Substantial Holder Int Change
BHP Billiton Limited
19 April 2005
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.
19 April 2005
To: cc:
Company Announcements Office Ms Sarah Calvert/Heron Resources Ltd
The Australian Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange
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Notice of Change of Interests of Substantial Holder
In accordance with Chapter 6C of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cwth), BHP Billiton
issues the attached ASIC Form 604 (Notice of Change of Interests of Substantial
Holder) in relation to the ordinary shares in Heron Resources Ltd (Heron
Resources).
Yours sincerely
Ross Mallett
Deputy Company Secretary
Form 604
Corporations Act 2001
Section 671B
Notice of change of interests of substantial holder
To Company Name/Scheme Heron Resources Limited
ACN/ARSN 30 068 263 098
1. Details of substantial holder (1)
Name BHP Billiton Limited
ACN/ARSN (if applicable) 49 004 028 077
This notice is also given by BHP Billiton Limited on behalf of BHP Billiton Plc and on behalf of BHP Billiton
Limited's controlled bodies corporate (Subsidiaries) and on behalf of BHP Billiton Plc's controlled bodies
corporate including those named in Annexure A of the Form 603 'Notice of initial substantial holder' dated 8 April
2005
There was a change in the interests
of the
substantial holder on 15/04/2005
The previous notice was given to the 8/04/2005
company on
The previous notice was dated 8/04/2005
2. Previous and present voting power
The total number of votes attached to all the voting shares in the company or voting interests in the scheme that
the substantial holder or an associate (2) had a
relevant interest (3) in when last required, and when now required, to give a substantial holding notice to the
company or scheme, are as follows:
Class of securities Previous notice Present notice
(4) Person's votes Voting power (5) Person's votes Voting power
(5)
Ordinary shares 15 890 310 15 890 310 15 890 310 9.99%
3. Changes in relevant interests
Particulars of each change in, or change in the nature of, a relevant interest of the substantial holder or an
associate in voting securities of the company or
scheme, since the substantial holder was last required to give a substantial holding notice to the company or
scheme are as follows:
Date of Person whose Nature of Consideration Class and Person's votes
change relevant change (6) given in relation number of affected
interest to change (7) securities
changed affected
15/04/2005 BHP Minerals Holding diluted as a NA 15 890 310 15 890 310
Holdings Pty Ltd consequence of issue of ordinary
ACN 005 744 025 new shares by Heron shares
Resources Ltd on 15
April 2005
15/04/2005 BHP Billiton Taken under section 608 Nil As above for As above for BHP
Limited (3)(b) of the BHP Minerals Minerals Holdings
Corporations Act to Holdings Pty Pty Ltd
have a relevant Ltd
interest by reason of
having control of BHP
Minerals Holdings Pty
Ltd
15/04/2005 Each of the Taken under section 608 Nil As above for As above for BHP
Subsidiaries (3)(a) of the BHP Minerals Minerals Holdings
Corporations Act to Holdings Pty Pty Ltd
have a relevant Ltd
interest by reason of
having voting power
(through the relevant
interests of its
associate, BHP Billiton
Limited) above 20% in
BHP Minerals Holdings
Pty Ltd
4. Present relevant interests
Particulars of each relevant interest of the substantial holder in voting securities after the change are as
follows:
Holder of Registered Person Nature of Class and Person's
relevant holder of entitled relevant number of votes
interest securities to be interest (6) securities
registered
as holder
(8)
BHP Minerals BHP BHP Power to control disposal of the securities 15 890 310 15 890 310
Holding Pty Minerals Minerals pursuant to the contracts referred to in ordinary
Ltd Holdings Holdings paragraph 3 shares
Pty Ltd Pty Ltd
BHP Billiton BHP BHP Taken under section 608(3)(b) of the As above for As above for
Limited Minerals Minerals Corporations Act to have a relevant interest by BHP Minerals BHP Minerals
Holdings Holdings reason of having control BHP Minerals Holdings Holdings Pty Holdings Pty
Pty Ltd Pty Ltd Pty Ltd Ltd Ltd
Each of the BHP BHP Taken under section 608(3)(a) of the As above BHP As above for
Subsidiaries Minerals Minerals Corporations Act to have a relevant interest by Minerals BHP Minerals
Holdings Holdings reason of having voting power (through the Holdings Pty Holdings Pty
Pty Ltd Pty Ltd relevant interests of its associate, BHP Ltd Ltd
Billiton Limited) above 20% in BHP Minerals
Holdings Pty Ltd
5. Changes in association
The persons who have become associates (2) of, ceased to be associates of, or have changed the nature of their
association (9) with, the substantial holder in
relation to voting interests in the company or scheme are as follows:
Name and ACN/ARSN (if Nature of association
applicable)
Not applicable Not applicable
6. Addresses
The addresses of persons named in this form are as follows:
Name Address
BHP Billiton Limited and C/- BHP BIlliton Limited
each other person on whose 180 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000
behalf this notice is given
Signature
print name Ross Mallett capacity Deputy Company
Secretary
sign here date 19/04/2005
DIRECTIONS
(1) If there are a number of substantial holders with similar or related relevant interests (eg. a corporation
and its related corporations, or the manager and trustee of an equity trust), the names could be included in
an annexure to the form. If the relevant interests of a group of persons are essentially similar, they may
be referred to throughout the form as a specifically named group if the membership of each group, with the
names and addresses of members is clearly set out in paragraph 6 of the form.
(2) See the definition of 'associate' in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001.
(3) See the definition of 'relevant interest' in sections 608 and 671B(7) of the Corporations Act 2001.
(4) The voting shares of a company constitute one class unless divided into separate classes.
(5) The person's votes divided by the total votes in the body corporate or scheme multiplied by 100.
(6) Include details of:
(a) any relevant agreement or other circumstances because of which the change in relevant interest occurred.
If subsection 671B(4) applies, a copy of any document setting out the terms of any relevant agreement,
and a statement by the person giving full and accurate details of any contract, scheme or arrangement,
must accompany this form, together with a written statement certifying this contract, scheme or
arrangement; and
(b) any qualification of the power of a person to exercise, control the exercise of, or influence the
exercise of, the voting powers or disposal of the securities to which the relevant interest relates
(indicating clearly the particular securities to which the qualification applies).
See the definition of 'relevant agreement' in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001.
(7) Details of the consideration must include any and all benefits, money and other, that any person from whom a
relevant interest was acquired has, or may, become entitled to receive in relation to that acquisition.
Details must be included even if the benefit is conditional on the happening or not of a contingency.
Details must be included on any benefit paid on behalf of the substantial holder or its associate in
relation to the acquisitions, even if they are not paid directly to the person from whom the relevant
interest was acquired.
(8) If the substantial holder is unable to determine the identity of the person (eg. if the relevant interest
arises because of an option) write 'unknown''.
(9) Give details, if appropriate, of the present association and any change in that association since the last
substantial holding notice.
BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209
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Registered Office: Level 27, 180 Lonsdale Street Registered Office: Neathouse Place London SW1V 1BH
Melbourne Victoria 3000 United Kingdom
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