31st May 2005 07:01
BHP Billiton PLC30 May 2005 30 May 2005 To:Company Announcements Platform Mr. Peter Horton - WMCThe Australian Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange Swiss Stock ExchangeLondon Stock Exchange JSE Securities Exchange SAOld Broad Street Deutsche BankLondon EC2N 1HP UBS ZurichUnited Kingdom Takeover Bid for WMC Resources Ltd Report on Acceptance Facility BHP Billiton reports that since 27 May 2005, the aggregate of: • the number of WMC Resources shares in respect of which acceptance instructions (in the form of acceptance forms and/or directions to custodians to accept BHP Billiton's offer) have been received in the Acceptance Facility as at 8.15am today (as advised by Merrill Lynch Equities (Australia) Limited to BHP Billiton); and • the number of WMC Resources shares in which BHP Billiton has a relevant interest, has increased from 5.20% to 6.69%. The following table is a breakdown of the aggregate amount between those twocategories. Number of WMC Percentage of WMC Resources' Resources Shares existing issued shares Acceptance Facility 19,539,093 1.67% Relevant interest 58,982,985 5.02% TOTALS 78,522,078 6.69% In addition, BHP Billiton notes that it holds economic exposure to 50,624,000WMC Resources shares (4.31% of the issued share capital) through cash settledderivative contracts. Yours sincerely Ross MallettDeputy Company Secretary BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 Registered in Australia Registered Office: Level 27, 180 Lonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 Telephone +61 1300 554 757 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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