Moody's Review of BHP's Credit Rating BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209 Registered in England and Wales Share code: BIL ISIN: GB0000566504 NEWS RELEASE Release Time IMMEDIATE Date 31 October 2018 Release Number 20/18 Moody’s Investors Services – Review of BHP’s Credit Rating BHP notes the announcement today, 31 October 2018, by Moody’s Investors Service that it has upgraded the long-term issuer ratings of BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc from A3 to A2, and the short-term commercial paper ratings from P-2 to P-1. Moody’s outlook for BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc and certain of their subsidiaries is stable. Further information on BHP can be found at bhp.com Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Limited Media Relations Investor Relations Email: media.relations@bhpbilliton.com Email: investor.relations@bhpbilliton.com Australia and Asia Australia and Asia Gabrielle Notley Tara Dines Tel: +61 3 9609 3830 Mobile: +61 4 1107 1715 Tel: +61 3 9609 2222 Mobile: + 61 499 249 005 United Kingdom and South Africa United Kingdom and South Africa Neil Burrows Elisa Morniroli Tel: +44 20 7802 7484 Mobile: +44 7786 661 683 Tel: +44 20 7802 7611 Mobile: +44 7825 926 646 North America Americas Judy Dane James Wear Tel: +1 713 961 8283 Mobile: +1 713 299 5342 Tel: +1 713 993 3737 Mobile: +1 347 882 3011 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: Level 18, 171 Collins Street Registered Office: Nova South, 160 Victoria Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia London SW1E 5LB United Kingdom Tel +61 1300 55 4757 Fax +61 3 9609 3015 Tel +44 20 7802 4000 Fax +44 20 7802 4111 Members of the BHP Group which is headquartered in Australia Follow us on social media Date: 31/10/2018 12:59:00 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.