BIL 201309250005A
Notice of 2014 Interim Dividend Dates

BHP Billiton Limited                        BHP Billiton Plc
171 Collins Street                          Neathouse Place
Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia           London SW1V 1BH UK
GPO BOX 86                                  Tel +44 20 7802 4000
Melbourne Victoria 3001 Australia           Fax + 44 20 7802 4111
Tel +61 1300 55 47 57 Fax +61 3 9609 3015   bhpbilliton.com
bhpbilliton.com

Company Secretariat 

 25 September 2013


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

                                               Notice of 2014 Interim Dividend Dates

   Name of entities                       BHP Billiton Limited                       BHP Billiton Plc
                                          ABN 49 004 028 077                         REG NO 3196209


   The proposed dates(1) for the 2014 Interim Dividend of BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc are
   as follows:


   2014 Interim Dividend

   Half Yearly Results Announcement and Dividend Declaration                        11 February 2014
   Last day to trade cum dividend on JSE Limited and currency conversion            28 February 2014
   into rand
   Ex-Dividend Date (Australian & Johannesburg stock exchanges)                     3 March 2014
                                                             
   Ex-Dividend Date (London & New York stock exchanges(2))                          5 March 2014
   Record Date (including currency conversion and currency election dates,          7 March 2014
       except for rand)
   Payment Date                                                                     26 March 2014
   
   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 3 and 7
   March 2014 (inclusive), nor will transfers between the UK register and the South African register be
   permitted, between the dates of 28 February and 7 March 2014 (inclusive).




   Jane McAloon
   Group Company Secretary


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


        
        1  Dates are subject to change.        
        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.


BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077                             BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209
Registered in Australia                                             Registered in England and Wales
Registered Office: 171 Collins 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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