Issued by: BHP Billiton Plc
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To: Company Announcements Office The London Stock Exchange Old Broad Street London EC2N 1HP United Kingdom Company Announcements Office The Australian Stock Exchange 4th Floor, 20 Bridge Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia |
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Date: 6 November 2002
For Release: 7.00 a.m., 7 November 2002
Contact: Ines Watson 020 7747 3976
Notification of Major Interests in Shares
The following notification was received by BHP Billiton Plc on 6 November 2002 in a letter from Cater Allen International Limited dated 6 November 2002:
"In accordance with Part VI of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended), please note that I have been made aware, as of the 27th June 2002, that the interests of Cater Allen International Limited (CAIL) in the ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Plc, has decreased by returning 100,385,871 shares.
From the 28th June 2002 to 4th November 2002, CAIL had no interest in the ordinary shares of BHP Billiton."
BHP Billiton Plc received the following further notification on 6 November 2002 in a letter from Cater Allen International Limited dated 6 November 2002:
"In accordance with Part VI of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended), please note that I have been made aware, as of the 4th November 2002, that the interests of Cater Allen International Limited (CAIL) in the ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Plc has increased to 4.11% (101,354,474 shares) of the issued share capital.
This holding has arisen from a stock borrowing and lending position done under the approved Master Equity and Fixed Interest Lending Agreement as a principal trading member of the London Stock Exchange. Because of the nature of this holding, declared under the Act, we can state that we have no interest or voting capability in the said ordinary shares."
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