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BHP Billiton Limited 31 December 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. 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 BARCLAYS PLC 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 SEE ANNEXED SCHEDULE NOTIFICATION BY SHAREHOLDER NAMED IN 2. ABOVE, RELATING TO HOLDINGS THROUGH THE LEGAL ENTITIES LISTED ON THE ANNEXED SCHEDULE 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 74,377,139 3.01% (see NOTE 14) 9. Class of security 10. Date of transaction 11. Date company informed ORDINARY US$0.50 23 DECEMBER 2002 30 DECEMBER 2002 12. Total holding following this notification 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 74,377,139 3.01% 14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries ANNOUNCEMENT TRIGGERED BY BARCLAYS PLC ATTAINING INES WATSON +44 (0)20 7747 3976 A NOTIFIABLE INTEREST 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Ines WATSON Date of notification 30 DECEMBER 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 LEGAL ENTITY REPORT BHP BILLITON PLC SEDOL : 0056650 As at 23 December 2002 Barclays PLC. through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 74,377,139 ORD USD0.50 representing 3.01% of the issued share capital of 2,468,147,002 units Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held Woolwich Life Ltd 615,812 0.025 Barclays Private Bank Ltd 8,458 0.0003 Barclays Global Fund Advisors 642,093 0.026 Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 4,743,911 0.1922 Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 748,408 0.0303 Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 736 0.0001 Barclays Global Investors Australia 727,014 0.0295 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 39,987,099 1.6201 Barclays Global Invetors Japan Trus 2,528,436 0.1024 Barclays Nikko Global Invetsors Ltd 867,755 0.0352 Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 23,400,374 0.9481 Barclays Global Investors Japan Inv 107,043 0.0043 Group Holding 74,377,139 3.0135 REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT BHP BILLITON PLC SEDOL: 0056650 As at 23 December 2002 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below, had a notifiable interest in 74,377,139 ORD USD0.50 representing 3.01% of the issued share capital of 2,468,147,002 units. Registered Holder Account Designation Holding ALMIXFTTL-18408-CHASE MANHATTA ALMIXFTT 362,273 ASUKEXTTL-20947-CHASE MANHATTA ASUKEXTT 10,887,428 Bank of Ireland BNX009IE 644,820 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMI 748,408 Barclays Global Investors Japa BTS026IE 32,705 Barclays Trust Co & Others 736 BLEEQTTTL-17011-CHASE MANHATTA BLEEQTTT 38,896 BLENTFUKQ-16344-CHASE MANHATTA BLENTFUK 212,258 BLENTPUKQ-16345-CHASE MANHATTA BLENTPUK 397,308 BLEQFDUKQ-16331-CHASE MANHATTA BLEQFDUK 781,832 BLEQPTUEA-16341-CHASE MANHATTA BLEQPTUE 718,787 BLEQPTUKQ-16341-CHASE MANHATTA BLEQPTUK 2,206,630 BLINTNUKQ-Z1AJ-dummy BLINTNUK 130,168 BLINTPUKQ-16342-CHASE MANHATTA BLINTPUK 258,032 BLUKINTTL-16400-CHASE MANHATTA BLUKINTT 27,737,049 BOSTON SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUST 591668 572,541 CHASE MANHATTAN BANK 500227 10,115,330 CHASE MANHATTAN BANK 502872 3,657,658 CHASE MANHATTAN BANK 508068 1,083,614 CHASE MANHATTAN BANK 527191 2,943,690 CHASE MANHATTAN BANK 536747 555,945 CHASE MANHATTAN BANK 552942 466,720 CHASE MANHATTAN BANK 569565 34,301 Chase Manhattan Bank 579523 18,111 Chase Manhattan Bank 585439 26,631 Chase Manhattan Bank 586528 33,445 Registered Holder Account Holding Designation CHATRKTTL-16376-CHASE MANHATTA CHATRKTT 1,000,349 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 428169 193,249 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 519891 10,837 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 519909 44,433 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 519917 7,452 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 519925 4,344 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 555879 40,056 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 573039 277,928 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 583293 1,001,081 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 588888 17,407 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 590421 47,974 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 592252 30,597 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 911140 63,794 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 540186 188,035 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 555465 538,979 JPMorgan Chase Bank BTC034IE 31,939 JPMorgan Chase Bank BTC045IE 243,244 JPMorgan Chase Bank BTGF01IE 198,199 JPMorgan Chase Bank BTGF04IE 247,746 JPMorgan Chase Bank BTGF05IE 250,448 JPMorgan Chase Bank BTGF06IE 88,693 JPMorgan Chase Bank BTGF07IE 52,489 JPMorgan Chase Bank BTK001IE 260,406 JPMorgan Chase Bank BTS004IE 260,897 JPMorgan Chase Bank BTS005IE 23,564 JPMorgan Chase Bank BTS006IE 8,559 JPMorgan Chase Bank BTS009IE 12,764 JPMorgan Chase Bank BTS011IE 36,713 JPMorgan Chase Bank BTS018IE 11,585 JPMorgan Chase Bank BTS019IE 22,298 JPMorgan Chase Bank BTS022IE 16,526 JPMorgan Chase Bank BTS024IE 20,857 JPMorgan Chase Bank BTS028IE 708,804 Mitsubishi Trust International BNN018IE 12,209 Mitsubishi Trust International BNN024IE 11,774 Mitsubishi Trust International BNN033IE 17,300 Mitsubishi Trust International BNN046IE 28,463 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 581610 200,171 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 584069 123,956 Nutraco Nominees Limited 0 615,812 State Street BNN005IE 1,710 State Street BNN032IE 21,168 State Street BNX012IE 52,022 State Street BNX019IE 107,043 State Street BNX021IE 1,307 STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST 713101 2,379,510 Sumitomo TB BNN029IE 17,694 Sumitomo TB BNN031IE 11,365 Sumitomo TB BNN036IE 13,327 Sumitomo TB BNN044IE 5,735 Sumitomo TB BNN052IE 28,861 UBS Limited 583996 91,692 ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 8,458 Total 74,377,139 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: 1-3 Strand London WC2N 5HA United Kingdom 3000 Telephone +44 20 7747 3800 Facsimile +44 20 7747 3900 Telephone +61 3 9609 3333 Facsimile +61 3 9609 3015 The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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