Notification of Major Interes

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

BHP Billiton Plc

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

YES

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached 

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):______________

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:

Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited

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

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):

2.09.08

6. Date on which issuer notified:

4.09.08

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

3%

8: Notified Details

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares

If possible use ISIN code

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

ORD-

GB0000566504

n/a

n/a

73961961

73961961

n/a

3.35%

n/a

ADR-

US05545E2090

n/a

n/a

8200

8200

n/a

0.0004%

n/a

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

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

Option

12.09.08

400000

0.017

Option

19.12.08

260000

0.012

Option

17.10.08

200000

0.009

Option

19.12.08

500000

0.022

Option

20.03.09

30000

0.001

Option

19.09.08

30000

0.001

Option

19.09.08

33000

0.015

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

75423161

3.42%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

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

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

14 Contact name:

Carolyn Collins

15. Contact telephone number:

+ 44 207 888 0241