Unassociated Document
 
As filed with  the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 6 , 2013
  
Reg. No.
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
                                                                                     
 
FORM F-6
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 FOR AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES
                          
 
BHP BILLITON LIMITED
(Exact name of issuer of deposited securities as specified in its charter)
                          
 
[N/A]
(Translation of issuer’s name into English)
                          
 
Australia
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of issuer)
                            
 
CITIBANK, N.A.
(Exact name of depositary as specified in its charter)
                            
 
399 Park Avenue
New York, New York  10022
(212) 816-6690
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of depositary’s principal executive offices)
                                    
 
Marisa Reuter
1350 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 150
Houston, Texas  77056
(713) 961-8500
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
                                                                    
 
Copies to:
 
Herman H. Raspé, Esq.
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
1133 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York  10036
                                                                
 
It is proposed that this filing become effective under Rule 466:
 
 ý   immediately upon filing.
   
 o   on (Date) at (time).
 
If a separate registration statement has been filed to register the deposited shares, check the following box:  o
 
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of
Securities to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Price Per Unit*
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering Price**
Amount of
Registration Fee
American Depositary Shares (“ADS(s)”), each ADS representing two (2) ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Limited
100,000,000 ADSs
$5.00
$5,000,000.00
$682.00
 
*
Each unit represents 100 ADSs.
 
**
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.  Pursuant to Rule 457(k), such estimate is computed on the basis of the maximum aggregate fees or charges to be imposed in connection with the issuance of ADSs.
 
 
 
 
 
This Registration Statement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
 
 
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
Cross Reference Sheet
 
Item 1.   DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED
 
Item Number and Caption  
Location in Form of American
Depositary Receipt (“Receipt”)
Filed Herewith as Prospectus
       
1.    Name of Depositary and address of its principal executive office  
Face of Receipt -  Introductory Article.
         
2. Title of Receipts and identity of deposited securities  
Face of Receipt  - Top Center.
     
Terms of Deposit:
    
         
  (i)      
The amount of deposited securities represented by one American Depositary Share ("ADSs")
  
Face of Receipt  - Upper right corner.
         
  (ii)
The procedure for voting, if any, the deposited securities
  
Reverse of Receipt  - Paragraphs (16) and (17).
         
  (iii)
The collection and distribution of dividends
  
Reverse of Receipt - Paragraph (14).
         
  (iv)
The transmission of notices, reports and proxy soliciting material
  
Face of Receipt  - Paragraph (13);
Reverse of Receipt - Paragraph (16).
         
  (v)
The sale or exercise of rights
  
Reverse of Receipt – Paragraphs (14) and (16).
         
  (vi)
The deposit or sale of securities resulting from dividends, splits or plans of reorganization
  
Face of Receipt - Paragraphs (3) and (6);
Reverse of Receipt - Paragraphs (14) and (18).
         
  (vii)
Amendment, extension or termination of the deposit agreement
  
Reverse of Receipt - Paragraphs (22) and (23) (no provision for extensions).
         
  (viii)
Rights of holders of Receipts to inspect the transfer books of the Depositary and the list of holders of ADSs
  
Face of Receipt - Paragraph (13).
 
 
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  (ix)
Restrictions upon the right to deposit or withdraw the underlying securities
  
Face of Receipt – Paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), (9) and (10).
         
  (x)     
Limitation upon the liability of the Depositary
  
Face of Receipt - Paragraph (7);
Reverse of Receipt - Paragraphs (19) and (20).
         
 
(xi)
Fees and charges which may be imposed directly  or indirectly on holders of ADSs
  
Face of Receipt - Paragraph (10).
         
             
Item 2.   AVAILABLE INFORMATION
  
Face of Receipt - Paragraph (13).
 
 
The Company is subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and, accordingly, files certain reports with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”).  These reports can be retrieved from the Commission’s website (www.sec.gov), and can be inspected by holders of ADSs and copied at public reference facilities maintained by the Commission located at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington D.C. 20549, and at the principal executive office of the Depositary.
  
 
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PROSPECTUS
 
The Prospectus consists of the American Depositary Receipt filed as Exhibit (a)(i) to this Registration Statement on Form F-6 and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
 
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PART II
 
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
Item 3.      EXHIBITS
 
 
(a)
(i)  Form of American Depositary Receipt. — Filed herewith as Exhibit (a)(i).
 
 
(ii) Second Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2007, by and among BHP Billiton Limited, Citibank, N.A., as depositary (the "Depositary"), and all Holders and Beneficial Owners of American Depositary Shares issued thereunder. *
 
 
(b)
Any other agreement to which the Depositary is a party relating to the issuance of the American Depositary Shares registered hereunder or the custody of the deposited securities represented thereby. — None.
 
 
(c)
Every material contract relating to the deposited securities between the Depositary and the issuer of the deposited securities in effect at any time within the last three years. — None.
 
 
(d)
Opinion of counsel for the Depositary as to the legality of the securities to be registered. — Filed herewith as Exhibit (d).
 
 
(e)
Certificate under Rule 466. — Filed herewith as Exhibit (e).
 
 
(f)
Powers of Attorney for certain officers and directors and the authorized representative of the Company. — Set forth on the signature pages hereto.
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*  Previously filed and incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form F-6 (Reg. No.: 333-152047) with the Commission on July 1, 2008.
 
 
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Item 4.       UNDERTAKINGS
 
 
(a)
The Depositary undertakes to make available at the principal office of the Depositary in the United States, for inspection by holders of ADSs, any reports and communications received from the issuer of the deposited securities which are both (1) received by the Depositary as the holder of the deposited securities, and (2) made generally available to the holders of the underlying securities by the issuer.
 
 
(b)
If the amount of fees charged is not disclosed in the prospectus, the Depositary undertakes to prepare a separate document stating the amount of any fee charged and describing the service for which it is charged and to deliver promptly a copy of such fee schedule without charge to anyone upon request.  The Depositary undertakes to notify each registered holder of an ADS thirty (30) days before any change in the fee schedule.
 
 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Citibank, N.A., acting solely on behalf of the legal entity created by the Second Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2007, by and among BHP Billiton Limited, Citibank, N.A., as Depositary, and all Holders and Beneficial Owners from time to time of American Depositary Shares issued thereunder, certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that all the requirements for filing on Form F-6 are met and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form F-6 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on the 6th day of March, 2013.
  
 
Legal entity created by the Second Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement under which the American Depositary Shares registered hereunder are to be issued, each American Depositary Share representing two (2) ordinary shares of BHP Billiton Limited.
 
CITIBANK, N.A., solely in its capacity as Depositary
  
     
       
 
By: 
 /s/ Brian M. Teitelbaum  
    Name: 
Brian M. Teitelbaum
  
    Title: Vice President  
       
 
 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, BHP Billiton Limited certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that all the requirements for filing on Form F-6 are met and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form F-6 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, in Melbourne, Australia, on March 6, 2013.
 
 
BHP BILLITON LIMITED
  
       
 
By:
/s/  Jane McAloon  
    Name:  Jane McAloon  
    Title:    Company Secretary  
       
        
 
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POWERS OF ATTORNEY
 
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jane McAloon to act as his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all such capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as s/he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his/her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement on Form F-6 has been signed by the following persons in the following capacities on March 6, 2013.
 
Signature
 
/s/ Marius Kloppers
  
Marius Kloppers
(Principal Executive Officer and Director)
  
   
/s/ Graham Kerr
  
Graham Kerr
(Principal Financial Officer)
  
   
/s/ Nigel Chadwick
  
Nigel Chadwick
(Principal Accounting Officer)
  
   
/s/ Jacques Nasser
  
Jacques Nasser
(Chairman)
  
   
/s/ Malcolm Broomhead
  
Malcolm Broomhead
(Director)
  
 
 
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/s/ John Buchanan
  
John Buchanan
(Director)
  
   
/s/ Carlos Cordeiro
  
Carlos Cordeiro
(Director)
  
   
/s/ David Crawford
  
David Crawford
(Director)
  
   
/s/ Pat Davies
  
Pat Davies
(Director)
  
   
/s/ Carolyn Hewson
  
Carolyn Hewson
(Director)
  
   
/s/ Lindsay Maxsted
  
Lindsay Maxsted
(Director)
  
   
/s/ Wayne Murdy
  
Wayne Murdy
(Director)
  
   
/s/ Keith Rumble
  
Keith Rumble
(Director)
  
 
 
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/s/ John Schubert
  
John Schubert
(Director)
  
   
/s/ Shriti Vadera
  
Shriti Vadera
(Director)
  
   
/s/ Marisa Reuter
  
Marisa Reuter
(Authorized Representative in the U.S.)
  
   
   
 
 
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Index of Exhibits
 
Exhibit
Document
Sequentially
Numbered Page
     
(a) (i)
Form of American Depositary Receipt
  
 
 
  
(d)
Opinion of counsel to the Depositary
  
     
(e)
Certificate under Rule 466