18th Sep 2012 07:00
Company Secretariat
18 September 2012
To: | Australian Securities Exchange | cc: | New York Stock Exchange |
London Stock Exchange | JSE Limited | ||
Notice of 2013 Interim Dividend
Name of entities | BHP Billiton Limited | BHP Billiton Plc |
ABN 49 004 028 077 | REG NO 3196209 |
The proposed dates(1) for the 2013 Interim Dividend of BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc are as follows:
2013 Interim Dividend
Half Yearly Results Announcement and Dividend Declaration | 20 February 2013 |
Last day to trade cum dividend on JSE Limited and currency conversion into rand | 1 March 2013 |
Ex-Dividend Date (Australian & Johannesburg stock exchanges) | 4 March 2013 |
Ex-Dividend Date (London & New York stock exchanges(2)) | 6 March 2013 |
Record Date (including currency conversion and currency election dates, except for rand) | 8 March 2013 |
Payment Date | 28 March 2013 |
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 4 and 8 March 2013 (inclusive), nor will transfers between the UK register and the South African register be permitted, between the dates of 1 and 8 March 2013 (inclusive).
Jane McAloon
Group 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 BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209Registered in Australia Registered in England and WalesRegistered Office: 180 Lonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 Registered Office: Neathouse Place, London SW1V 1BH United Kingdom The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia
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