Holding(s) in Company
March 28 2003 - 2:02AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:3238J
BHP Billiton PLC
28 March 2003
Issued by: BHP Billiton Plc
To: Company Announcements Office cc: New York Stock Exchange
The London Stock Exchange Swiss Stock Exchange
Old Broad Street New Zealand Stock Exchange
London EC2N 1HP Johannesburg Stock Exchange
United Kingdom Paris Bourse (Euronext)
Deutsche Bank
Company Announcements Office
The Australian Stock Exchange
4th Floor, 20 Bridge Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia
Date: 28 March 2003
For Release: Immediately
Contact: Ines Watson + 44 (0)20 7802 4176
Notification of Major Interests in Shares
The following notification was received on 27 March 2003 by BHP Billiton Plc in
a letter from Putnam Investment Management, LLC and The Putnam Advisory Company,
LLC dated 24 March 2003 relating to major interests in shares of BHP Billiton
Plc as at 24 March 2003:
"Notification of the Holdings under Part VI of the Companies Act 1985, as
amended (the "Companies Act") on the Disclosure of Interest in Shares
Putnam Investment Management, LLC and The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC (together
"Putnam") are hereby notifying you of certain holdings of its clients pursuant
to the above legislation. Each Putnam entity is an investment advisor registered
in the United States pursuant to the Investment Advisors Act of 1940.
As of March 24, 2003 clients of Putnam hold beneficial interests in 98,302,640
BHP Billiton Plc shares representing 3.983% of the shares outstanding. The
shares are held by Putnam's clients for investment purposes only."
BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209
Registered in Australia Registered in England and Wales
Registered Office: 600 Bourke Street Melbourne Victoria Registered Office: Neathouse Place London SW1V 1BH United
3000 Kingdom
Telephone +61 3 9609 3333 Facsimile +61 3 9609 3015 Telephone +44 20 7802 4000 Facsimile +44 20 7802 4111
The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia
This information is provided by RNS
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