Major Interests in Shares

BHP Billiton Limited 13 December 2004 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 The London Stock Exchange Swiss Stock Exchange Johannesburg Stock Exchange Company Announcements Office Deutsche Bank UBS Zurich The Australian Stock Exchange Date: 13 December 2004 For Release: Immediately Contact: Ines Watson + 44 (0)20 7802 4176 Notification of Major Interests in Shares The following notification was received on 10 December 2004 by BHP Billiton Plc in a letter from Barclays PLC, dated 9 December 2004, relating to major interests in shares of BHP Billiton Plc as at 8 December 2004: 'I hereby inform you that as at 8 December 2004 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed on the attached schedule, has a notifiable interest in the capital of your Company of 3.03%. Details of this interest, together with a breakdown between registered holders (as required by Section 202(3) of the Act), are enclosed. LEGAL ENTITY REPORT BHP BILLITON PLC SEDOL : 0056650 As at 8 December 2004 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, had a notifiable interest in 74,720,461 USD0.50 representing 3.03% of the issued share capital of 2,468,147,002 units Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held -------------- --------- ----------------- Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 10,000 0.0004 Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 1,673,959 0.0678 Barclays Global Investors Japan 2,390,735 0.0969 Trust & Barclays Global Investors 740,804 0.0300 Australia Ltd Barclays Global Fund Advisors 4,799,397 0.1945 Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 3,048,799 0.1235 Barclays Global Investors Ltd 33,908,058 1.3738 Gerrard Ltd 341,691 0.138 Barclays Private Bank Ltd 4,789 0.0002 Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 26,680,767 1.0810 Barclays Global Investors Japan 1,121,462 0.0454 Ltd Group Holding 74,720,461 3.0273 REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT BHP BILLITON PLC SEDOL: 0056650 As at 8 December 2004 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below, had a notifiable interest in 74,720,461 USD0.50 representing 3.03% of the issued share capital of 2,468,147,002 units. Registered Holder Account Designation Holding ------------------- --------------------- --------- Bank of Ireland 439,718 Barclays Capital Nominees Ltd 1,673,959 Barclays Global Investors 23,600 Barclays Trust Co DMC69 10,000 BNP Paribas 222,105 Chase Nominees Ltd 16376 1,462,952 Chase Nominees Ltd 20947 5,750,506 CIBC Mellon Global Securities 25,802 Investors Bank and Trust Co. 3,643,355 Investors Bank and Trust Co. 425,288 Investors Bank and Trust Co. 631,548 Investors Bank and Trust Co. 68,635 Investors Bank and Trust Co. 30,571 Registered Holder Account Designation Holding ------------------- --------------------- --------- Investors Bank and Trust Co. 3,414,496 Investors Bank and Trust Co. 865,395 Investors Bank and Trust Co. 45,462 Investors Bank and Trust Co. 588,793 Investors Bank and Trust Co. 27,982 Investors Bank and Trust Co. 3,502,637 Investors Bank and Trust Co. 1,153,335 Investors Bank and Trust Co. 12,258,982 Investors Bank and Trust Co. 24,512 Investors Bank and Trust Co. 658,213 Investors Bank and Trust Co. 33,314 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16331 814,397 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16338 160,262 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16341 1,453,780 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16341 156,241 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16342 300,858 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16344 46,418 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16345 76,181 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 16400 26,544,622 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 17011 40,662 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) 18408 149,978 JPMorgan Chase Bank 74,072 JPMorgan Chase Bank 71,277 JPMorgan Chase Bank 97,465 JPMorgan Chase Bank 26,510 JPMorgan Chase Bank 30,495 JPMorgan Chase Bank 166,542 JPMorgan Chase Bank 158,472 JPMorgan Chase Bank 340,424 JPMorgan Chase Bank 400,380 JPMorgan Chase Bank 65,662 JPMorgan Chase Bank 3,605 JPMorgan Chase Bank 3,268 JPMorgan Chase Bank 35,459 JPMorgan Chase Bank 306,518 JPMorgan Chase Bank 104,074 JPMorgan Chase Bank 299,582 JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,260,028 JPMorgan Chase Bank 265,441 JPMorgan Chase Bank 2,787 JPMorgan Chase Bank 20,491 JPMorgan Chase Bank 23,820 Master Trust Bank 33,268 Mellon Trust - Boston & SF 368,630 Mellon Trust - Boston & SF 184,328 Mellon Trust of New England 229,805 Mitsubishi Trust International 15,175 Mitsubishi Trust International 24,661 Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA 300,945 Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA 54,406 Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA 205,265 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 103,269 R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 62,045 R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 GP1 105,112 Registered Holder Account Designation Holding ------------------- --------------------- --------- R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 SA1 71,265 State Street 41,659 State Street 3,561 State Street Boston 2,162,135 State Street Boston 212,015 Sumitomo TB 12,659 Wells Fargo Seattle - Wire Ban 44,538 Zeban Nominees Limited 4,789 Total 74,720,461 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, Registered Office: Neathouse Place, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 London SW1V 1BH United Kingdom Telephone +61 1300 55 4757 Telephone +44 20 7802 4000 Facsimile +61 3 9609 3015 Facsimile +44 20 7802 4111 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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