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BIBLT                                                                           
BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - 2009 Final dividend dates                              
BHP Billiton Plc                                                                
Share code: BIL                                                                 
ISIN: GB0000566504                                                              
2009 Final Dividend Dates                                                       
Name of entity  BHP Billiton Plc          REG NO  3196209                       
Further to BHP Billiton`s announcement on 26 May 2009 of the proposed dates for 
the 2009 Final Dividend, the following amendments (shown in capital letters)    
have been required in respect of the South African branch register of BHP       
Billiton Plc:                                                                   
Last day to trade on JSE Limited AND CURRENCY CONVERSION INTO RAND              
28 August 2009                                                                  
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 31 August and 4 September 2009, both dates inclusive.      
Transfers between the UK register and the South African register will not be    
permitted between the dates of 28 AUGUST and 4 September 2009, both dates       
inclusive.                                                                      
All other dates previously announced remain unchanged.                          
Jane McAloon                                                                    
Group Company Secretary                                                         
    BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209                                
    Registered in England and Wales                                             
Registered Office: Neathouse Place, London SW1V 1BH United Kingdom          
The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia                            
9 June 2009                                                                     
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