Annual Report and Accounts

BHP Billiton Limited
30 September 2003

     BHP Billiton Limited is issuing this announcement to fulfil disclosure
  obligations arising from its secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange.

    The text of this release is identical to that issued by BHP Billiton Plc
                                    earlier.



30 September 2003

                    BHP BILLITON GROUP - 2003 ANNUAL REPORTS

                 NOTICES OF SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS & PROXY FORMS

I advise that copies of the 2003 Annual Reports to shareholders from BHP
Billiton Plc and BHP Billiton Limited (both the Concise Report and Combined
Financial Statements) have been lodged with the United Kingdom Financial
Services Authority and can be viewed on the Authority's Document Viewing
Facility. They may also be viewed on the BHP Billiton Group website
www.bhpbilliton.com, together with full single entity financial statements of
BHP Billiton Limited which will not be mailed to shareholders but are available
on request by telephoning [phone].

Copies of the Notices of Meetings of the Annual General Meetings of BHP Billiton
Plc (to be held in London on 24 October 2003) and of BHP Billiton Limited (to be
held in Melbourne on 13 November 2003) have been lodged with the Authority and
can also be viewed on the viewing facility, together with forms of proxy mailed
to BHP Billiton Limited shareholders and BHP Billiton Plc shareholders
(principal UK register and South African register).



Karen Wood - Company Secretary
BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077                    BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209
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Registered Office: 600 Bourke Street Melbourne Victoria    Registered Office: Neathouse Place London SW1V 1BH United
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