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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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