP Billiton Plc held on 25 October 2006 and at the
Annual General Meeting of BHP Billiton Limited held on 28 November 2006.
Further information on BHP Billiton can be found on our internet
site: www.bhpbilliton .com
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 Registered Office: Neathouse Place,
Melbourne Victoria 3000 London SW1V 1BH United Kingdom
Telephone +61 1300 55 4757 Facsimile Telephone +44 20 7802 4000 Facsimile
+61 3 9609 3015 +44 20 7802 4111
The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered
in Australia
Date: 02/05/2007 07:45:01 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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