Holding(s) in Company
September 01 2003 - 3:03AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:2098P
BHP Billiton PLC
01 September 2003
Issued by: BHP Billiton Plc
To: cc:
Company Announcements Office New York Stock Exchange
The London Stock Exchange Swiss Stock Exchange
Old Broad Street NZX
London EC2N 1HP Johannesburg Stock Exchange
United Kingdom Euronext
Deutsche Bank
Company Announcements Office
The Australian Stock Exchange
4th Floor, 20 Bridge Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia
Date: 1 September 2003
Contact: Ines Watson +44 (0)20 7802 4176
Notification of Major Interests in Shares
The following notification was received on 29 August 2003 by BHP Billiton Plc in
a letter from Franklin Resources Inc and its affiliates dated 28 August 2003
relating to major interests in shares of BHP Billiton Plc as at 28 August 2003:
"S.198 Companies Act - Disclosure of Share Interests
We are acting on behalf of Franklin Resources, Inc. and its affiliates, which
includes Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC and Templeton Worldwide, Inc. and its
affiliates. Franklin Resources, Inc. and its affiliates perform investment
management and advisory services for clients on a global basis.
We wish to advise you of interests in the share capital of your Company under
management of Franklin Resources, Inc. and its affiliates on behalf of clients,
as detailed in the attached schedule."
SCHEDULE
BHP BILLITON PLC
Outstanding Shares 2,468,147,002
Registered Holder No. of Shares % of Class
Chase Nominees Ltd
Woolgate House 75,386,454 3.0544%
Coleman Street
London
EC2P 2HD
Bank of New York (BONY)
3 Birchin Lane 677,957 0.0275%
LONDON
EC3V 9BY
Northern Trust Co.
155 Bishopgate 3,044,379 0.1233%
LONDON EC2M 3XS
Citibank
LONDON 391,789 0.0159%
State Street Bank & Trust Co.
London 8,772,930 0.3554%
Royal Trust Corp of Canada
London 2,089,941 0.0847%
Mellon Bank
LONDON 6,717,080 0.2722%
HSBC LONDON 47,005 0.0019%
Deutsche Bank London 1,390,793 0.0563%
TOTAL 98,518,328 3.9916%
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
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