15th Jun 2005 07:10
BHP Billiton PLC15 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 Plcand on behalf of BHP Billiton Limited's controlled bodies corporate(Subsidiaries) and on behalf of BHP Billiton Plc's controlled bodies corporateincluding those named in Annexure A of the Form 603 "Notice of initialsubstantial holder" dated 22 March 2005 There was a change in the interests of thesubstantial holder on 14/06/2005 The previous notice was given to the company on 10/06/2005 The previous notice was dated 10/06/2005 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 Previous notice Present notice securities (4) Person's Voting power Person's Voting votes (5) votes power (5) Ordinary shares 953,912,235 81.16% 996,516,565 84.74% 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 change relevant change (6) given in number of votes interest relation securities affected changed to change (7) affected 10-14/06/ BHP Billiton Purchaser of $7.85 for 31,800,378 31,800,378 2005 Lonsdale securities each WMC ordinary Investments pursuant to Resources Ltd shares Pty Ltd contracts ordinary arising as a share result of 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 10-14/06/ BHP Billiton Entry into $7.85 for 10,803,952 10,803,952 2005 Lonsdale contracts for each WMC ordinary Investments the purchase of Resources Ltd shares Pty Ltd the securities ordinary on Australian share Stock Exchange Limited (ASX) As above BHP Billiton Taken under Nil As above As above for for BHP Limited section 608(3) for BHP BHP Billiton Billiton (b) of the Billiton Lonsdale Lonsdale Corporations Lonsdale Investments Investments Act to have a Investments Pty Ltd Pty Ltd relevant Pty Ltd interest by reason of having control of BHP Billiton Lonsdale Investments Pty Ltd As above Each of the Taken under Nil As above As above for for BHP Subsidiaries section 608(3) for BHP BHP Billiton Billiton (a) of the Billiton Lonsdale Lonsdale Corporations Lonsdale Investments Investments Act to have a Investments Pty Ltd Pty Ltd relevant Pty Ltd 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 4. Present relevant interests Particulars of each relevant interest of the substantial holder in votingsecurities after the change are as follows: Holder Registered Person Nature of Class and Person's of holder of entitled relevant number of votes relevant securities to be interest (6) securities interest registered as holder (8) BHP Billiton Various BHP Power to 896,661,262 896,661,262 Lonsdale offerees who Billiton control ordinary Investments have Lonsdale disposal of shares Pty Ltd accepted the Investments the takeover Pty Ltd securities offers pursuant to referred to the in paragraph contracts 3 referred to in paragraph 3 BHP Billiton Various BHP Relevant 99,855,303 99,855,303 Lonsdale vendors of Billiton interest ordinary Investments securities Lonsdale under shares Pty Ltd on ASX Investments section 608 Pty Ltd (1) of the Corporations Act pursuant to the purchase of securities on ASX BHP Billiton As above for BHP Taken under As above for As above for Limited BHP Billiton Billiton section 608 BHP Billiton BHP Billiton Lonsdale Lonsdale (3)(b) of Lonsdale Lonsdale Investments Investments the Investments Investments Pty Ltd 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 Taken under As above for As above for Subsidiaries BHP Billiton Billiton section 608 BHP Billiton BHP Billiton Lonsdale Lonsdale (3)(a) of Lonsdale Lonsdale Investments Investments the Investments Investments Pty Ltd 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 C/- BHP BIlliton Limited and each other person 180 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 on whose behalf this notice is given Signature print name Ross Mallett capacity Deputy Company Secretary sign here date 15/06/2005 DIRECTIONS (1) If there are a number of substantial holders with similar or related relevant interests (eg. a corporation and its related corporations, or the manager and trustee of an equity trust), the names could be included in an annexure to the form. If the relevant interests of a group of persons are essentially similar, they may be referred to throughout the form as a specifically named group if the membership of each group, with the names and addresses 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) of the Corporations Act 2001. (4) The voting shares of a company constitute one class unless divided into separate classes. (5) The person's votes divided by the total votes in the body corporate or scheme 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 Act 2001. (7) Details of the consideration must include any and all benefits, money and other, that any person from whom a relevant interest was acquired has, or may, become entitled to receive in relation to that acquisition. Details must be included even if the benefit is conditional on the happening or not of a contingency. Details must be included on any benefit paid on behalf of the substantial holder or its associate in relation to the acquisitions, even if they are not paid directly to the person from whom the relevant interest was acquired. (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 in that association since the last substantial holding notice. BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 BHP Billiton Plc Registered in Australia Registration number 3196209Registered Office: Level 27, 180 Lonsdale Registered in England and WalesStreet Melbourne Victoria 3000 Registered Office: Neathouse PlaceTelephone +61 1300 554 757 London SW1V 1BH United KingdomFacsimile +61 3 9609 3015 Telephone +44 20 7802 4000 Facsimile +44 20 7802 4111 The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia END This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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