BHP BILLITON PLC
SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.
1. Name of company
BHP BILLITON PLC
2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
BARCLAYS PLC
3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder 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
BARCLAYS PLC HAS NOTIFIED OF THE DISPOSAL THROUGH ITS SUBSIDIARY, BARCLAYS
BANK PLC
4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number
of shares held by each of them
PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE
5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
N/A
6. Percentage of issued class
N/A
7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
14,096,528
8. Percentage of issued class
0.61%
9. Class of security
ORDINARY US$0.50
10. Date of transaction
4 FEBRUARY 2002
11. Date company informed
7 FEBRUARY 2002
12. Total holding following this notification
56,235,430
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
2.42%
14. Any additional information
BARCLAYS NO LONGER HAS A NOTIFIABLE INTEREST IN BHP BILLITON PLC
15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
INES WATSON 020 7747 3976
16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification
INES WATSON
Date of notification _____7 FEBRUARY 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