BHP Billiton PLC Notice of 2018 Final Dividend and AGM Dates (9896W)

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RNS Number : 9896W

BHP Billiton PLC

07 August 2018

 
 Group Governance 
 
   7 August 2018 
 
   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 
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The proposed dates(1) for the 2018 Final Dividend of BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc are set out below. BHP's Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRP) will operate in respect of the FY2018 final dividend. Full terms and conditions of the DRP and details about how to participate can be found at bhp.com.

2018 Final Dividend

 
 Preliminary Results Announcement and Dividend                     21 August 2018 
  Determination 
 Currency conversion into RAND                                     31 August 2018 
 Last day to trade cum dividend on JSE Limited                   4 September 2018 
 Ex-Dividend Date (Johannesburg stock exchanges)                 5 September 2018 
 Ex-Dividend Date (Australian, London and New                    6 September 2018 
  York(2) stock exchanges) 
 Record Date                                                     7 September 2018 
 Dividend Reinvestment Election date (including                 10 September 2018 
  currency conversion and currency election dates 
  for Australian & London stock exchanges) 
 Payment Date                                                   25 September 2018 
 

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 September and 7 September 2018 (inclusive), and transfers between the UK register and the South African register will not be permitted between the dates of 31 August and 7 September 2018 (inclusive).

Any eligible shareholder who wishes to participate in the DRP, or to vary a participation election, should do so in accordance with the timetable set out above or, in the case of shareholdings on the South African branch register of BHP Billiton Plc, in accordance with the instructions of your CSDP. The DRP allocation price will be calculated in each jurisdiction as an average of the price paid for each share actually purchased to satisfy DRP elections. The allocation price applicable to each exchange will made available at bhp.com/DRP (3).

2018 Annual General Meetings (AGM)

The 2018 AGM of BHP Billiton Plc will be held in London on Wednesday, 17 October 2018 at 11.00 am (London time).

The 2018 AGM of BHP Billiton Limited will be held in Adelaide on Thursday, 8 November 2018 at 10.00am (Adelaide time) / 10.30am (Melbourne time).

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.

(3) In the case of BHP Billiton Limited, the allocation price will also be released via the ASX using Appendix 3A.1 in accordance with ASX requirements.

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

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