Notice of 2018 Interim Dividend Dates

20 September 2017

To: Australian Securities Exchange cc: New York Stock Exchange

London Stock Exchange JSE Limited

Notice of 2018 Interim Dividend Dates

The proposed dates(1) for the 2018 Interim Dividend of BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc are as follows:

2018 Interim Dividend

Half Yearly Results Announcement and Dividend Determination 20 February 2018

Currency conversion into RAND 2 March 2018

Last day to trade cum dividend on JSE Limited 6 March 2018

Ex-Dividend Date Johannesburg stock exchange 7 March 2018

Ex-Dividend Date (Australian, London and New York(2) stock exchanges) 8 March 2018

Record Date (including currency conversion and currency election date for

Australian & London stock exchanges) 9 March 2018

Payment Date 27 March 2018

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 9 March 2018 (inclusive), nor will transfers between the UK register and the South African register be permitted between the dates of 2 March and 9 March 2018 (inclusive).

(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.

Rachel Agnew

Company Secretary

BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209

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