BHP BILLITON PLC - Notice of Dividend Currency Exchange Rates 2015 Final Dividend

Notice of Dividend Currency Exchange Rates – 2015 Final Dividend

BHP Billiton Plc
Registration number 3196209
Registered in England and Wales
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504

Company Secretariat

11 September 2015

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


                      Notice of Dividend Currency Exchange Rates – 2015 Final Dividend

 Name of entities                     BHP Billiton Limited                         BHP Billiton Plc
                                      ABN 49 004 028 077                           Registration Number 3196209

On 25 August 2015, the Board of BHP Billiton determined to pay a final dividend for the year ended 30
June 2015 of 62 US cents per share. Included in the announcement was the advice that the currency
conversion for Australian cents, British pence and New Zealand cents would be based on the foreign
currency exchange rates on the Record Date, 11 September 2015, and for South African cents the
Last Day to Trade on the JSE Limited, which was 4 September 2015(1). The following table sets out
the currency exchange rates applicable for the dividend:


 Dividend 62 US cents                                            Exchange rate                Dividend per ordinary share
 per share                                                                                              in local currency

 Australian cents                                                     0.706300                                  87.781396

 British pence                                                        1.540200                                  40.254512

 New Zealand cents                                                    0.630907                                  98.271219

                            2
 South African cents                                                 13.638600                                 845.593200

The dividend will be paid on 29 September 2015.



  Rachel Agnew
  Company Secretary

  Sponsor: Merrill Lynch South Africa Proprietary Limited

   (1) On 4 September 2015 we announced to the London Stock Exchange and the JSE Limited the currency exchange rate
   applicable to the dividend payable in South African cents.

 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: 14/09/2015 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.