2017 Notice Of Annual General Meeting And Director Election 9 October 2017 South32 Limited (Incorporated in Australia under the Corporations Act 2001) (ACN 093 732 597) ASX / LSE / JSE Share Code: S32 ADR:SOUY ISIN: AU000000S320 south32.net South32 Limited 2017 NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND DIRECTOR ELECTION South32 Limited (ASX, LSE, JSE: S32; ADR: SOUHY) (South32) today releases its Notice of Annual General Meeting and sample Proxy Form for the 2017 Annual General Meeting. On 22 September 2017, South32 announced that Ms Karen Wood and Dr Xiaoling Liu will join the South32 Board; effective 1 November 2017 and 15 January 2018 respectively. The South32 Board is pleased to advise that Dr Xiaoling Liu’s revised appointment date will be 1 November 2017 and she will seek election by shareholders at this year’s Annual General Meeting. The meeting will be held on Thursday, 23 November 2017 at 10:30am 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 will be dispatched no later than 20 October 2017 for all other members. A copy of the Notice of Annual General Meeting is available on our website www.south32.net and will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do. 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 Hayley Cardy James Clothier T +61 8 9324 9008 T +61 8 9324 9697 M +61 409 448 288 M +61 413 319 031 E Hayley.Cardy@south32.net E James.Clothier@south32.net JSE Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd 9 October 2017 Date: 09/10/2017 08:30:00 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.