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Notice of 2019 Interim Dividend Dates
BHP Billiton Plc
Registration number 3196209
Registered in England and Wales
Share code: BIL
ISIN: GB0000566504
17 October 2018
To: Australian Securities Exchange cc: New York Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange JSE Limited
Notice of 2019 Interim Dividend Dates
The proposed dates (1) for the 2019 Interim Dividend of BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc are
as follows:
2019 Interim Dividend
Half Yearly Results Announcement and Dividend Determination 19 February 2019
Currency conversion into RAND 1 March 2019
Last day to trade cum dividend on JSE Limited 5 March 2019
Ex-Dividend Date (Johannesburg stock exchanges) 6 March 2019
Ex-Dividend Date (Australian, London and New York (2) stock 7 March 2019
exchanges)
Record Date 8 March 2019
Dividend Reinvestment Election date (including currency conversion and 11 March 2019
currency election dates for Australian & London stock exchanges)
Payment Date 26 March 2019
Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRP) Allocation Date (Australian and 9 April 2019
London stock exchanges) within ten business days after the payment
date
DRP Allocation Date (JSE Limited), subject to the purchase of shares by 9 April 2019
the Transfer Secretaries in the open market, CSDP accounts
credited/updated on or about (3)
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 6 and 8 March 2019
(inclusive), nor will transfers between the UK register and the South African register be permitted
between the dates of 1 and 8 March 2019 (inclusive).
In accordance with the DRP Plan rules, copies of which are available at bhp.com/DRP, the shares to
satisfy the DRP elections will be purchased in the period immediately after the Payment Date. Any eligible
shareholder who wishes to participate in the DRP, or to vary a participation election should do so in
accordance with the timetable set out above, or, in the case of shareholdings on the South African branch
register of BHP Billiton Plc, in accordance with the instructions of your CSDP. The DRP Allocation Price will
be calculated in each jurisdiction as an average of the price paid for all shares actually purchased to satisfy
DRP elections. The Allocation Price applicable to each exchange will made available at bhp.com/DRP.
Rachel Agnew
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.
(3) Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Limited as the Transfer Secretary will notify Strate and
CSDPs when the price and allocation date is known.
Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Limited
BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209
LEI WZE1WSENV6JSZFK0JC28 LEI 549300C116EOWV835768
Registered in Australia Registered in England and Wales
Registered Office: 171 Collins Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 Registered Office: Nova South, 160 Victoria Street, London SW1E 5LB
United Kingdom
The BHP Group is headquartered in Australia
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