13th Jun 2005 17:56
BHP Billiton PLC13 June 2005 Company Secretariat13 June 2005 To: London Stock Exchange cc: New York Stock ExchangeAustralian Stock Exchange Swiss Stock Exchange JSE Securities Exchange SA Deutsche Bank UBS Zurich For Announcement to the Market Extraordinary General Meeting of BHP Billiton Plc I advise the following results of the business conducted at the meeting ofshareholders of BHP Billiton Plc held on 13 June 2005. The final proxy position for each company is detailed in Appendix 1. The poll results were: Business Votes Votes Result For Against ------------- -------- -------Dividend Rectification 1,826,066,299 29,666 PassedShare Premium Account Cancellation 1,828,668,594 27,530 Passed K J WoodCompany Secretary BHP Billiton Plc Final Proxy Position 1. Dividend Rectification - Total number of proxy votes exercisable by all proxies validly appointed 1,828,743,267 - Total number of proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy - • was to vote for the resolution 1,825,746,659 • was to vote against the resolution 29,666 • was to abstain on the resolution 2,661,845 • may vote at the proxy's discretion 305,097 2. Share Premium Account Cancellation - Total number of proxy votes exercisable by all proxies validly appointed 1,828,743,922 - Total number of proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy - • was to vote for the resolution 1,828,306,689 • was to vote against the resolution 28,730 • was to abstain on the resolution 62,411 • may vote at the proxy's discretion 346,162 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
BHP Group