BIL 201306280003A
Notice of Dividend Dates and AGM Dates

BHP Billiton
Company Secretariat



28 June 2013


 To:       Australian Securities Exchange                                        cc:     New York Stock Exchange
           London Stock Exchange                                                         JSE Limited


                                             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 dates (1) for the 2013 Final Dividend and 2013 Annual General Meetings of BHP Billiton
 Limited and BHP Billiton Plc are as follows:

 2013 Final Dividend

 Preliminary Results Announcement and Dividend Declaration                                               20 August 2013
 Last day to trade on JSE Limited and currency conversion into rand                                      30 August 2013
 Ex-Dividend Date (Australian & Johannesburg stock exchanges)                                          2 September 2013
 Ex-Dividend Date (London & New York stock exchanges (2))                                              4 September 2013
 Record Date (including currency conversion and currency election dates,                               6 September 2013
 except for rand)
 Payment Date                                                                                        25 September 2013

 Please note that 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 2 and 6 September
 2013 (inclusive), nor will transfers between the UK register and the South African register be permitted,
 between the dates of 30 August and 6 September 2013 (inclusive).

 2013 Annual General Meetings (AGM)

 The 2013 AGM of BHP Billiton Plc will be held in London on Thursday, 24 October 2013 at 11.00am.

 The 2013 AGM of BHP Billiton Limited will be held in Perth on Thursday, 21 November 2013 at 9.30am.




 Jane McAloon
 Group Company Secretary

 (1) Dates are subject to change
 (2) BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc shares are listed on the NYSE in the form of American
 Depositary Receipts (ADRs).

 Sponsor: Absa Capital (the investment banking division of Absa Bank Limited, affiliated with Barclays).



 BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077                                 BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209
 Registered in Australia                                                 Registered in England and Wales
 Registered Office: 180 Lonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000          Registered Office: Neathouse Place, London SW1V 1BH United Kingdom

                                         The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia

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