BHP Billiton Plc - Notification of Major Interests
BIL
BIBLT
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 Office cc: New York Stock Exchange
The London Stock Exchange Swiss Stock Exchange
JSE Limited
Company Announcements Office Deutsche Bank
The Australian Stock Exchange UBS Zurich
Date: 10 March 2006
Contact: Ines Watson + 44 (0)20 7802 4176
Notification of Major Interests in Shares
The following notification was received on 9 March 2006 by BHP Billiton Plc in a
letter from HSBC Bank plc, dated 7 March 2006, relating to major interests in
shares of BHP Billiton Plc as at 6 March 2006:
"Part VI Companies Act 1985 ("the Act")
We refer to our letter of 3 March 2006 and notify you in accordance with Part VI
Companies Act 1985 ("the Act") that as at close of business on 6 March 2006 HSBC
Bank plc no longer had a notifiable interest in the ordinary shares of BHP
Billiton plc.
HSBC Holdings plc as HSBC Bank plc"s parent company are also no longer
interested, by virtue of S.203 of the Act, in all of the above mentioned
shares."
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: 13/03/2006 07:17:35 AM Produced by the JSE SENS Department
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