12th Sep 2008 12:17
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Issued by:
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BHP Billiton Plc
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To:
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Company Announcements Office
The London Stock Exchange
Company Announcements Office
The Australian Securities Exchange
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cc:
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New York Stock Exchange
Swiss Stock Exchange
JSE Limited
Deutsche Bank
UBS Zurich
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Date:
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12 September 2008
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For Release:
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Immediately
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Contact:
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Ines Watson
+ 44 (0)20 7802 4176
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Notification of Major Interests in Shares
The following notification was received on 10 September 2008 by BHP Billiton Plc from Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited relating to major interests in shares of BHP Billiton Plc.
BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209Registered 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
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TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: |
BHP Billiton Plc |
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2. Reason for notification (yes/no) |
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |
YES |
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An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached |
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |
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Other (please specify):______________ |
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation: |
Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited |
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3): |
Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited Credit Suisse International Credit Suisse Business Finance and Products Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
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5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): |
08.09.08 |
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6. Date on which issuer notified: |
10.09.08 |
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: |
3% |
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8: Notified Details |
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A: Voting rights attached to shares |
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Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code |
Situation previous to the triggering transaction |
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Number of shares |
Number of voting rights |
Number of shares |
Number of voting rights |
Percentage of voting rights |
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Direct |
Indirect |
Direct |
Indirect |
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ORD- GB0000566504 |
73961961 |
73961961 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Below 3% |
N/A |
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ADR- US05545E2090 |
8200 |
8200 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Below 3% |
N/A |
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B: Financial Instruments |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Type of financial instrument |
Expiration date |
Exercise/ conversion period/date |
No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted) |
Percentage of voting rights |
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Total (A+B) |
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Number of voting rights |
Percentage of voting rights |
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N/A |
Below 3% |
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
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Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited and Credit Suisse International are a division of Credit Suisse ("CSIBD"), which is part of the Credit Suisse Group ("CSG"). CSIBD is a segregated business unit within CSG with an independent management structure and exercises its voting rights independently from other divsions of CSG |
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Proxy Voting: |
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10. Name of proxy holder: |
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: |
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: |
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13. Additional information: |
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14 Contact name: |
Simon Crawley |
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15. Contact telephone number: |
+ 44 207 888 5416 |
For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.
Related Shares:
BHP Group