Notice of Dividend Dates and AGM Dates BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209 Registered in England and Wales Share code: BIL ISIN: GB0000566504 Company Secretariat BHP Billiton Limited BHP Billiton Plc 171 Collins Street Neathouse Place Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia London SW1V 1LH UK GPO BOX 86 Tel +44 20 7802 4000 26 June 2014 Melbourne Victoria 3001 Australia Fax + 44 20 7802 4111 Tel +61 1300 55 47 57 Fax +61 3 9609 3015 bhpbilliton.com bhpbilliton.com 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 2014 Final Dividend and 2014 Annual General Meetings of BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc are as follows: 2014 Final Dividend Preliminary Results Announcement and Dividend Declaration 19 August 2014 Last day to trade on JSE Limited and currency conversion into RAND 29 August 2014 Ex-Dividend Date (Johannesburg stock exchange) 1 September 2014 Ex-Dividend Date (Australian, London & New York stock exchanges (2)) 3 September 2014 Record Date (including currency conversion and currency election dates 5 September 2014 for Australian & London stock exchanges) Payment Date 23 September 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 1 and 5 September 2014 (inclusive), nor will transfers between the UK register and the South African register be permitted, between the dates of 29 August and 5 September 2014 (inclusive). 2014 Annual General Meetings (AGM) The 2014 AGM of BHP Billiton Plc will be held in London on Thursday, 23 October 2014 at 11.00am (London time). The 2014 AGM of BHP Billiton Limited will be held in Adelaide on Thursday, 20 November 2014 at 10.00am (Adelaide time). Nicole Duncan 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: 171 Collins Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 Registered Office: Neathouse Place, London SW1V 1LH United Kingdom The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia Date: 26/06/2014 07:05:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.