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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-17-289654
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170919
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170921
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170920

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BHP BILLITON LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000811809
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	METAL MINING [1000]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			C3
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09526
		FILM NUMBER:		171094885

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		16/171 COLLINS STREET
		STREET 2:		MELBOURNE
		CITY:			VICTORIA AUSTRALIA
		STATE:			C3
		ZIP:			3000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		011611300554757

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		GPO BOX 86
		STREET 2:		MELBOURNE
		CITY:			VICTORIA AUSTRALIA
		STATE:			C3
		ZIP:			3001

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BHP LTD
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20010129

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY CO LTD
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960116

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BHP BILLITON PLC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001171264
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BITUMINOUS COAL & LIGNITE MINING [1220]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			X0
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31714
		FILM NUMBER:		171094886

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8TH FLOOR - NEATHOUSE PLACE
		CITY:			LONDON
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			SW1V 1BH
		BUSINESS PHONE:		011442078024054

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8TH FLOOR - NEATHOUSE PLACE
		CITY:			LONDON
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			SW1V 1BH

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BHP BILLITON PLC/ADR
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20020416
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT TO RULE <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13a-16</FONT> OR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">15d-16</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>September 19, 2017 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:20pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BHP BILLITON LIMITED</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(ABN 49 004 028 077)</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" align="left">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organisation)</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" align="left">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>171 COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE,<BR>VICTORIA 3000 AUSTRALIA</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:20pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BHP BILLITON PLC</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(REG. NO. 3196209)</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" align="left">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ENGLAND AND WALES</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organisation)</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" align="left">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>NOVA SOUTH, 160 VICTORIA STREET</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>LONDON, SW1E 5LB</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED
KINGDOM</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F</FONT> or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;40-F:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746;&nbsp;&nbsp;Form&nbsp;20-F&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;&nbsp;&nbsp;Form</FONT></FONT> <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">40-F</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> in
paper as permitted by Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-T</FONT> Rule 101(b)(1):&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark if the registrant
is submitting the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> in paper as permitted by Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-T</FONT> Rule 101(b)(7):&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12g3-2(b)</FONT> under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746;&nbsp;&nbsp;No </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If &#147;Yes&#148; is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Resolutions under section 249N of the Corporations Act for consideration at the AGM </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance with ASX Listing Rule 3.17A, the wording of two proposed resolutions that have been requisitioned under section 249N of the <I>Corporations
Act</I> for consideration at the Annual General Meeting of BHP Billiton Limited, to be held in Melbourne on 16 November 2017 (<B>Limited AGM</B>), is set out in Attachment A. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Consistent with the BHP Dual Listed Company framework and the Articles of Association of BHP Billiton Plc, the proposed resolutions will also be considered at
the Annual General Meeting of BHP Billiton Plc (<B>Plc AGM</B>) which will be held in London on 19 October 2017. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The proposed resolutions have been
requisitioned by shareholders of BHP Billiton Limited representing approximately 0.0075% of the shares on issue in BHP Billiton Limited (and approximately 0.0045% of the shares on issue in the combined BHP Group). Attachment B is a copy of the
accompanying statement from the requisitioners that will be distributed to shareholders in accordance with section 249P of the <I>Corporations Act</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Resolution 1 (as set out in Attachment A) will be proposed as a special resolution. Resolution 2 (as set out in Attachment A) will be proposed as an ordinary
resolution. However, Resolution 2 will be a valid resolution only if Resolution 1 is approved by the required majority &#150; that is, the validity of Resolution 2 is conditional on Resolution 1 being passed. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For the reasons set out below, the Board does not endorse Resolution 1. While the Board is supportive of some elements of Resolution 2, the Board has formed
the view that, in its entirety, Resolution 2 is not in the interests of BHP shareholders as a whole. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Accordingly, the Board is recommending that
shareholders vote against both of the resolutions. </P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">1 </P>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board considers that the proposal to insert a new rule into the Constitution of BHP Billiton Limited in the
form set out in Resolution&nbsp;1 gives rise to a number of difficulties and uncertainties in practice, including undermining the authority and accountability of the Directors. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the Constitution of BHP Billiton Limited, the power to manage BHP&#146;s business is vested in the Directors. It is important that the Directors be able
to exercise this power as they see fit and be solely accountable for doing so. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The proposed amendment to permit resolutions which are advisory would
create uncertainty and confusion, whereas the division of responsibility for decision-making as between the Board and shareholders needs to be clear. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In
relation to the position under UK law which is mentioned in the statement by the requisitioners, legal advice obtained by BHP indicates that the ability to propose an advisory resolution by ordinary resolution under section 338 of the UK Companies
Act 2006 has not been clearly established by UK case law. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In any event, shareholders already have various mechanisms available to them to express views
and opinions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Shareholders are able, and already have the right, to ask questions about or make comments on the management of BHP at any time, including
at the AGMs. Further, if shareholders disapprove of actions taken by the Directors, shareholders can refuse to re-elect them or remove them from office by ordinary resolution. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, there is regular and extensive engagement between BHP (at Chairman, non-executive director and management level) and BHP&#146;s institutional
shareholders around the world. Over the past four years, a significant part of this engagement has related to climate change. Publication by BHP of its &#145;Climate Change: Portfolio Analysis&#146; in 2015 was a direct consequence of the
constructive engagement the Company had with investors on the matter of scenario planning for a 2&deg;C world. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Paragraph 1 of Resolution 2 requests a
review of BHP&#146;s direct and indirect public policy advocacy on energy policy and climate change from 2012 to the present day. It requests that the review describe the immediate and likely long term impacts of continued energy and climate policy
uncertainty in Australia on BHP&#146;s economic interests. Paragraph 2 requests the publication of a report on that review. Paragraph 3 requests that BHP terminate its membership of an industry body where there is &#145;<I>a pattern of manifest
inconsistency</I>&#146; between BHP&#146;s positions on material public policy issues considered in the review and those of industry bodies of which BHP is a member. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As noted on the BHP website <U>http://www.bhp.com/our-approach/operating-with-integrity/industry-associations-bhps-approach</U>, BHP keeps under review its
alignment with, and membership of, industry associations. The current review of industry associations of which BHP is a member will be completed by 31 December 2017, and BHP will make public the outcomes of that review. </P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">2 </P>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BHP has always sought to make its position on significant public issues clear. However, BHP will further its
efforts to ensure that material differences with industry associations on key issues are clearly understood. To that end, BHP will publish, by 31&nbsp;December 2017, a list of the material differences between the positions we hold on climate and
energy policy, and the advocacy positions on climate and energy policy taken by industry associations to which BHP belongs. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BHP has already published two
reports describing its approach to the potential impacts on BHP of both an orderly and a more rapid response to climate change. This includes consideration of short, medium and long term policy responses in Australia and other relevant jurisdictions
around the world. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board considers that the action BHP is already taking (that is, undertaking the review of industry associations and publishing the
information described above, together with BHP&#146;s consistent public position on climate change and energy policy as outlined below) obviates the need for Resolution 2. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BHP has set out its position on climate change and energy very clearly, including in its submission to the Independent Review into the Future Security of the
National Electricity Market (<B>Finkel Review</B>), in which BHP expressed the following views on energy reform: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">energy security, energy affordability and emissions reduction should be considered on an integrated basis; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">technology neutrality should sit at the core of good policy because it provides industry with the necessary flexibility to achieve objectives at the lowest possible cost; and </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">open and transparent energy markets are the best way to promote Australia&#146;s economic interests. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There is
a wide range of views across industry, civil society, governments and other stakeholders on how best to address climate change and energy policy. BHP&#146;s position is clear. BHP accepts the science, and believes that the world must limit climate
change and provide access to energy. BHP is committed to action to reduce its emissions, build resilience to climate impacts and accelerate deployment of low emissions technologies. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Further information on BHP can be found at: <B>bhp.com</B> </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U><B>Resolution 1</B></U> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Special resolution to amend our
company&#146;s constitution </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To insert into our company&#146;s constitution the following new clause 46: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Member resolutions at general meeting </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The shareholders
in general meeting may by ordinary resolution express an opinion, ask for information, or make a request, about the way in which a power of the company partially or exclusively vested in the directors has been or should be exercised. However, such a
resolution must relate to an issue of material relevance to the company or the company&#146;s business as identified by the company, and cannot either advocate action which would violate any law or relate to any personal claim or grievance. Such a
resolution is advisory only and does not bind the directors or the company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Resolution 2</U> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ordinary resolution on public policy advocacy on climate change and energy </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Shareholders request that: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">1.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the Board commission a comprehensive review of our company&#146;s positions, oversight and processes related to direct and indirect public policy advocacy on energy and climate change, covering the period 2012 to the
present day. This would include an analysis of our company&#146;s political advocacy and lobbying activities, including indirect activities through membership of or representation in industry bodies. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We request this review: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">a.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">describe all payments by our company for direct or indirect lobbying relating to climate and energy policy, in each case including the amount of the payment and the recipient; </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">b.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">assess whether advocacy positions taken by industry bodies of which our company is a member or at which our company is formally represented, on specific Australian climate and energy legislation and policy proposals,
including: </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(i)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">carbon pricing, </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(ii)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the recommendations of the Final Report of the Independent Review into the Future Security of the National Electricity Market (Finkel Review), including in relation to a clean energy target (CET) as described in that
Review, </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the promotion of coal fired power generation and provision of government subsidies therefore, </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">have been, and continue to be, consistent with our company&#146;s positions on those proposals, the company&#146;s stated position on
Australia&#146;s Paris Agreement commitments, and our company&#146;s economic interests; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">c.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">describe the immediate and likely long term impacts of continued energy and climate policy uncertainty in Australia on our company&#146;s economic interests; and </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">d.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">detail proposed actions to be taken as a result of the review. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">2.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the Board prepare (at reasonable cost and omitting confidential information) a report describing the completed review, to be made available to shareholders on the company website within four months of the AGM at which
this proposal is discussed. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">3.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">where a pattern of manifest inconsistency is demonstrated over the period 2012 to the present day, between our company&#146;s positions on material policy issues considered in the review and those of industry bodies to
which it has paid a membership fee, shareholders request that membership of such industry bodies is terminated. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding-top:0pt; margin-left:1%; margin-right:1%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The notice of requisitioned resolutions included the following supporting statements by the requisitioners.
By publishing the statements, BHP does not make any representations as to their truth or accuracy and disclaims any liability for their contents. </P></div>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Supporting statement to resolution 1 (special resolution) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Shareholder resolutions are a healthy part of corporate democracy in many jurisdictions other than Australia. For example, in the UK shareholders can
consider resolutions seeking to explicitly direct the conduct of the Board. In the UK, the US, New Zealand and Canada shareholders can consider resolutions seeking to advise their Board as to how it should act. As a matter of practice, typically,
unless the board permits it, Australian shareholders can follow the example of none of their UK, US, New Zealand or Canadian cousins in this respect.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Permitting the raising of advisory resolutions by ordinary resolution at a company&#146;s AGM is global best practice, and our fellow shareholders in BHP
Billiton Plc already enjoy this right.<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">1</SUP></I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>A Board of Directors is a steward for shareholders
and accountability for the discharge of that stewardship is essential to long-term corporate prosperity.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>In rare situations the appropriate course
of action for shareholders dissatisfied with the conduct of Board members is to seek to remove them. But in many situations such a personality-focused approach is unproductive and unwarranted. In those situations a better course of action is to
formally and publicly allow shareholders the opportunity at shareholder meetings such as the AGM to alert Board members that they seek more information or favour a particular approach to corporate policy.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>The Constitution of our company is not conducive to the right of shareholders to place ordinary resolutions on the agenda of a shareholder meeting. In our
view, this is contrary to the long-term interests of our company, our company&#146;s Board, and all shareholders in our company.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Passage of this
resolution &#150; to amend our company&#146;s Constitution &#150; will simply put our company in a similar position in regard to shareholder resolutions as any listed company in the UK, US, Canada or New Zealand, and extend to us a right already
enjoyed by our BHP Billiton Plc counterparts.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility urges shareholders to vote for this
proposal.</I> </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:8.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:10%">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">1</SUP>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><I>The threshold for the exercise of this right by shareholders in publicly listed companies in the UK are 5% of the total voting rights or 100 shareholders (338 of the UK Companies Act 2006, see
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/338).</I> </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>As a shareholder, The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) favours policies and practices that protect and enhance the value of our
investments. Many investors are deeply concerned about existing and future effects of climate change on society, business and our economy. </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Investor concern about climate lobbying is growing. The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) &#147;Investor Expectations on Corporate Climate
Lobbying,&#148; endorsed by investors responsible for more than US$4 trillion in assets under management, calls on companies to ensure that their public policy advocacy &#150; whether direct or indirect (e.g. through industry bodies) &#150; supports
efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change.<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">2</SUP> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>The last decade or longer of Australian
climate and energy policy has been characterised by short-lived policy subject to relentless scrutiny and adversarial campaigning by industry bodies, or no policy at all. Accordingly, we urge companies in the mining and energy sector to review their
relationships with industry bodies that take obstructive or misleading public policy positions on climate change. </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>In particular, we question the
long-term attractiveness to shareholders of our company&#146;s public policy advocacy through the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA). The inconsistencies between our company&#146;s policies and the MCA&#146;s lobbying positions are clear.<SUP
STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">3</SUP> In June 2017, the MCA sought to undermine adoption of the Finkel Review&#146;s recommendations on energy policy by the federal government.<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">4</SUP> These
activities diminished the federal government&#146;s ability to resolve a national policy issue of material relevance to our company and the stability of its operations.<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">5</SUP> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>In March 2017, the MCA criticised Renewable Energy Targets and Feed-in-Tariffs.<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">6</SUP> The MCA has lobbied
for government policy and financing support for the construction of new coal-fired power generation,<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">7</SUP> although any new coal-fired power generation would be inconsistent with Australia meeting its
Paris Agreement commitments, unless its emissions are fully captured with carbon capture and storage (CCS).<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">8</SUP> The MCA has advocated for HELE
coal,<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">9</SUP> which has much higher emissions than CCS. </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:8.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:10%">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">2</SUP>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">See https://www.unpri.org/download_report/8535 </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">3</SUP>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">See http://www.afr.com/business/tensions-at-mca-over-finkel-strategy-20170806-gxq7xn </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">4</SUP>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">See http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/minerals-council-steps-up-coal-lobbying-as-agl-calls-for-end-to-political-gridlock-20170619-gwu60q.html </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">5</SUP>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">See http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/bhp-billiton-warns-for-crisis-in-power-market/news-story/2fd327cdc5258667701754788883bcb9?nk=041e2389e6c763abf862fa2e41cb8ddb-1504081073 </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">6</SUP>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">See http://www.minerals.org.au/news/electricity_subsidies_in_australia_-_the facts </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">7</SUP>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">See http://www.afr.com/business/energy/dont-buy-the-minerals-council-costings-of-coal-power-20170705-gx5enx </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">8</SUP>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">See http://www.climateinstitute.org.au/verve/_resources/TCI_A-Switch-In-Time_Final.pdf </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">9</SUP>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">See http://www.afr.com/news/politics/hele-coal-cheaper-than-previously-thought-says-mca-20170702-gx2vzc </TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>In the lead-up to the 2016 federal election, the MCA spent almost $2.5m promoting coal-fired power generation.<SUP
STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">10</SUP> The organisation has, in 2017, called for government support to encourage financing of new coal-fired power generation.<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">11</SUP> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>The MCA is vocal about their successful advocacy leading to the abolition of Australia&#146;s short-lived carbon price, in their own words, &#147;The MCA
was at the forefront of the debates over the carbon and mining taxes; and their abolition (expected after July 2014) will be in no small part due to the council&#146;s determined advocacy on both issues.&#148;<SUP
STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">12</SUP> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>This demonstrates a pattern of vociferous and influential lobbying which has obstructed
progress on climate-related legislation and public policy. </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>This pattern stands in contrast to our company&#146;s public commitments, including its
commitment to leadership, on climate change.<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">13</SUP> BHP has long supported the introduction of a carbon pricing regime in Australia. We commend the Board for accepting the company&#146;s
&#147;responsibility to take action by... working with others, including academia, industry and governments, to enhance the global response to climate change.&#148;<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">14</SUP> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>The MCA&#146;s activities undermine the possibility of achieving what our company has stated an &#147;effective policy framework&#148; should include:
&#147;a complementary set of measures including a price on carbon, support for low-emissions technologies, energy efficiency and measures to build resilience.&#148;<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">15</SUP> Over time, these activities
have the potential to undermine shareholder value, given our company&#146;s exposure to climate-related risk and energy instability. A case in point is our company&#146;s operations at Olympic Dam, about which our company&#146;s CEO commented in
addressing our company&#146;s half year results in February 2017: &#147;we would not look at a major expansion of Olympic Dam unless we can be confident that we have a reliable and affordable source of power within South Australia. We sincerely hope
that the government of South Australia and some of the reviews that are underway at the moment that we are contributing to, some of which go to the federal level, actually address some of the great difficulties we have had to face. These have cost
us $100 million in this period...<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">16</SUP> (emphasis added) </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">10</SUP>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">See http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/mining-industry-tipped-millions-into-preelection-clean-coal-campaign-20170216-guf3x7.html </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">11</SUP>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">See http://www.afr.com/news/politics/whitehaven-coal-says-agl-makes-a-stack-of-profit-from-coal-20170622-gww6o5 </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">MCA 2013 Annual report, see http://www.minerals.org.au/news/2013_annual_report_minerals_council_of_australia </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">http://www.bhp.com/environment/climate-change; We signed the CEO Statement on Business, Climate Change and the Paris Negotiations calling for a positive outcome at COP21. We are a signatory to the UNFCCC Paris Pledge.
We are represented at the Financial Stability Board&#146;s Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">http://www.bhp.com/-/media/bhp/documents/investors/reports/2015/bhpbillitonclimatechangeportfolioanalysis2015.pdf?la=en page&nbsp;7 </TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Shareholders have a legitimate expectation of a level of policy consistency through direct and indirect
lobbying channels. The climate and energy policy advocacy of the MCA is fundamentally at odds with our company&#146;s long term financial and strategic interests; it is unable to be reconciled with our company&#146;s public support for bipartisan
long-term energy policy and recognition of the implications of a &lt;2C future scenario. </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Our company also stands to suffer reputational damage by
maintaining memberships of organisations which hold policy and advocacy positions out of step with community expectations. </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Our company&#146;s
continued membership of the MCA and representation on its Board should be reviewed in light of the MCA&#146;s positions, with a view to exiting arrangements inconsistent with our company&#146;s policy positions and interests. Further, our
company&#146;s indirect lobbying positions through other industry bodies, including the US Chamber of Commerce, which campaigned for the Trump Administration&#146;s withdrawal from the Paris
Agreement,<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">17</SUP> and the World Coal Association, which has in September 2017 campaigned for the rejection of a Clean Energy target (CET) in
Australia,<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">18</SUP> should be reviewed. </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility urges
shareholders to vote for this proposal. </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">See https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-09/paris-pullout-pits-chamber-against-some-of-its-biggest-members </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209</TD></TR>
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