Holding(s) in Company

BHP Billiton Limited
08 November 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.




Issued by: BHP Billiton Plc

To:        Company Announcements Office      cc:      New York Stock Exchange
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           Australia



Date:             7 November 2002

For Release:      7.00 a.m., 8 November 2002

Contact:          Ines Watson 020 7747 3976

                   Notification of Major Interests in Shares

The following notification was received today by BHP Billiton Plc in a letter
from Old Mutual plc dated 6 November 2002 relating to major interests in shares
of BHP Billiton Plc as at 1 November 2002:

'Notification of interests under Sections 198 - 212 Companies Act 1985

I enclose for your information an updated list of Old Mutual material interests
in the share capital of BHP Billiton plc. This follows an aggregate reduction in
holdings which are now less than 4% in total.

 Number of Shares                      Company                                  Registered Holder                  %
     35,255,420     Old Mutual Asset Managers (South Africa)      Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (South         1.43%
                    (Pty) Ltd                                     Africa) Ltd
     1,622,745      Old Mutual Asset Managers (South Africa)      Old Mutual Unit Trusts (SA)                      0.07%
                    (Pty) Ltd
     11,526         Old Mutual Asset Managers (South Africa)      Old Mutual Unit Trusts (Namibia)                 0.00%
                    (Pty) Ltd
     24,431,896     Old Mutual Asset Managers (South Africa)      Old Mutual Asset Managers (South Africa) Ltd     0.99%
                    (Pty) Ltd                                     (Managed fund client assets)
     262,435        Old Mutual Asset Managers (Namibia) (Pty) Ltd Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (Namibia)      0.01%
                                                                  Ltd
     232,849        Old Mutual Asset Managers (Namibia) (Pty) Ltd Old Mutual Holdings (Namibia) (Pty) Ltd          0.01%
     63,692         Old Mutual Asset Managers (Namibia) (Pty) Ltd Old Mutual Asset Managers (Namibia) Ltd          0.00%
                                                                  (Managed fund client assets)
     3,705,874      Old Mutual Asset Managers (Bermuda) Ltd       Old Mutual Global Asset Fund                     0.15%
     10,409,248     Old Mutual Asset Managers (Bermuda) Ltd       Old Mutual South Africa Equity Trust Limited     0.42%
     871,407        Old Mutual Asset Managers (Bermuda) Ltd       Old Mutual South African Trust Plc               0.04%
     272,043        Prudential Portolio Managers S.A. (Pty) Ltd   Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (South         0.01%
                    (not an Old Mutual Company)                   Africa) Ltd
     290,628        Coronation Fund Managers (Pty) Ltd (not an    Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (South         0.01%
                    Old Mutual Company)                           Africa) Ltd
     465,385        Liberty Asset Management (Pty) Ltd (not an    Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (South         0.02%
                    Old Mutual Company)                           Africa) Ltd
     269,776        PeregrineQuant (Pty) Ltd (not an Old Mutual   Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (South         0.01%
                    Company)                                      Africa) Ltd
     5,268,312      Quantative Asset Management                   Nominee accounts                                 0.21%
     5,101          NIB Securities                                Nominee accounts                                 0.00%
     6,374,148      Franklin Templeton/NIB Investments            Nominee accounts                                 0.26%
     658,444        Nedcor Investment Bank Ltd                    Nominee accounts                                 0.03%
     1,091,288      Mutual & Federal Limited                      Mutual & Federal Limited                         0.04%
     114,634        Mutual & Federal Namibia Limited              Mutual & Federal Namibia Limited                 0.00%
     411,651        Phoenix Assurance Limited                     Phoenix Assurance Limited                        0.02%
     212,850        CGU Insurance Limited                         CGU Insurance Limited                            0.01%
     106,425        Sentrasure                                    Sentrasure                                       0.00%
     383,124        BoE Asset Managers Limited                    ABSA Nominees                                    0.02%
     556,700        BoE Asset Managers Limited                    Nedcor Bank Nominees                             0.02%
     1,427,443      BoE Asset Managers Limited                    Standard Bank Nominees                           0.06%
     53,000         Acadian Asset Management                      Clients of Acadian Asset Management              0.00%
     94,828,044                                                                                                    3.84%


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