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Notice of Dividend and AGM Dates
Name of entities | BHP Billiton Limited | BHP Billiton Plc |
| ABN 49 004 028 077 | REG NO 3196209 |
The proposed dates1 for the 2017 Final Dividend of BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc are as follows:
2017 Final Dividend
Preliminary Results Announcement and Dividend Determination | 22 August 2017 |
Currency conversion into RAND | 1 September 2017 |
Last day to trade cum dividend on JSE Limited | 5 September 2017 |
Ex-Dividend Date (Johannesburg stock exchanges) | 6 September 2017 |
Ex-Dividend Date (Australian, London and New York2 stock exchanges) | 7 September 2017 |
Record Date (including currency conversion and currency election dates for Australian & London stock exchanges) | 8 September 2017 |
Payment Date | 26 September 2017 |
BHP Billiton Plc shareholders registered on the South African section of the register will not be able to dematerialise or rematerialise their shareholdings between the dates of 6 September and 8 September 2017 (inclusive), nor will transfers between the UK register and the South African register be permitted, between the dates of 1 September and 8 September 2017 (inclusive).
2017 Annual General Meetings (AGM)
The 2017 AGM of BHP Billiton Plc will be held in London on Thursday, 19 October 2017 at 12 noon (London time).
The 2017 AGM of BHP Billiton Limited will be held in Melbourne on Thursday, 16 November 2017 at 11.00am (Melbourne time).
Rachel Agnew
Company Secretary
BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209LEI WZE1WSENV6JSZFK0JC28 LEI 549300C116EOWV835768
Registered in Australia Registered in England and WalesRegistered Office: Level 18, 171 Collins Street Registered Office: Nova South, 160 Victoria StreetMelbourne Victoria 3000 Australia London SW1E 5LB United Kingdom
Tel +61 1300 55 4757 Fax +61 3 9609 3015 Tel +44 20 7802 4000 Fax +44 20 7802 4111 The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia
[2] BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc shares are listed in the form of American Depositary Shares (ADSs) and traded as American
Depositary Receipts (ADRs) on the NYSE. Each ADS represents two ordinary shares.Dates are prepared on the basis that the NYSE will migrate to a T+2 settlement cycle on 5 September 2017.