6th May 2015 14:30
Company Secretariat
6 May 2015
To: Australian Securities Exchange London Stock Exchange | cc: New York Stock Exchange JSE Limited
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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
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 |
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 | |
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% |
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\* 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 Registered in Australia Registered Office: 171 Collins Street, Melbourne Victoria 3000 | BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209 Registered in England and Wales Registered Office: Neathouse Place London SW1V 1LH United Kingdom |
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