6th May 2005 07:00
BHP Billiton PLC06 May 2005 Issued by: BHP Billiton Plc To: 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 May 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 May 2005 by BHP Billiton Plc in acommunication from Old Mutual plc dated 5 May 2005 relating to major interestsin shares of BHP Billiton Plc as at 29th April 2005: "Please find notification pursuant to section 198 of the Companies Act 1985,that as at 29th April 2005, Old Mutual Plc and its direct and indirectsubsidiaries had a material interest in 223,533,752 ordinary shares of BHPBilliton Plc, representing 9.06% of the issued share capital. The shares areregistered as per the attached schedule." Registered holdings of BHP Billiton Plc share capital by Old Mutual Companies at29 April 2005 Total Shares Number of Company Registered Holder % ofissued Shares issued shares 2,468,147,002 129,797,917 Old Mutual Asset Managers (South Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (South 5.26% Africa) (Pty) Ltd Africa) Ltd 288,092 Prudential Portfolio Managers SA Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (South 0.01% (Pty) Ltd (not an Old Mutual Africa) Ltd Company 37,674 PeregrineQuant (Pty) Ltd (Not an Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (South 0.00% Old Mutual Company) Africa) Ltd 225,000 Polaris Capital (Pty) Ltd (Not and Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (South 0.01% Old Mutual Company) Africa) Ltd 7,944,885 Old Mutual Asset Managers (South Old Mutual Unit Trusts (SA) Limited 0.32% Africa) (Pty) Ltd 49,834,647 Old Mutual Asset Managers (South Old Mutual Asset Managers (South Africa) 2.02% Africa) (Pty) Ltd (Pty) Ltd (Managed Fund Client Assets) 3,196,237 Old Mutual Asset Managers (South Mutual & Federal Limited 0.13% Africa) (Pty) Ltd 331,442 Old Mutual Asset Managers (South BoE Life Ltd 0.01% Africa) (Pty) Ltd 188,096 Old Mutual Asset Managers (South BoE Life Assurance Company Ltd 0.01% Africa) (Pty) Ltd 3,217,721 Old Mutual Asset Managers (Namibia) Old Mutual Life Assurance Company 0.13% (Pty) Ltd (Namibia) Ltd 212,849 Old Mutual Asset Managers (Namibia) Old Mutual Holdings (Namibia) (Pty) Ltd 0.01% (Pty) Ltd 1,305,012 Old Mutual Asset Managers (Namibia) Old Mutual Asset Managers (Namibia) 0.05% (Pty) Ltd (Pty) Ltd (Managed Fund Client Assets) 95,072 Old Mutual Asset Managers (South Old Mutual Unit Trusts (Namibia) Limited 0.00% Africa) (Pty) Ltd 1,269,492 Old Mutual Asset Managers (Bermuda) Old Mutual Global Asset Fund 0.05% Ltd 4,988,023 Old Mutual Asset Managers (Bermuda) Old Mutual South Africa Equity Trust 0.20% Ltd Limited 1,221,777 Old Mutual Asset Managers (Bermuda) Old Mutual South African Trust Plc 0.05% Ltd 155,092 Quantitive Asset Management ABSA Nominees 0.01% 316,111 Quantitive Asset Management Nedbank Nominees Ltd 0.01% 5,033,855 Quantitive Asset Management Standard Bank Nominees Ltd 0.20% 196,802 Syfrets Securities Syfrets Securities Nominees (Pty) Ltd 0.01% 5,105,783 NIB Collective Investment Schemes Nedcor Bank Nominees 0.21% 170,392 NIB Securities NIB IPS Nominees (Pty) Ltd 0.01% 3,900,179 BOE Personal Stockbrokers BNS Nominees 0.16% 3,129 Old Mutual (STRAC) Nedcor Bank Nominees 0.00% 4,337,950 BOE Private Clients Nedbank Nominees Ltd 0.18% 31,085 BOE Private Clients Registered Own Name 0.00% 129,438 BOE Fiduciary Nedcor Bank Nominees 0.01% TOTAL 223,533,752 9.06% 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 Registered Office: Neathouse PlaceLonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 London SW1V 1BH United KingdomTelephone +61 1300 554 757 Telephone +44 20 7802 4000 FacsimileFacsimile +61 3 9609 3015 +44 20 7802 4111 The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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