($1 = 1.4930 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Scott Murdoch and Melanie Burton
Editing by Alasdair Pal)
SYDNEY, April 13 (Reuters) - BHP Group has won
support from Oz Minerals' shareholders to proceed with
a A$9.6 billion ($6.43 billion)$6.4 billion takeover of the
Australian copper and gold producer.
Some 78.9% of proxy votes on behalf of Oz Minerals' investors
were in favour of the takeover offer of A$28.25 per share at a
shareholder meeting in Adelaide on Thursday.
Oz Minerals' board had unanimously supported the bid.
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