BHP BILLITON PLC - BHP Billiton 2015 General Meeting Results

BHP Billiton 2015 General Meeting Results

BHP Billiton Plc
Registration number 3196209
Registered in England and Wales
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504

Company Secretariat


6 May 2015


To: Australian Securities Exchange                           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

Sponsor: Merrill Lynch South Africa Proprietary Limited


The poll results for BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc as follows:

                         Business                         Votes For        Votes         Votes          Result
                                                                          Against       Abstained
  1 To approve the Demerger of South32 from           2,957,735,744     58,925,870      8,716,013      CARRIED
    BHP Billiton (an ordinary resolution)


                                                                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               1,619,833,321                  1,401,545,608
          proxies validly appointed

    *     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
                                                                                                             %*

   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



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