BHP Group Limited — Notice of Dividend Amount 2013

Dec 16, 2013

Company Secretariat

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BHP Billiton Limited 171 Collins Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia GPO BOX 86 Melbourne Victoria 3001 Australia Tel +61 1300 55 47 57 Fax +61 3 9609 3015 bhpbilliton.com

BHP Billiton Plc Neathouse Place London SW1V 1BH UK Tel +44 20 7802 4000 Fax + 44 20 7802 4111 bhpbilliton.com

17 December 2013

To: Australian Securities Exchange London Stock Exchange

cc: New York Stock Exchange JSE Limited

Notice of 2014 Interim Dividend Dates

Name of entities	BHP Billiton Limited	BHP Billiton Plc
	ABN 49 004 028 077	REG NO 3196209

The updated dates[1] for the 2014 Interim Dividend of BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc are as follows:

2014 Interim Results and Dividend

	Half Yearly Results Announcement and Dividend Determination (updated)18 February 20142Last day to trade cum dividend on JSE Limited and currency conversioninto rand28 February 2014Ex-Dividend Date (Australian & Johannesburg stock exchanges)3 March 2014Ex-Dividend Date (London & New York stock exchanges3)5 March 2014	Half Yearly Results Announcement and Dividend Determination (updated)18 February 20142Last day to trade cum dividend on JSE Limited and currency conversioninto rand28 February 2014Ex-Dividend Date (Australian & Johannesburg stock exchanges)3 March 2014Ex-Dividend Date (London & New York stock exchanges3)5 March 2014	Half Yearly Results Announcement and Dividend Determination (updated)18 February 20142Last day to trade cum dividend on JSE Limited and currency conversioninto rand28 February 2014Ex-Dividend Date (Australian & Johannesburg stock exchanges)3 March 2014Ex-Dividend Date (London & New York stock exchanges3)5 March 2014	Half Yearly Results Announcement and Dividend Determination (updated)18 February 20142Last day to trade cum dividend on JSE Limited and currency conversioninto rand28 February 2014Ex-Dividend Date (Australian & Johannesburg stock exchanges)3 March 2014Ex-Dividend Date (London & New York stock exchanges3)5 March 2014	Half Yearly Results Announcement and Dividend Determination (updated)18 February 20142Last day to trade cum dividend on JSE Limited and currency conversioninto rand28 February 2014Ex-Dividend Date (Australian & Johannesburg stock exchanges)3 March 2014Ex-Dividend Date (London & New York stock exchanges3)5 March 2014
	Record Date (including	currency conversion and c	urrency election dates,	7 March 2014
	except for rand)
	Payment Date26 March 2014

Please note that 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 3 and 7 March 2014 (inclusive), nor will transfers between the UK register and the South African register be permitted, between the dates of 28 February and 7 March 2014 (inclusive).

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Nicole Duncan

Company Secretary BHP Billiton Limited

1 Dates are subject to change.

2 Note that this is the only date that has been updated. The date previously advised to the market for the results release was 11 February 2014. All other dates remain as previously advised.

3 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.

BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 Registered in Australia Registered Office: 171 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000

BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209 Registered in England and Wales Registered Office: Neathouse Place, London SW1V 1BH United Kingdom

The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia