BHP Group Limited — Major Shareholding Notification 2015

Oct 11, 2015

Issued by:	BHP Billiton Plc
Date:	9 October 2015
To:	London Stock Exchange
	Australian Securities Exchange
cc:	JSE Limited
	New York Stock Exchange
For Release:	Immediately
Contact:	Elizabeth Hobley +44 (0) 20 7802 4054

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BHP Billiton Plc – Notification of Major Interest in Shares

The following notification was received on 8 October 2015 by BHP Billiton Plc from Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited 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

The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia

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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 attached:ii	1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of 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			X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares alreadyissued to which votingrights 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	Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited (and/or acting for its affiliates) as discretionary investment manager on behalf of multiple managed portfolios
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	7 October 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:	8 October 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: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:
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	Direct xi	Indirectxii	Direct	Indirect
GB0000566504	114,100,310	99,159,464	99,042,858		87,395,523		4.14%
GB0000566504	20,182,335	15,712,760	20,182,335		15,712,760		0.74%

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

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 Instrumentsxv, xvi	C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instrumentsxv, xvi	C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instrumentsxv, xvi	C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instrumentsxv, xvi	C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instrumentsxv, xvi	C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instrumentsxv, xvi	C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instrumentsxv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiratio n datexvii	Exercise/ Conversio n period xviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights xix, xx
					Nominal	Delta

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Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
103,108,283	4.88 %

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:
14. Contact name:	Ben Van Loon
15. Contact telephone number:	01224 404090

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