UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
May 7, 2015
| BHP BILLITON LIMITED | BHP BILLITON PLC | |
| (ABN 49 004 028 077) (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) |
(REG. NO. 3196209) (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) |
| VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA (Jurisdiction of incorporation or organisation)
171 COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE, VICTORIA 3000 AUSTRALIA (Address of principal executive offices) |
ENGLAND AND WALES (Jurisdiction of incorporation or organisation)
NEATHOUSE PLACE, VICTORIA, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (Address of principal executive offices) |
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| BHP Billiton Limited | BHP Billiton Plc | |||
| 171 Collins Street | Neathouse Place | |||
| Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia | London SW1V 1LH UK | |||
| GPO BOX 86 | Tel +44 20 7802 4000 | |||
| Melbourne Victoria 3001 Australia | Fax + 44 20 7802 4111 | |||
| Tel +61 1300 55 47 57 Fax +61 3 9609 3015 | bhpbilliton.com | |||
| bhpbilliton.com | ||||
Company Secretariat
6 May 2015
| To: Australian Securities Exchange1 | cc: New York Stock Exchange | |||
| London Stock Exchange | JSE Limited |
FOR ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE MARKET
BHP BILLITON 2015 GENERAL MEETING RESULTS
Please find attached the results of the business conducted at the meetings of shareholders of BHP Billiton Limited (“Limited”) held in Perth, Australia and BHP Billiton Plc (“Plc”) held in London, United Kingdom on 6 May 2015.
As required by the Dual Listed Companies Structure, a poll was conducted on the proposed resolution. The resolution is a Joint Electorate Action. The poll results for BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc are attached.
The final proxy position for each company (excluding the proxy votes carried from one meeting to the other meeting by the Special Voting Shares) is detailed in Appendix 1. The additional information required in respect of BHP Billiton Plc by the United Kingdom’s Companies Act 2006 (as amended by The Companies (Shareholders’ Rights) Regulations 2009) is provided in Appendix 2.
A copy of the resolution passed at the closure of the poll today has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
Rachel Agnew
Company Secretary
| 1 | This release was made outside the hours of operation of the ASX market announcements office. |
| BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 | BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209 | |
| Registered in Australia | Registered in England and Wales | |
| Registered Office: 171 Collins Street, Melbourne Victoria 3000 |
Registered Office: Neathouse Place, London SW1V 1LH United Kingdom | |
| The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia | ||
The poll results for BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc as follows:
| Business |
Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstained | Result | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | To approve the Demerger of South32 from BHP Billiton (an ordinary resolution) | 2,957,735,744 | 58,925,870 | 8,716,013 | CARRIED | |||||||||||||
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APPENDIX 1
BHP Billiton Limited & BHP Billiton Plc - Final Proxy Position
| Limited | Plc | |||||||||
| 1 | To approve the Demerger of South32 from BHP Billiton (an ordinary resolution) | |||||||||
| • | Total number of proxy votes exercisable by all proxies validly appointed | 1,619,833,321 | 1,401,545,608 | |||||||
| • | Total number of proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy - | |||||||||
| • | was to vote for the resolution | 1,554,895,826 | 1,377,845,944 | |||||||
| • | was to vote against the resolution | 35,778,994 | 23,116,529 | |||||||
| • | was to abstain on the resolution | 4,829,911 | 3,820,993 | |||||||
| • | may vote at the proxy’s discretion | 29,158,501 | 583,135 | |||||||
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APPENDIX 2
Additional Information
For the purposes of section 341 of the United Kingdom’s Companies Act 2006 (as amended by The Companies (Shareholders’ Rights) Regulations 2009) and in respect of BHP Billiton Plc, the votes validly cast* as a percentage of the company’s total issued share capital (as at 6pm on 4 May 2015 London time) are:
| Item of Business |
Votes cast %* |
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| 1 | To approve the Demerger of South32 from BHP Billiton | 66.36 | % | |||
| * | This calculation does not include the votes cast at the BHP Billiton Limited General Meeting which are added to the votes cast at the BHP Billiton Plc General Meeting to give the final result in relation to each resolution. Final poll results for BHP Billiton Plc and BHP Billiton Limited can be found on page 2 of this announcement. |
| BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 | BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209 | |
| Registered in Australia | Registered in England and Wales | |
| Registered Office: 171 Collins Street, Melbourne Victoria 3000 | Registered Office: Neathouse Place London SW1V 1LH United Kingdom | |
| The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia | ||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc | ||||
| Date: May 7, 2015 | By: | /s/ Rachel Agnew | ||
| Name: | Rachel Agnew | |||
| Title: | Company Secretary | |||