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BIL
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BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Notification of Major Interest in Shares
BHP Billiton Plc
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504
Notification of Major Interest in Shares
The following notification was received yesterday, 3 December 2009, by BHP
Billiton Plc from BlackRock, Inc. relating to major interests in shares of BHP
Billiton Plc.
BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077
Registered in Australia
Registered Office: 180 Lonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000
Telephone +61 1300 55 4757 Facsimile +61 3 9609 3015
BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209
Registered in England and Wales
Registered Office: Neathouse Place, London SW1V 1BH United Kingdom
Telephone +44 20 7802 4000 Facsimile +44 20 7802 4111
The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia
For filings with the FSA include
the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the
annex
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the BHP Billiton PLC
underlying issuer of existing shares
to which voting rights are attached:
ii
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or
boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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
to the notification obligation: BlackRock, Inc.
iii
4. Full name of shareholder(s) N/A
(if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and 1st December 2009
date on which the threshold is
crossed or reached: v
6. Date on which issuer notified: 3rd December 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are Holding has gone above 5%
crossed or reached: vi, vii
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering
of to the triggering transaction
shares transaction
if possible
using
the ISIN
CODE
Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting
Of Of of rights rights x
Shares Voting shares
Rights
Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indi
xi xii rect
N/A N/A N/A N/A 210,669, N/A 9.55
GB0000566504 620 %
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of
financial date xiii Conversion Period rights that may voting
instrument xiv be rights
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/
converted.
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying
Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of Exerci Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
financial se date xvii Conversion rights rights xix,
instrument price period instrument xx
xviii refers to
CFD N/A N/A N/A Nomina Del
2,037,449 l ta
0.09%
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
213,014,043 9.65%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights
and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
xxi
On 1 December 2009, the Barclays Global Investors (BGI) business was
acquired by BlackRock, Inc. The combined holdings of BlackRock, Inc
following this acquisition triggered this disclosure requirement.
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 213,014,043 (9.65%)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the 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:
BlackRock Compliance Disclosures
Team
14. Contact name: Stuart Watchorn
15. Contact telephone number: 020 7743 5741;
stuart.watchorn@blackrock.com
Date: 04/12/2009 16:43:01 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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