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Group Governance
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Notice of Dividend and AGM 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 Final Dividend of BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc are as follows:
2016 Final Dividend
Preliminary Results Announcement and Dividend Determination | 16 August 2016 |
Currency conversion into RAND | 26 August 2016 |
Last day to trade cum dividend on JSE Limited (2) | 30 August 2016 |
Ex-Dividend Date (New York (3) and Johannesburg stock exchanges) | 31 August 2016 |
Ex-Dividend Date (Australian and London stock exchanges) | 1 September 2016 |
Record Date (including currency conversion and currency election dates for Australian & London stock exchanges) | 2 September 2016 |
Payment Date | 20 September 2016 |
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 31 August and 2 September 2016 (inclusive), nor will transfers between the UK register and the South African register be permitted, between the dates of 26 August and 2 September 2016 (inclusive).
2016 Annual General Meetings (AGM)
The 2016 AGM of BHP Billiton Plc will be held in London on Thursday, 20 October 2016 at 11.00am (London time).
The 2016 AGM of BHP Billiton Limited will be held in Brisbane on Thursday, 17 November 2016 at 10.00am (Brisbane time).
Rachel Agnew
Company Secretary
BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209Registered in Australia Registered in England and WalesRegistered Office: Level 18, 171 Collins Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 Registered Office: Neathouse Place, London SW1V 1LH United Kingdom The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia
(1) Dates are subject to change.
(2) Dates are prepared on the basis that the JSE Limited will migrate to a T+3 settlement cycle in July 2016.
(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.
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