Holding(s) in Company

BHP Billiton Limited
29 April 2002

     BHP Billiton Limited is issuing this announcement to fulfil disclosure
  obligations arising from its secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange.

    The text of this release is identical to that issued by BHP Billiton Plc
                                    earlier.


Date                 29th April 2002



                                                                     SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


        All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

1.   Name of company                                   2.   Name of shareholder having a major interest



     BHP BILLITON PLC                                       LEGAL & GENERAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED

3.   Please state whether notification indicates that  4.   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one
     it is in respect of holding of the shareholder         holder, the number of shares held by each of them
     named in 2 above or in respect of a
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an
     individual holder if it is a holding of that
     person's spouse or children under the age of 18

     NOTIFICATION REFERS TO SHAREHOLDER NAMED IN PT. 2
     ABOVE


                                                            PLEASE SEE ANNEXED LIST

5.   Number of shares/     6.   Percentage of issued   7.   Number of shares/amount of 8.  Percentage of issued class
     amount of stock            class                       stock disposed
     acquired                                                                              N/A
                                3.01%                       N/A
     69,892,355

9.  Class of security                                 10.    Date of transaction     11.      Date company informed



    ORDINARY US$0.50                                         A NUMBER OF TRANSACTION          26 APRIL 2002
                                                             CUMULATED IN A
                                                             NOTIFIABLE INTEREST ON
                                                             24 APRIL 2002

12.  Total holding following this notification         13.    Total percentage holding of issued class following this
                                                              notification

                                                              3.01%
     69,892,355

14.  Any additional information                        15.  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

                                                            INES WATSON

                                                            [phone]




16.  Name and signature of authorised company official

     responsible for making this notification





     INES WATSON

Date of notification __26 April 2002___________________


        Company Announcements Office, Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1HP

        Facsimile: 020 7588 6057, 020 7334 8964/8965/8966 (PLEASE DO NOT POST)

        Enquiries: Company Monitoring and Enquiries; UK Listing Authority



Annexe

NAME OF THE REGISTERED HOLDER(S)

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 775229

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 886603

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 775245

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 361602

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 754612

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 766793

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 252605

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 360509

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 770286

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 357206

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 866197

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 130007

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 904332


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              Registered Office: 1-3 Strand London WC2N 5HA United Kingdom
Victoria 3000                                               Telephone [phone] Facsimile [phone]
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              The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia



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