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BHP BILLITON PLC - Notice of Interim Dividend Dates

Release Date: 18/09/2012 07:05
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Notice of Interim Dividend Dates

                                                                                    BHP Billiton Limited                        BHP Billiton Plc
 Company Secretariat                                                                180 Lonsdale Street                         Neathouse Place
                                                                                    Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia           London SW1V 1BH UK
                                                                                    GPO BOX 86A                                 Tel +44 20 7802 4000
                                                                                    Melbourne Victoria 3001 Australia           Fax + 44 20 7802 4111
                                                                                    Tel +61 1300 55 47 57 Fax +61 3 9609 4372   bhpbilliton.com
                                                                                    bhpbilliton.com
 18 September 2012


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


                                                   Notice of 2013 Interim Dividend


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


   The proposed dates (1) for the 2013 Interim Dividend of BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc are
   as follows:


   2013 Interim Dividend

   Half Yearly Results Announcement and Dividend Declaration                                                 20 February 2013
   Last day to trade cum dividend on JSE Limited and currency conversion
   into rand                                                                                                       1 March 2013
   Ex-Dividend Date (Australian & Johannesburg stock exchanges)                                                    4 March 2013
   Ex-Dividend Date (London & New York stock exchanges (2))                                                          6 March 2013
   Record Date (including currency conversion and currency election dates,
       except for rand)                                                                                           8 March 2013
   Payment Date                                                                                                  28 March 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 4 and 8
   March 2013 (inclusive), nor will transfers between the UK register and the South African register be
   permitted, between the dates of 1 and 8 March 2013 (inclusive).




   Jane McAloon
   Group Company Secretary


        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: 180 Lonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000     Registered Office: Neathouse Place, London SW1V 1BH United Kingdom

                                        The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia
Sponsor: Absa Capital (the investment banking division of Absa Bank Limited, affiliated with
Barclays)

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