28th Feb 2006 16:32
BHP Billiton PLC28 February 2006 Issued by: BHP Billiton Plc To: Company Announcements Office cc: New York Stock Exchange The London Stock Exchange Swiss Stock Exchange JSE Limited Company Announcements Office Deutsche Bank The Australian Stock Exchange UBS Zurich Date: 28 February 2006 For Release: Immediately Contact: Jamin Lawton + 44 (0)20 7802 4108 Notification of Major Interests in Shares The following notification was received on 28 February 2006 by BHP Billiton Plcin a letter from Cater Allen International Limited, dated 23 February 2006,relating to major interests in shares of BHP Billiton Plc as at 23 February2006: "Notification of Interest in Shares pursuant to Part VI of the Companies Act1985 (as amended) In accordance with Part VI of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended), please notethat I have been made aware, as of today that the interests of Cater AllenInternational Limited (CAIL) in common stock of BHP Billiton Plc has increasedto 100,000,700 or 4.05% of the issued share capital. This holding has arisen from stock loan transactions done under the relevantapproved documentation as a principal trading member of the London StockExchange." BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 Registered in Australia Registered Office: 180 Lonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000Telephone +61 1300 55 4757 Facsimile +61 3 9609 3015 BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209Registered in England and WalesRegistered Office: Neathouse Place, London SW1V 1BH United KingdomTelephone +44 20 7802 4000 Facsimile +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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