BHP Group Limited — Major Shareholding Notification 2014

Jul 1, 2014

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Issued by: BHP Billiton Plc Date: 01 July 2014 To: London Stock Exchange Australian Securities Exchange[1] CC: JSE Limited New York Stock Exchange For release: Immediately Contact: Prakash Kakkad +44 (0) 20 7802 7410

BHP Billiton Plc – Notification of Major Interest in Shares

The following corrected notification was received on 30 June 2014 by BHP Billiton Plc from Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited relating to major interests in shares of BHP Billiton Plc further to the notification released by BHP Billiton Plc on 3 April 2014.

BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209 Registered in Australia Registered in England and Wales Registered Office: 171 Collins Street Registered Office: Neathouse Place Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia London SW1V 1LH United Kingdom Tel +61 1300 55 4757 Fax +61 3 9609 3015 Tel +44 20 7802 4000 Fax +44 20 7802 4111

Members of the BHP Billiton group which is headquartered in Australia

1 This release was made outside the hours of operation of the ASX market announcements office.

For filings with the FCA include the annex

For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES[i]

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are BHP Billiton PLC attached:[ ii]

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights are**attached:**ii	1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights are**attached:**ii	1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights are**attached:**ii	BHP Billiton PLC	BHP Billiton PLC
2 Reason for the notification(please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acqof shar	uisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisitiones already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acqinstrum	uisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financialents
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (pleasespecify):Acquisition of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Group Limitedfrom Lloyds BankingGroupon 31 March 2014.				X
	please):Acquisition of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Group Limitedfrom Lloyds BankingGroupon 31 March 2014.
3. Fullnotific	name of person(s) subject to the**ation obligation:**iii	Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited (and/or acits affiliates) as discretionary investment manbehalf of multiple managed portfolios		ting forager on
4. Full(if diff	name of shareholder(s) erent from 3.):iv
5. Datwhichreach	e of the transaction and date onthe threshold is crossed ored: v	31 March 2014
6. Dat	e on which issuer notified:	30 June 2014 (see Section 13)
7. Thrreach	eshold(s) that is/are crossed or**ed:**vi, vii	5%

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8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares[viii, ix]

8. Notified details:	8. Notified details:	8. Notified details:	8. Notified details:	8. Notified details:	8. Notified details:	8. Notified details:	8. Notified details:	8. Notified details:	8. Notified details:	8. Notified details:	8. Notified details:
	tified details:
A: Vo
	ting rights attached to shares vi			ii, ix
Classshareif posthe IS	/type of	Situation previou		s	Resulting situation a			fter the triggering transaction
	s	to the triggering
		transaction
	sible using	Number	Nu	mber	Number	Numb		er of	% of voting
	IN CODE	of	of		of shares	voting			rightsx
		Shares	Voti	ng		rights
			Rig	hts		Di
					Dit	re	I	ditxii	Dit	Idit
					rec	ct	n	rec	rec	nrec
						xi
GB0000566504	00566504
		82,076,656	82,076,656		114,065,683		114,065,683
GB0000566504		19,578,645	19,578,645		19,578,645		19,578,645			0.93%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial	Expiration	Exercise/	Number of voting	% of voting
instrument	datexiii	Conversion	rights that may be	rights
		Periodxiv	acquired if the
			instrument is
			exercised/ converted.
BHP Billiton June 14PUT Option	20/06/2014		164,000	0.01%
BHP Billiton July 14PUT Option	20/07/2014		75,000	0.00%

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments[xv, xvi]

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial	Exercise	Expiratio	Exercise/	Number of voting	% of voting	% of voting
instrument	price	n datexvii	Conversio	rights instrument	rightsxix, xx
			n	refers to
			periodxviii
					Nominal		Delta

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Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
133,883,328*	6.34%

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

Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the 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: *Please note that there is no change to the number of voting rights held. This is an amendment to Section 8 total only further to the notification made by Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited to the issuer on 02 April 2014. 14. Contact name: Kirsty Lyons 15. Contact telephone number: 01224 404111

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