Notice of Dividend Currency Exchange Rates BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209 Registered in England and Wales Share code: BIL ISIN: GB0000566504 Group Governance 9 March 2018 To: Australian Securities Exchange cc: New York Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange JSE Limited Notice of Dividend Currency Exchange Rates – 2018 Interim Dividend Name of entities BHP Billiton Limited BHP Billiton Plc ABN 49 004 028 077 Registration Number 3196209 On 20 February 2018, the Board of BHP determined to pay an interim dividend of 55 US cents per share for the half year ended 31 December 2017. Included in the announcement of the interim dividend determination on 20 February 2018 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, 9 March 2018, and for South African cents one week before the Record Date on the JSE Limited, which was 2 March 2018(1). The following table sets out the currency exchange rates applicable for the dividend: Dividend 55 US cents Exchange rate Dividend per ordinary share per share in local currency Australian cents 0.779200 70.585216 British pence 1.382200 39.791637 New Zealand cents 0.726595 75.695539 South African cents(1) 11.857400 652.15700 The dividend will be paid on 27 March 2018. Rachel Agnew Company Secretary Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Limited 1) On 2 March 2018 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 LEI WZE1WSENV6JSZFK0JC28 LEI 549300C116EOWV835768 Registered in Australia Registered in England and Wales Registered Office: Level 18, 171 Collins Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 Registered Office: Nova South 160 Victoria Street 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 Date: 12/03/2018 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.