Issued by: BHP Billiton Plc
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To: Company Announcements Office The Australian Stock Exchange |
cc: New York Stock Exchange |
Date: 13 February 2003
For Release: Immediately
Contact: Ines Watson + 44 (0)20 7802 4176
Notification of Major Interests in Shares
The following notification was received today by BHP Billiton Plc in a letter from Putnam Investment Management, LLC and The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC dated 7 February 2003 relating to major interests in shares of BHP Billiton Plc as at 7 February 2003:
"Notification of the Holdings under Part VI of the Companies Act 1985, as amended (the "Companies Act") on the Disclosure of Interest in Shares
Putnam Investment Management, LLC and The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC (together "Putnam") are hereby notifying you of certain holdings of its clients pursuant to the above legislation. Each Putnam entity is an investment advisor registered in the United States pursuant to the Investment Advisors Act of 1940.
As of February 7, 2003 clients of Putnam hold beneficial interests in 103,911,218 BHP Billiton Plc shares representing 4.210% of the shares outstanding. The shares are held by Putnam's clients for investment purposes only."
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BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 Registered Office: 600 Bourke Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 Telephone +61 3 9609 3333 Facsimile +61 3 9609 3015 |
BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209 Registered Office: 1-3 Strand London WC2N 5HA United Kingdom Telephone +44 20 7747 3800 Facsimile +44 20 7747 3900 |
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