BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Notice of Dividend and AGM Dates

BIL - BHP Billiton Plc - Notice of Dividend and AGM Dates                       
BHP Billiton Plc                                                                
Share code:    BIL                                                              
ISIN:          GB0000566504                                                     
21 July 2011                                                                    
Notice of Dividend and AGM Dates                                                
Name of         BHP Billiton         BHP Billiton Plc                           
entities        Limited                                                         
               ABN  49 004 028 077  REG NO  3196209                             
The proposed dates for the 2011 Final Dividend and 2011                         
Annual General Meetings of BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc are as     
follows:                                                                        
2011 Final Dividend                                                             
Preliminary Results Announcement and Dividend           24 August 2011          
Declaration                                                                     
Last day to trade on JSE Limited and currency       2 September 2011            
conversion into RAND                                                            
Ex-Dividend Date (Australian & Johannesburg stock   5 September 2011            
exchanges)                                                                      
Ex-Dividend Date (London & New York stock           7 September 2011            
exchanges)                                                                      
Record Date (including currency conversion and      9 September 2011            
currency election dates                                                         
for Australian & London stock exchanges)                                       
Payment Date                                      29 September 2011             
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 5 and 9 September 2011 (inclusive), nor will 
transfers between the UK register and the South African register be permitted,  
between the dates of 2 and 9 September 2011 (inclusive).                        
2011 Annual General Meetings (AGM)                                              
The 2011 AGM of BHP Billiton Plc will be held in London on Thursday, 20 October 
2011 at 11.00am.                                                                
The 2011 AGM of BHP Billiton Limited will be held in Melbourne on Thursday, 17  
November 2011 at 10.30am.                                                       
Jane McAloon                                                                    
Group Company Secretary                                                         
Sponsor: Absa Capital (the investment banking division of Absa Bank Limited,    
affiliated with Barclays Capital)                                               
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