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Notification of Major Interes

RNS Number : 8906C
BHP Billiton PLC
05 September 2008
 




Issued by:
BHP Billiton Plc
 
 
 
To:
Company Announcements Office
The London Stock Exchange
           
Company Announcements Office
The Australian Stock Exchange
cc:
New York Stock Exchange
Swiss Stock Exchange
JSE Limited
Deutsche Bank
UBS Zurich
 
Date: 
5 September 2008
 
 
 
For Release:
Immediately
 
 
 
Contact: 
Ines Watson
+ 44 (0)20 7802 4176
 
 








Notification of Major Interests in Shares



The following notification was received on 5 September 2008 by BHP Billiton Plc from Lehman Brothers International (Europe) 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 interests in shares 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

BHP Billiton Plc

2. Reason for the notification   (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)


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 the notification obligation:

Lehman Brothers International (Europe)

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

N/A

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):

04/09/08

6. Date on which issuer notified:

05/09/08  

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

4%

8. Notified details:

N/A






A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares 

 if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction 

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares 

Number of Voting Rights viii

Number of shares 

Number of voting rights ix

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct  x

Indirect xi

Direct

Indirect

GB0000566504

75,836,785

75,836,785

95,927,932

95,927,932

N/A

4.35%

N/A 


B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii

Type of financial instrument 

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date xiv 

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. 

% of voting rights

N/A

   

   

   

   


Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

95,927,932

4.35%







9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv:

N/A


Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

N/A


13. Additional information:

N/A

14. Contact name:

Olanike Bola-Lateef

15. Contact telephone number:

+44 (0)20 7102 8709



Notes 



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