Holding(s) in Company

BHP Billiton Limited
21 May 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                             LEGAL & GENERAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED

3.        Please state whether notification      4.    Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder,
          indicates that it is in respect of           the number of shares held by each of them
          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

          NOTIFICATION REFERS TO SHAREHOLDER
          NAMED IN PT. 2 ABOVE
                                                       PLEASE SEE ANNEXED LIST

5.        Number of shares/    6.     Percentage 7.    Number of shares/  8.      Percentage of issued class
          amount of stock             of issued        amount of stock
          acquired                    class            disposed

          N/A                          N/A             845,508                     0.04%

9.   Class of security                      10.             Date of transaction 11.        Date company informed



     ORDINARY US$0.50                                       A NUMBER OF                    20 MAY 2002
                                                            TRANSACTIONS
                                                            CUMULATING on 17
                                                            MAY 2002

12.       Total holding following this           13.            Total percentage holding of issued class following this
          notification                                          notification

           69,046,847                                           2.97%

14.       Any additional information             15.   Name of contact and telephone number for queries

          LEGAL & GENERAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT        INES WATSON
          LIMITED NO LONGER HAS A NOTIFIABLE
          INTEREST IN BHP BILLITON PLC                 [phone]




16.       Name and signature of authorised company official

          responsible for making this notification





          INES WATSON
        Date of notification __20 May 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



Annexe



NAME OF THE REGISTERED HOLDER(S)

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 775229

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 886603

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 775245

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 361602

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 754612

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 766793

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 252605

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 360509

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 770286

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 357206

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 866197

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 130007

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 904332




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Registered Office: 600 Bourke Street Melbourne Victoria     Registered Office: 1-3 Strand London WC2N 5HA United Kingdom
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