Holding(s) in Company
November 07 2003 - 2:01AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:8022R
BHP Billiton PLC
7 November 2003
Notification of Major Interests in Shares
The following notification was received today by BHP Billiton Plc in a letter
from Putnam Investment Management, LLC and The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC
dated 3 November 2003 relating to major interests in shares of BHP Billiton Plc
as at 3 November 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.
Clients of Putnam hold beneficial interests in 98,336,821 BHP Billiton Plc
shares representing 3.984% 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: 180 Lonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 Registered Office: Neathouse Place, London SWIV IBH
United Kingdom
Telephone +61 1300 55 4757 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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