RNS Number:6094S
BHP Billiton PLC
28 November 2003


Date                 28 November 2003
Number               35/03


         BHP BILLITON TO CEASE QUARTERLY REPORTING OF FINANCIAL RESULTS

BHP Billiton announced today that it would no longer report quarterly financial
results.

The Company will continue to release a quarterly production report and
exploration and development report, in accordance with the Listing Rules of the
Australian Stock Exchange.

Chris Lynch, Chief Financial Officer, said today, "Quarterly reporting consumes
significant amounts of management time and encourages a short term focus on what
is a long term business. Henceforth, we will follow the standard practice in the
Australian and UK markets of reporting half and full year results. The decision
to cease quarterly reporting also brings us into line with our major peers. The
operational performance of the Company will continue to be reported on a
quarterly basis through our production report."

BHP Billiton will release its half year results on 19 February 2004 and its full
year results in August 2004.



Further information on BHP Billiton can be found on our Internet site: http://
www.bhpbilliton.com

Australia                                                     United Kingdom
Andrew Nairn, Investor Relations                              Mark Lidiard, Investor & Media Relations
Tel: +61 3 9609 3952 Mobile: +61 408 313 259                  Tel: +44 20 7802 4156
email: Andrew.W.Nairn@bhpbilliton.com                         email: Mark.Lidiard@bhpbilliton.com
Tania Price, Media Relations                                  Ariane Gentil, Media Relations
Tel: +61 3 9609 3815 Mobile: +61 419 152 780                  Tel: +44 20 7802 4177
email: Tania.Price@bhpbilliton.com                            email: Ariane.Gentil@bhpbilliton.com

United States                                                 South Africa
Francis McAllister, Investor Relations                        Michael Campbell, Investor & Media Relations
Tel: +1 713 961 8625 Mobile: +1 713 480 3699                  Tel: +27 11 376 3360 Mobile: +27 82 458 2587
email: Francis.R.McAllister@bhpbilliton.com                   email: Michael.J.Campbell@bhpbilliton.com


BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077                     BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209
Registered in Australia                                     Registered in England and Wales
Registered Office: Level 27, 180 Lonsdale Street Melbourne  Registered Office: Neathouse Place London SW1V 1BH United
Victoria 3000                                               Kingdom
Telephone +61 1300 554 757 Facsimile +61 3 9609 3015        Telephone +44 20 7802 4000 Facsimile +44 20 7802 4111


The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia




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