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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Date of
26 November 2004BHP Billiton Limited
ABN 49 004 028 077
180 Lonsdale Street
Melbourne Victoria 3000
Australia
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
| Form 20-F | X | Form 40-F |
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| Yes | No | X |
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26 November 2004
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To: Company Announcements Office The Australian Stock Exchange 4th Floor, 20 Bridge Street SYDNEY NSW 2000 Australia
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For Announcement to the Market
I advise the following results of the business conducted at the meetings of shareholders of BHP Billiton Limited ("Limited") held on 22 October 2004 and BHP Billiton Plc ("Plc") held on 25 November 2004.
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. As required by the Dual Listed Companies Structure, a poll was conducted on each of the proposed resolutions. Because of the nature of that Structure, the poll results for each company on Joint Electorate Actions are identical.
The poll results were:
|
Business |
Votes |
Votes |
Votes Abstained |
Result |
|
1. Receipt of Financial Statements and Reports of BHP Billiton Limited (an ordinary resolution and Joint Electorate Action) |
3,483,949,138 |
3,365,409 |
140,985,551 |
Carried |
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2. Receipt of Financial Statements and Reports of BHP Billiton Plc (an ordinary resolution and Joint Electorate Action) |
3,485,559,214 |
3,431,640 |
139,004,448 |
Carried |
|
3. Re-election of Mr D R Argus as a director of BHP Billiton Limited (an ordinary resolution and Joint Electorate Action) |
3,584,892,413 |
32,461,655 |
14,470,776 |
Carried |
| 4. Re-election of Mr D R Argus as a director of BHP Billiton Plc (an ordinary resolution and Joint Electorate Action) |
3,579,584,626 |
37,507,466 |
14,318,431 |
Carried |
| 5. Re-election of Mr D A Crawford as a director of BHP Billiton Limited (an ordinary resolution and Joint Electorate Action) |
3,546,579,112 |
75,247,195 |
73,052,648 |
Carried |
| 6. Re-election of Mr D A Crawford as a director of BHP Billiton Plc (an ordinary resolution and Joint Electorate Action) |
3,485,627,518 |
72,527,896 |
73,235,969 |
Carried |
| 7. Re-election of Mr C W Goodyear as a director of BHP Billiton Limited (an ordinary resolution and Joint Electorate Action) |
3,592,152,472 |
29,973,159 |
30,967,030 |
Carried |
| 8. Re-election of Mr C W Goodyear as a director of BHP Billiton Plc (an ordinary resolution and Joint Electorate Action) |
3,592,251,065 |
29,346,029 |
31,360,864 |
Carried |
| 9. Re-election of Dr J M Schubert as a director of BHP Billiton Limited (an ordinary resolution and Joint Electorate Action) |
3,561,751,374 |
37,192,431 |
46,905,256 |
Carried |
| 10. Re-election of Dr J M Schubert as a director of BHP Billiton Plc (an ordinary resolution and Joint Electorate Action) |
3,547,506,321 |
36,579,221 |
47,014,577 |
Carried |
| 11. To re-appoint the auditors of BHP Billiton Plc (an ordinary resolution and Joint Electorate Action) |
3,584,310,295 |
14,750,610 |
16,047,056 |
Carried |
| 12. To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares in BHP Billiton Plc (an ordinary resolution and Joint Electorate Action) |
3,197,147,824 |
412,588,684 |
22,032,572 |
Carried |
| 13. To renew the disapplication of pre-emption rights in BHP Billiton Plc (a special resolution and Joint Electorate Action) |
3,417,024,810 |
197,050,333 |
17,581,352 |
Carried |
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14. To approve the repurchase of shares in BHP Billiton Plc (a special resolution and Joint Electorate Action) |
3,602,800,784 |
9,117,903 |
19,866,781 |
Carried |
| 15. To approve the Remuneration Report (an ordinary resolution and Joint Electorate Action) |
3,489,660,907 |
64,860,141 |
77,177,367 |
Carried |
| 16. To approve the amended Group Incentive Scheme (GIS) (an ordinary resolution and Joint Electorate Action) |
3,505,381,959 |
70,350,650 |
55,091,687 |
Carried |
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17. To approve the Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) (an ordinary resolution and Joint Electorate Action) |
3,454,536,255 |
109,060,035 |
67,217,486 |
Carried |
| 18. To approve grants under the amended GIS and the LTIP to Mr C W Goodyear (an ordinary resolution and Joint Electorate Action) |
3,475,755,531 |
101,500,457 |
53,541,374 |
Carried |
| 19. To approve grants under the amended GIS and the LTIP to Mr M Salamon (an ordinary resolution and Joint Electorate Action) |
3,474,968,927 |
101,983,993 |
53,837,827 |
Carried |
K J Wood
Company Secretary
BHP Billiton Limited & BHP Billiton Plc
Final Proxy Position
|
BHP Billiton Limited |
BHP Billiton Plc |
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| 1. Receipt of Financial Statements and Reports of BHP Billiton Limited | ||
Þ Total number of proxy votes exercisable by all proxies validly appointed |
1,809,828,380 |
1,818,548,076 |
Þ Total number of proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy - |
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¨ was to vote for the resolution |
1,560,675,823 |
1,772,285,289 |
¨ was to vote against the resolution |
1,606,585 |
1,715,909 |
¨ was to abstain on the resolution |
102,832,366 |
38,153,185 |
¨ may vote at the proxy's descretion |
144,713,606 |
6,393,693 |
| 2. Receipt of Financial Statements and Reports of BHP Billiton Plc | ||
|
1,809,826,856 |
1,818,553,076 |
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1,561,989,616 |
1,772,288,234 |
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1,660,726 |
1,715,909 |
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100,848,495 |
38,155,953 |
|
145,328,019 |
6,392,980 |
| 3. Re-election of Mr D R Argus as a director of BHP Billiton Limited | ||
|
1,813,339,227 |
1,818,553,076 |
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1,654,824,869 |
1,785,011,703 |
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10,224,691 |
15,760,097 |
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3,096,157 |
11,374,619 |
|
145,193,510 |
6,406,657 |
|
BHP Billiton Limited |
BHP Billiton Plc |
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| 4. Re-election of Mr D R Argus as a director of BHP Billiton Plc | ||
Þ Total number of proxy votes exercisable by all proxies validly appointed |
1,813,339,227 |
1,818,553,076 |
Þ Total number of proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy - |
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¨ was to vote for the resolution |
1,653,665,826 |
1,780,736,039 |
¨ was to vote against the resolution |
10,679,442 |
20,323,400 |
¨ was to abstain on the resolution |
3,226,769 |
11,091,662 |
|
145,767,190 |
6,401,975 |
| 5. Re-election of Mr D A Crawford as a director of BHP Billiton Limited | ||
Þ Total number of proxy votes exercisable by all proxies validly appointed |
1,813,325,034 |
1,818,553,076 |
Þ Total number of proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy - |
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¨ was to vote for the resolution |
1,641,204,335 |
1,696,688,802 |
¨ was to vote against the resolution |
22,910,517 |
45,984,867 |
¨ was to abstain on the resolution |
3,577,920 |
69,474,728 |
|
145,632,262 |
6,404,679 |
| 6. Re-election of Mr D A Crawford as a director of BHP Billiton Plc | ||
Þ Total number of proxy votes exercisable by all proxies validly appointed |
1,813,338,227 |
1,818,553,076 |
Þ Total number of proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy - |
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¨ was to vote for the resolution |
1,640,324,526 |
1,699,692,287 |
¨ was to vote against the resolution |
22,980,430 |
42,984,086 |
¨ was to abstain on the resolution |
3,761,241 |
69,474,728 |
|
146,272,030 |
6,401,975 |
|
BHP Billiton Limited |
BHP Billiton Plc |
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| 7. Re-election of Mr C W Goodyear as a director of BHP Billiton Limited | ||
Þ Total number of proxy votes exercisable by all proxies validly appointed |
1,813,331,218 |
1,818,553,076 |
Þ Total number of proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy - |
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¨ was to vote for the resolution |
1,654,013,470 |
1,764,871,693 |
¨ was to vote against the resolution |
10,269,169 |
19,592,481 |
¨ was to abstain on the resolution |
3,284,307 |
27,682,723 |
|
145,764,272 |
6,406,179 |
| 8. Re-election of Mr C W Goodyear as a director of BHP Billiton Plc | ||
Þ Total number of proxy votes exercisable by all proxies validly appointed |
1,813,342,345 |
1,818,553,076 |
Þ Total number of proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy - |
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¨ was to vote for the resolution |
1,653,866,038 |
1,764,874,833 |
¨ was to vote against the resolution |
9,920,783 |
19,307,954 |
¨ was to abstain on the resolution |
3,392,550 |
27,968,314 |
|
146,162,974 |
6,401,975 |
| 9. Election of Dr J M Schubert as a director of BHP Billiton Limited | ||
Þ Total number of proxy votes exercisable by all proxies validly appointed |
1,813,344,411 |
1,818,553,076 |
Þ Total number of proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy - |
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¨ was to vote for the resolution |
1,621,653,583 |
1,773,813,748 |
¨ was to vote against the resolution |
19,206,318 |
17,880,249 |
¨ was to abstain on the resolution |
26,450,447 |
20,454,809 |
|
146,034,063 |
6,404,270 |
|
BHP Billiton Limited |
BHP Billiton Plc |
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| 10. Election of Dr J M Schubert as a director of BHP Billiton Plc | ||
Þ Total number of proxy votes exercisable by all proxies validly appointed |
1,813,075,819 |
1,818,553,076 |
Þ Total number of proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy - |
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¨ was to vote for the resolution |
1,620,722,303 |
1,773,816,218 |
¨ was to vote against the resolution |
18,585,229 |
17,881,122 |
¨ was to abstain on the resolution |
26,560,816 |
20,453,761 |
|
147,207,471 |
6,401,975 |
| 11. To re-appoint the auditors of BHP Billiton Plc | ||
Þ Total number of proxy votes exercisable by all proxies validly appointed |
1,813,342,985 |
1,818,553,076 |
Þ Total number of proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy - |
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¨ was to vote for the resolution |
1,662,596,611 |
1,768,721,352 |
¨ was to vote against the resolution |
1,339,106 |
30,073,811 |
¨ was to abstain on the resolution |
2,687,055 |
13,360,001 |
|
146,720,213 |
6,397,912 |
| 12. To renew the Directors' authority to allot shares in BHP Billiton Plc | ||
Þ Total number of proxy votes exercisable by all proxies validly appointed |
1,813,336,676 |
1,818,553,076 |
Þ Total number of proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy - |
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¨ was to vote for the resolution |
1,621,953,026 |
1,421,905,020 |
¨ was to vote against the resolution |
32,326,888 |
380,009,175 |
¨ was to abstain on the resolution |
11,792,880 |
10,239,692 |
|
147,263,882 |
6,399,189 |
|
BHP Billiton Limited |
BHP Billiton Plc |
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| 13. To renew the disapplication of pre-emption rights in BHP Billiton Plc | ||
Þ Total number of proxy votes exercisable by all proxies validly appointed |
1,813,301,301 |
1,818,553,076 |
Þ Total number of proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy - |
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¨ was to vote for the resolution |
1,634,783,511 |
1,628,425,434 |
¨ was to vote against the resolution |
17,349,549 |
179,406,472 |
¨ was to abstain on the resolution |
13,265,697 |
4,315,655 |
¨ may vote at the proxy's discretion |
147,902,544 |
6,405,515 |
| 14. To approve the re-purchase of shares in BHP Billiton Plc | ||
Þ Total number of proxy votes exercisable by all proxies validly appointed |
1,813,333,081 |
1,818,553,076 |
Þ Total number of proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy - |
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¨ was to vote for the resolution |
1,651,220,235 |
1,798,116,625 |
¨ was to vote against the resolution |
5,074,388 |
3,809,261 |
¨ was to abstain on the resolution |
9,636,493 |
10,230,288 |
|
147,401,965 |
6,396,902 |
| 15. To approve the Remuneration Report | ||
Þ Total number of proxy votes exercisable by all proxies validly appointed |
1,813,337,884 |
1,818,553,076 |
Þ Total number of proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy - |
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¨ was to vote for the resolution |
1,640,274,406 |
1,696,354,253 |
¨ was to vote against the resolution |
18,106,858 |
46,440,888 |
¨ was to abstain on the resolution |
7,821,256 |
69,356,111 |
|
147,135,364 |
6,401,824 |
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BHP Billiton Limited |
BHP Billiton Plc |
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| 16. To approve the amended Group Incentive Scheme (GIS) | ||
Þ Total number of proxy votes exercisable by all proxies validly appointed |
1,812,787,691 |
1,818,553,076 |
Þ Total number of proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy - |
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¨ was to vote for the resolution |
1,598,780,844 |
1,754,001,829 |
¨ was to vote against the resolution |
59,387,121 |
10,622,113 |
¨ was to abstain on the resolution |
7,565,637 |
47,526,050 |
|
147,054,089 |
6,403,084 |
| 17. To approve the Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) | ||
Þ Total number of proxy votes exercisable by all proxies validly appointed |
1,812,785,055 |
1,818,553,076 |
Þ Total number of proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy - |
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¨ was to vote for the resolution |
1,606,675,585 |
1,695,199,295 |
¨ was to vote against the resolution |
51,518,065 |
57,268,608 |
¨ was to abstain on the resolution |
7,535,929 |
59,681,557 |
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147,055,476 |
6,403,616 |
| 18. To approve the grants under the amended GIS and the LTIP to Mr C W Goodyear | ||
Þ Total number of proxy votes exercisable by all proxies validly appointed |
1,812,784,810 |
1,818,553,076 |
Þ Total number of proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy - |
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¨ was to vote for the resolution |
1,608,874,867 |
1,715,474,464 |
¨ was to vote against the resolution |
50,810,954 |
50,098,472 |
¨ was to abstain on the resolution |
6,980,232 |
46,561,142 |
¨ may vote at the proxy's discretion |
146,118,757 |
6,418,998 |
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BHP Billiton Limited |
BHP Billiton Plc |
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| 19. To approve the grants under the amended GIS and the LTIP to Mr M Salamon | ||
Þ Total number of proxy votes exercisable by all proxies validly appointed |
1,811,270,780 |
1,818,553,076 |
Þ Total number of proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy - |
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¨ was to vote for the resolution |
1,606,485,711 |
1,715,482,692 |
¨ was to vote against the resolution |
51,275,001 |
50,090,065 |
¨ was to abstain on the resolution |
7,273,546 |
46,564,281 |
¨ may vote at the proxy's discretion |
146,236,522 |
6,416,038 |
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BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 Registered Office: Level 27, 180 Lonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 Telephone +61 1300 554 757 Facsimile +61 3 9609 3015 |
BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209 Registered Office: Neathouse Place London SW1V 1BH United Kingdom Telephone +44 20 7802 4000 Facsimile +44 20 7802 4111 |
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The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia
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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
LIMITEDKaren Wood
Title: Company Secretary
Date: