Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3342E

South32 Limited

03 November 2015

South32 Limited

(Incorporated in Australia under the Corporations Act 2001)

(ACN 093 732 597)

ASX, LSE, JSE Share Code: S32

ISIN: AU000000S320

The following notification was received on 31 October 2015 (AWST) by South32 Limited from Schroders plc relating to major interests in shares of South32 Limited.

For filings with the FCA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESⁱ

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ⁱⁱ		South32 Limited
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			ü
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ	Schroders plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	22.10.15
6. Date on which issuer notified:	30.10.15
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	Above 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares ^{viii, ix}

Class/type of
shares

if possible using
the ISIN CODE

Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number
of
Shares

Number
of
Voting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of voting rights ^x

Direct

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary

Below 5%

278,175,364

N/A

274,163,659

N/A

5.150%

AU000000S320

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date ^xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period ^xiv

Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments ^{xv, xvi}

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date ^xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period ^xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

274,163,659

5.150 %

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi
Schroder & Co. Limited 357,488 0.007% Schroders (C.I.) Limited 15,783 0.000% Schroder Investment Management Limited 165,448,792 3.108% Schroder Investment Management Australia Limited 100,976,735 1.897% Schroder Investment Management Hong Kong Limited 180,733 0.003% Schroder Investment Management North America Limited 4,094,127 0.077% Schroder Investment Management Switzerland AG 30,000 0.001% Schroder Investment Management Singapore Limited 3,060,001 0.057%

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:	The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. This disclosure has been calculated based on issue share capital amount 5,323,762,901.
14. Contact name:	Chloe Talbot
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7658 6000