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BHP Billiton PLC08 June 2005 Form 604 Corporations Act 2001 Section 671B Notice of change of interests of substantial holder To Company Name/Scheme WMC Resources Ltd ACN/ARSN 76 004 184 598 1. Details of substantial holder (1) Name BHP Billiton Limited ACN/ARSN (if applicable) 49 004 028 077 This notice is also given by BHP Billiton Limited on behalf of BHP Billiton Plc and on behalf of BHP Billiton Limited's controlled bodies corporate (Subsidiaries) and on behalf of BHP Billiton Plc's controlled bodies corporate including those named in Annexure A of the Form 603 "Notice of initial substantial holder" dated 22 March 2005 There was a change in the interests of thesubstantial holder on 7/06/2005 The previous notice was given to the company on 7/06/2005 The previous notice was dated 7/06/2005 2. Previous and present voting power The total number of votes attached to all the voting shares in the company orvoting interests in the scheme that the substantial holder or an associate (2)had a relevant interest (3) in when last required, and when now required, togive a substantial holding notice to the company or scheme, are as follows: Class of securities (4) Previous notice Present notice Person's votes Voting power (5) Person's votes Voting power (5) Ordinary shares 909,825,878 77.41% 925,250,332 78.72% 3. Changes in relevant interests Particulars of each change in, or change in the nature of, a relevant interestof the substantial holder or an associate in voting securities of the company orscheme, since the substantial holder was last required to give a substantialholding notice to the company or scheme are as follows: Date of Person whose Nature of Consideration Class and Person's votes change relevant change (6) given in relation number of affected interest to change (7) securities changed affected 7/06/2005 BHP Billiton Purchaser of securities $7.85 for each WMC 14,311,491 14,311,491 Lonsdale pursuant to contracts Resources Ltd ordinary Investments Pty arising as a result of ordinary share shares Ltd acceptances of takeover offers as set out in the Bidder's Statement, the form of which was given to the Australian Stock Exchange Limited by the substantial holder on 21 March 2005 7/06/2005 BHP Billiton Entry into contracts $7.85 for each WMC 1,112,963 1,112,963 Lonsdale for the purchase of the Resources Ltd ordinary Investments Pty securities on ordinary share shares Ltd Australian Stock Exchange Limited (ASX) As above BHP Billiton Taken under section 608 Nil As above for As above for BHP for BHP Limited (3)(b) of the BHP Billiton Billiton Lonsdale Billiton Corporations Act to Lonsdale Investments Pty Lonsdale have a relevant Investments Ltd Investments interest by reason of Pty Ltd Pty Ltd having control of BHP Billiton Lonsdale Investments Pty Ltd As above Each of the Taken under section 608 Nil As above for As above for BHP for BHP Subsidiaries (3)(a) of the BHP Billiton Billiton Lonsdale Billiton Corporations Act to Lonsdale Investments Pty Lonsdale have a relevant Investments Ltd Investments interest by reason of Pty Ltd Pty Ltd having voting power (through the relevant interests of its associate, BHP Billiton Limited) above 20% in BHP Billiton Lonsdale Investments Pty Ltd 4. Present relevant interests Particulars of each relevant interest of the substantial holder in voting securities after the change are as follows: Holder of Registered Person Nature of Class and Person's relevant holder of entitled relevant number of votes interest securities to be interest (6) securities registered as holder (8) BHP Billiton Various BHP Billiton Power to 822,801,799 837,113,290 Lonsdale offerees who Lonsdale control ordinary Investments Pty have accepted Investments disposal of shares Ltd the takeover Pty Ltd the securities offers pursuant to referred to the contracts in paragraph referred to in 3 paragraph 3 BHP Billiton Various BHP Billiton Relevant 88,137,042 88,137,042 Lonsdale vendors of Lonsdale interest under ordinary Investments Pty securities on Investments section 608(1) shares Ltd ASX Pty Ltd of the Corporations Act pursuant to the purchase of securities on ASX BHP Billiton As above for BHP Billiton Taken under As above for As above for Limited BHP Billiton Lonsdale section BHP Billiton BHP Billiton Lonsdale Investments 608(3)(b) of Lonsdale Lonsdale Investments Pty Ltd the Investments Investments Pty Ltd Corporations Pty Ltd Pty Ltd Act to have a relevant interest by reason of having control of BHP Billiton Lonsdale Investments Pty Ltd Each of the As above for BHP Billiton Taken under As above for As above for Subsidiaries BHP Billiton Lonsdale section BHP Billiton BHP Billiton Lonsdale Investments 608(3)(a) of Lonsdale Lonsdale Investments Pty Ltd the Investments Investments Pty Ltd Corporations Pty Ltd Pty Ltd Act to have a relevant interest by reason of having voting power (through the relevant interests of its associate, BHP Billiton Limited) above 20% in BHP Billiton Lonsdale Investments Pty Ltd 5. Changes in association The persons who have become associates (2) of, ceased to be associates of, orhave changed the nature of their association (9) with, the substantial holder inrelation to voting interests in the company or scheme are as follows: Name and ACN/ARSN (if applicable) Nature of association Not applicable Not applicable 6. Addresses The addresses of persons named in this form are as follows: Name Address BHP Billiton Limited and each other C/- BHP BIlliton Limitedperson on whose behalf this notice is given 180 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Signature print name Ross Mallett capacity Deputy Company Secretary sign here date 08/06/2005 DIRECTIONS (1) If there are a number of substantial holders with similar or relatedrelevant interests (eg. a corporation and its related corporations, or themanager and trustee of an equity trust), the names could be included in anannexure to the form. If the relevant interests of a group of persons areessentially similar, they may be referred to throughout the form as aspecifically named group if the membership of each group, with the names andaddresses of members is clearly set out in paragraph 6 of the form. (2) See the definition of "associate" in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001. (3) See the definition of "relevant interest" in sections 608 and 671B(7) ofthe Corporations Act 2001. (4) The voting shares of a company constitute one class unless divided intoseparate classes. (5) The person's votes divided by the total votes in the body corporate orscheme multiplied by 100. (6) Include details of: (a) any relevant agreement or other circumstances because of which the change in relevant interest occurred. If subsection 671B(4) applies, a copy of any document setting out the terms of any relevant agreement, and a statement by the person giving full and accurate details of any contract, scheme or arrangement, must accompany this form, together with a written statement certifying this contract, scheme or arrangement; and (b) any qualification of the power of a person to exercise, control the exercise of, or influence the exercise of, the voting powers or disposal of the securities to which the relevant interest relates (indicating clearly the particular securities to which the qualification applies). See the definition of "relevant agreement" in section 9 of the Corporations Act2001. (7) Details of the consideration must include any and all benefits, money andother, that any person from whom a relevant interest was acquired has, or may,become entitled to receive in relation to that acquisition. Details must beincluded even if the benefit is conditional on the happening or not of acontingency. Details must be included on any benefit paid on behalf of thesubstantial holder or its associate in relation to the acquisitions, even ifthey are not paid directly to the person from whom the relevant interest wasacquired. (8) If the substantial holder is unable to determine the identity of the person(eg. if the relevant interest arises because of an option) write "unknown'". (9) Give details, if appropriate, of the present association and any change inthat association since the last substantial holding notice. 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 Lonsdale Street Melbourne Registered Office: Neathouse Place London SW1V 1BH UnitedVictoria 3000 KingdomTelephone +61 1300 554 757 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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