BHP Group Limited — Major Shareholding Notification 2017

Aug 17, 2017

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Issued by: BHP Billiton Plc Date: 17 August 2017 To: London Stock Exchange Australian Securities Exchange[1] Cc: JSE Limited New York Stock Exchange For Release: Immediately Contact: Rachel Agnew +61 (3) 9609 3730

BHP Billiton Plc – Notification of Major Interest in Shares

The attached notification was received on 16 August 2017 by BHP Billiton Plc from Elliott Capital Advisors, L.P. relating to major holdings of shares of BHP Billiton Plc

The notification relates to a major holding in BHP Billiton Plc only, and not in the combined BHP Billiton Plc and BHP Billiton Limited group.

BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 Registered in Australia LEI WZE1WSENV6JSZFK0JC28 Registered Office: 171 Collins Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia Tel +61 1300 55 4757 Fax +61 3 9609 3015

BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209 LEI 549300C116EOWV835768 Registered in England and Wales Registered Office: Nova South, 160 Victoria Street London, SW1E 5LB United Kingdom Tel +44 20 7802 4000 Fax +44 20 7802 4111

The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia

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

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)[i]

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

1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an “X” if appropriate)

Non-UK issuer

2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an “X”)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights X An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments An event changing the breakdown of voting rights Other (please specify)[iii] :

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation[iv]

Name	Elliott Capital Advisors, L.P. (for itself and related generalpartners andinvestmentmanagers)
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
4. Full name of shareholder(s)(if different from 3.)v
Name	Elliott International, L.P.
City and country of registered office (if applicable)	Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi:	14 August 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):	15 August 2017

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

	% of voting rights at- tached to shares (to- tal of 8. A)	% of voting rights through financial instru- ments (totalof8.B 1+ 8.B 2)	Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights of is- suervii
Resulting situation
on the date on which threshold was	5.04%	-	5.04%	106,448,721
crossed or reached

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Position of previous notification (if applicable)

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached[viii]

A: Voting rights attached to shares

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii	8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii	8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii	8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii	8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)	Number of voting rightsix		% of voting rights
	Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)	Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)	Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)	Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)
GB0000566504	106,448,721	-	5.04%	-
SUBTOTAL 8. A	106,448,721		5.04%

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))	B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))	B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))	B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))	B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
Type of financial in- strument	Expiration datex	Exercise/ Conversion Periodxi	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is **exercised/converted. **	% of voting rights
		SUBTOTAL 8. B 1

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))	B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))	B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))	B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))	B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))	B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
Type of financial instrument	Expiration datex	Exercise/ Conversion Pe- riod xi	Physical or cash settlementxii	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
			SUBTOTAL 8.B.2

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9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an “X”)

Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer[xiii] X Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the

financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity[xiv ] (please add additional rows as necessary)

% of voting rights % of voting rights if it Total of both if it through financial inequals or is higher equals or is higher Name[xv] struments if it equals than the notifiable than the notifiable or is higher than the threshold threshold notifiable threshold

10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:

Name of the proxy holder The number and % of voting rights held The date until which the voting rights will be held

11. Additional information[xvi]

Place of completion London, United Kingdom Date of completion 15 August 2017

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