21st Jul 2011 07:00
Company Secretariat |
21 July 2011
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To: | Australian Securities Exchange | cc: | New York Stock Exchange |
London Stock Exchange | JSE Limited | ||
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 dates1 for the 2011 Final Dividend and 2011 Annual General Meetings of BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc are as follows:
2011 Final Dividend
Preliminary Results Announcement and Dividend Declaration | 24 August 2011 |
Last day to trade on JSE Limited and currency conversion into RAND | 2 September 2011 |
Ex-Dividend Date (Australian & Johannesburg stock exchanges) | 5 September 2011 |
Ex-Dividend Date (London & New York stock exchanges2) | 7 September 2011 |
Record Date (including currency conversion and currency election dates for Australian & London stock exchanges) | 9 September 2011 |
Payment Date | 29 September 2011 |
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 5 and 9 September 2011 (inclusive), nor will transfers between the UK register and the South African register be permitted, between the dates of 2 and 9 September 2011 (inclusive).
2011 Annual General Meetings (AGM)
The 2011 AGM of BHP Billiton Plc will be held in London on Thursday, 20 October 2011 at 11.00am.
The 2011 AGM of BHP Billiton Limited will be held in Melbourne on Thursday, 17 November 2011 at 10.30am.
Jane McAloon
Group Company Secretary
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2 BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc shares are listed on the NYSE in the form of American Depositary Receipts (ADR’s).
Related Shares:
BHP Group