BHP Group Limited — Notice of Dividend Amount 2015

Sep 22, 2015

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23 September 2015

BHP Billiton Limited BHP Billiton Plc 171 Collins Street Neathouse Place Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia London SW1V 1LH UK GPO BOX 86 Tel +44 20 7802 4000 Melbourne Victoria 3001 Australia Fax + 44 20 7802 4111 Tel +61 1300 55 47 57 Fax +61 3 9609 3015 bhpbilliton.com bhpbilliton.com

To: Australian Securities Exchange London Stock Exchange

cc: New York Stock Exchange JSE Limited

Notice of 2016 Interim Dividend Dates

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

The proposed dates[1] for the 2016 Interim Dividend of BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc are as follows:

2016 Interim Dividend

2016 Interim Dividend
Half Yearly Results Announcement and Dividend Determination	23 February 2016
Last day to trade cum dividend on JSE Limited and currency conversion	4 March 2016
into RAND
Ex-Dividend Date (Johannesburg Stock Exchange)	7 March 2016
Ex-Dividend Date (Australian & New York2stock exchanges)	9 March 2016
Ex-Dividend Date (London Stock Exchange)	10 March 2016
Record Date (including currency conversion and currency election date	11 March 2016
for Australian & London stock exchanges)
Payment Date	31 March 2016

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 7 and 11 March 2016 (inclusive), nor will transfers between the UK register and the South African register be permitted, between the dates of 4 March and 11 March 2016 (inclusive).

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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

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 1LH United Kingdom

The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia