2016 Notice of Annual General Meeting South32 Limited (Incorporated in Australia under the Corporations Act 2001) (ACN 093 732 597) ASX / LSE / JSE Share Code: S32 ISIN: AU000000S320 south32.net South32 Limited 2016 NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING South32 Limited (ASX, JSE, LSE: S32) (South32) today releases its Notice of Annual General Meeting and sample Proxy Form for the 2016 Annual General Meeting. The meeting will be held on Thursday, 24 November 2016 at 2.00pm Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) in the Golden Ballroom at the Pan Pacific Hotel, 207 Adelaide Terrace, Perth, Western Australia, 6000, Australia. The Notice of Annual General Meeting will be sent today to those members who have elected to receive electronic communications and, for all other members, the Notice of Annual General Meeting will be dispatched no later than 25 October 2016. A copy of the Notice of Annual General Meeting has today been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do or will be available on our website www.south32.net. FURTHER INFORMATION INVESTOR RELATIONS Alex Volante Rob Ward T +61 8 9324 9029 T +61 8 9324 9340 M +61 403 328 408 M +61 431 596 831 E Alex.Volante@south32.net E Robert.Ward@south32.net MEDIA RELATIONS Tony Johnson T +61 8 9324 9190 M +61 439 500 799 E Tony.Johnson@south32.net JSE Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd 10 October 2016 Date: 10/10/2016 09:08:00 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.