6th Jul 2005 07:01
BHP Billiton PLC06 July 2005 Issued by: BHP Billiton PlcTo: cc:London Stock Exchange New York Stock ExchangeOld Broad Street Swiss Stock ExchangeLondon EC2N 1HP JSE Securities Exchange SAUnited Kingdom Deutsche Bank UBS ZurichCompany Announcements OfficeThe Australian Stock Exchange4th Floor, 20 Bridge StreetSydney NSW 2000Australia Date: 6 July 2005 For Release: Immediately Contact: Jamin Lawton +44 (0)20 7802 4108 Notification of Major Interests in Shares The following notification was received on 5 July 2005 by BHP Billiton Plc in acommunication from Old Mutual plc dated 5 July 2005 relating to major interestsin shares of BHP Billiton Plc as at 1 July 2005: "Please find notification pursuant to section 198 of the Companies Act 1985,that as at 1 July 2005, Old Mutual plc and its direct and indirect subsidiarieshad a material interest in 213,220,031 ordinary shares of BHP Billiton plc,representing 8.64% of the issued share capital. The shares are registered as perthe attached schedule." Registered holdings of BHP Billiton Plc share capital by Old Mutual Companies at1 July 2005 +---------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+--------+|Total Shares |Number of |Company |Registered Holder |% of ||issued |Shares | | |issued || | | | |shares |+---------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+--------+|2,468,147,002 |120,438,409 |Old Mutual Asset Managers (South|Old Mutual Life Assurance Company | 4.88% || | |Africa) (Pty) Ltd |(South Africa) Ltd | |+---------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+--------+| | 281,092 |Prudential Portfolio Managers SA|Old Mutual Life Assurance Company | 0.01% || | |(Pty) Ltd (not an Old Mutual |(South Africa) Ltd | || | |Company | | |+---------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+--------+| | 51,774 |PeregrineQuant (Pty) Ltd (Not an|Old Mutual Life Assurance Company | 0.00% || | |Old Mutual Company) |(South Africa) Ltd | |+---------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+--------+| | 336,700 |Polaris Capital (Pty) Ltd (Not |Old Mutual Life Assurance Company | 0.01% || | |and Old Mutual Company) |(South Africa) Ltd | |+---------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+--------+| | 7,644,329 |Old Mutual Asset Managers (South|Old Mutual Unit Trusts (SA) | 0.31% || | |Africa) (Pty) Ltd |Limited | |+---------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+--------+| | 49,116,203 |Old Mutual Asset Managers (South|Old Mutual Asset Managers (South | 1.99% || | |Africa) (Pty) Ltd |Africa) (Pty) Ltd (Managed Fund | || | | |Client Assets) | |+---------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+--------+| | 3,196,237 |Old Mutual Asset Managers (South|Mutual & Federal Limited | 0.13% || | |Africa) (Pty) Ltd | | |+---------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+--------+| | 306,032 |Old Mutual Asset Managers (South|BoE Life Ltd | 0.01% || | |Africa) (Pty) Ltd | | |+---------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+--------+| | 114,447 |Old Mutual Asset Managers (South|BoE Life Assurance Company Ltd | 0.00% || | |Africa) (Pty) Ltd | | |+---------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+--------+| | 2,951,018 |Old Mutual Asset Managers |Old Mutual Life Assurance Company | 0.12% || | |(Namibia) (Pty) Ltd |(Namibia) Ltd | |+---------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+--------+| | 212,849 |Old Mutual Asset Managers |Old Mutual Holdings (Namibia) (Pty) | 0.01% || | |(Namibia) (Pty) Ltd |Ltd | |+---------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+--------+| | 1,300,531 |Old Mutual Asset Managers |Old Mutual Asset Managers (Namibia) | 0.05% || | |(Namibia) (Pty) Ltd |(Pty) Ltd (Managed Fund Client | || | | |Assets) | |+---------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+--------+| | 95,558 |Old Mutual Asset Managers (South|Old Mutual Unit Trusts (Namibia) | 0.00% || | |Africa) (Pty) Ltd |Limited | |+---------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+--------+| | 1,269,492 |Old Mutual Asset Managers |Old Mutual Global Asset Fund | 0.05% || | |(Bermuda) Ltd | | |+---------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+--------+| | 4,988,023 |Old Mutual Asset Managers |Old Mutual South Africa Equity Trust| 0.20% || | |(Bermuda) Ltd |Limited | |+---------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+--------+| | 1,350,044 |Old Mutual Asset Managers |Old Mutual South African Trust Plc | 0.05% || | |(Bermuda) Ltd | | |+---------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+--------+| | 150,269 |Quantitive Asset Management |ABSA Nominees | 0.01% |+---------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+--------+| | 293,668 |Quantitive Asset Management |Nedbank Nominees Ltd | 0.01% |+---------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+--------+| | 4,765,755 |Quantitive Asset Management |Standard Bank Nominees Ltd | 0.19% |+---------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+--------+| | 231,561 |Syfrets Securities |Syfrets Securities Nominees (Pty) | 0.01% || | | |Ltd | |+---------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+--------+| | 5,748,640 |Nedcor Collective Investments |Nedcor Bank Nominees | 0.23% || | |Limited | | |+---------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+--------+| | 139,029 |Taquanta Asset Managers (Pty) |NIB IPS Nominees (Pty) Ltd | 0.01% || | |Ltd | | |+---------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+--------+| | 3,921,347 |BOE Personal Stockbrokers |BNS Nominees | 0.16% |+---------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+--------+| | 3,129 |Old Mutual (STRAC) |Nedcor Bank Nominees | 0.00% |+---------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+--------+| | 4,154,335 |BOE Private Clients |Nedbank Nominees Ltd | 0.17% |+---------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+--------+| | 31,392 |BOE Private Clients |Registered Own Name | 0.00% |+---------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+--------+| | 128,168 |BOE Fiduciary |Nedcor Bank Nominees | 0.01% |+---------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+--------+| TOTAL |213,220,031 | | | 8.64% |+---------------+-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------+--------+ BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209Registered in Australia Registered in England and WalesRegistered Office: Level 27, 180 Lonsdale Street Registered Office: Neathouse Place London SW1V 1BHMelbourne Victoria 3000 United KingdomTelephone +61 1300 554 757 Facsimile +61 3 9609 3015 Telephone +44 20 7802 4000 Facsimile +44 20 7802 4111 The BHP Billiton 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