5th Mar 2007 18:24
BHP Billiton PLC05 March 2007 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: 5 March 2007 For Release: Immediately Contact: Jamin Lawton + 44 (0)20 7802 4108 Notification of Major Interests in Shares The following notification was received on 5 March 2007 by BHP Billiton Plc in aletter from Cater Allen International Limited, dated 1 March 2007, relating tomajor interests in shares of BHP Billiton Plc as at 1 March 2007: "Notification of Interest in Shares pursuant to Part 43 of the 2006 Act. In accordance with Part 43 of the Companies Act 2006, please note that I havebeen made aware, as of today that the interests of Cater Allen InternationalLimited (CAIL) in common stock of BHP Billiton Plc has increased to 120,008,196or 5.05% 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 BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209Registered in Australia Registered in England and WalesRegistered Office: 180 Lonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 Registered Office: Neathouse Place, London SW1V 1BH United KingdomTelephone +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 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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