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BHP BILLITON PLC - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

Release Date: 06/02/2018 07:05
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Notification of Major Interests in Shares

BHP Billiton Plc
Registration number 3196209
Registered in England and Wales
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504



Issued by:                           BHP Billiton Plc

Date:                                5 February 2018


To:                                  London Stock Exchange

                                     Australian Securities Exchange


Cc:                                  JSE Limited

                                     New York Stock Exchange


For Release:                         Immediately



Contact:                             Helen Ratsey +44 (0) 20 7802 7540




                    BHP Billiton Plc – Notification of Major Interest in Shares




The attached notification was received on 3 February 2018 by BHP Billiton Plc from Elliott
Capital Advisors, L.P. relating to major holdings of shares of BHP Billiton Plc.


The notification relates to a major holding in BHP Billiton Plc only, and not in the combined
BHP Billiton Plc and BHP Billiton Limited group.



Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Limited


BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077                         BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209
LEI WZE1WSENV6JSZFK0JC28                                        LEI 549300C116EOWV835768
Registered in Australia                                         Registered in England and Wales
Registered Office: 171 Collins Street                           Registered Office: Nova South, 160 Victoria Street
Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia                               London, SW1E 5LB United Kingdom
Tel +61 1300 55 4757 Fax +61 3 9609 3015                        Tel +44 20 7802 4000 Fax +44 20 7802 4111

                                     The BHP Group is headquartered in Australia
TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft
 Word format if possible)i

 1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
 of existing shares to which voting rights are at-                                 BHP Billiton PLC
 tachedii:
 1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an “X” if appropriate)
 Non-UK issuer

 2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an “X”)

 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                                          X

 An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments                                                                  X

 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

 Other (please specify)iii:

 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv
                                                                Elliott Capital Advisors, L.P. (for itself and related
 Name
                                                                general partners and investment managers)
 City and country of registered office (if applicable)

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

 Name                                                           Elliott International, L.P.

 City and country of registered office (if applicable)          Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

 5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or
                                                                1 February 2018
 reachedvi:

 6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):                 2 February 2018

 7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
                                                       % of voting rights
                          % of voting rights at-                                                     Total number of
                                                   through financial instru-    Total of both in %
                          tached to shares (to-                                                      voting rights of is-
                                                              ments                (8.A + 8.B)
                               tal of 8. A)                                                          suervii
                                                    (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)
 Resulting situation
 on the date on which
 threshold was
                          4.65%                    0.80%                            5.45%                 115,183,724
 crossed or reached
Position of previous
notification (if          5.04%                     N/A                             5.04%
applicable)


8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or
reachedviii
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of              Number of voting rightsix                             % of voting rights
shares
ISIN code (if possible)            Direct                   Indirect                      Direct                    Indirect
                              (Art 9 of Directive       (Art 10 of Directive          (Art 9 of Directive       (Art 10 of Directive
                           2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)          2004/109/EC)             2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)          2004/109/EC)
                                                            (DTR5.2.1)                                              (DTR5.2.1)

GB0000566504               98,325,953                     -                        4.65%                        -




SUBTOTAL 8. A                                 98,325,953                                                4.65%



B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
                                                                               Number of voting rights
Type of financial in-      Expiration       Exercise/                          that may be acquired if
                                                                                                            % of voting rights
strument                   datex            Conversion Periodxi                the instrument is
                                                                               exercised/converted.




                                            SUBTOTAL 8. B 1




B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive
2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
                                            Exercise/              Physical or
Type of financial       Expiration                                                       Number of
                                            Conversion Pe-         cash                                     % of voting rights
instrument              datex                                                            voting rights
                                            riod xi                settlementxii
CFD                     31/01/19                                   CASH                  5,682,179          0.27%

CFD                     03/01/19                                   CASH                  8,122,768          0.39%

CFD                     17/10/18                                   CASH                  222,824            0.01%
                                                                                         2,830,000
                                                                                        (1,415,000
CFD (ADR                                                                                 ADR’s equiv-
                        16/10/19                                   CASH                  alent to           0.13%
US05545E2090)                                                                            2,830,000
                                                                                         Voting Ords)
                                                                                     
                                                                   SUBTOTAL
                                                                   8.B.2
                                                                                         16,857,771         0.80%




9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the
applicable box with an “X”)
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not
control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuerxiii            X
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entityxiv
(please add additional rows as necessary)
                                                                   % of voting rights
                                 % of voting rights if it                                           Total of both if it
                                                                 through financial in-
                                  equals or is higher                                              equals or is higher
          Namexv                                                 struments if it equals
                                  than the notifiable                                              than the notifiable
                                                                 or is higher than the
                                       threshold                                                       threshold
                                                                  notifiable threshold




10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder

The number and % of voting rights held

The date until which the voting rights will be held



11. Additional informationxvi
Place of completion   London, United Kingdom

Date of completion    2 February 2018

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