BHP Group Limited — Major Shareholding Notification 2014

Jan 28, 2014

Issued by: BHP Billiton Plc Date: 28 January 2014 To: London Stock Exchange Australian Securities Exchange cc: JSE Limited New York Stock Exchange For Release: Immediately Contact: James Upton +44 (0) 20 7802 7308

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BHP Billiton Plc – Notification of Major Interest in Shares

The following notification was received on Monday 27 January 2014 by BHP Billiton Plc from Norges Bank relating to major interests in shares of BHP Billiton Plc.

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

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:ii		BHP Billiton Plc GB0000566504
2 Reason for the notification(please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:iii	Norges Bank
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv	N/A
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	24 January 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	27 January 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:vi, vii	Above 3%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

8. Notified details:	8. Notified details:	8. Notified details:	8. Notified details:	8. Notified details:	8. Notified details:	8. Notified details:	8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the 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		% of voting rights~~x~~
			Direct	Directxi	Indirect xii	Direct	Indirect
GB0000566504	63,340,432	63,340,432	63,675,432	63,675,432		3.01%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments	B: Qualifying Financial Instruments	B: Qualifying Financial Instruments	B: Qualifying Financial Instruments	B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration datexiii	Exercise/ Conversion Periodxiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is **exercised/ converted. **	% of voting rights
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi	C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi	C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi	C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi	C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi	C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi	C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi	C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration datexvii	Exercise/ Conversion period xviii		Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights~~xix,~~ xx
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		N/A	Nominal	Delta
						N/A	N/A
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights				Percentage of voting rights
63,675,432				3.01%

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

N/A

Proxy Voting:	Proxy Voting:	Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		Norges Bank
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to voting rights:	hold	N/A
13. Additional information:	None
14. Contact name:	R. Sai Aanandha Shankhar
15. Contact telephone number:	+47 2407 3134