This Notice is being issued to provide Participants with further information in relation to the bid and details the acceptance process through CHESS.

BHP Billiton Limited has announced a buy-back offer for BHP ordinary fully paid shares (ASX: BHP) which will enable BHP shareholders to apply to sell some or all of their BHP ordinary shares.

The Offer is expected to open on 19 November 2018.

For more information please see the BHP Billiton Limited Off-Market Buy-Back Booklet.

What do I need to do by when?

Bid Details:

Offer Terms:

CHESS will process offer acceptance messages until 5:00pm (AEDT) on Friday, 14 December 2018, or in the event that the offer is extended, such other times as may be notified by BHP to the market.

For further information regarding the offer please contact Buy-Back enquiry line on 1300 366 363 within Australia or +61 3 9415 4020 if you are calling from outside Australia.

Need more information?

Issued by

Sherly Tatang, Post Trade Operations

Contact information

Sherly Tatang
1800 623 571
cad@asx.com.au

General Information

Participants should refer to Section 13 of the CHESS Procedure Guidelines for Participants and Section 14 of the ASX Settlement Operating Rules for further information concerning the processing of Takeover Acceptance Messages & Takeover Acceptance Removal Request Messages for a CHESS holding of securities. Some of these issues are summarised below.

A Participant must submit acceptance of an offer by transmission of an EIS type ‘031’ message (Takeover Acceptance Message) where the securities in Question are held in a CHESS Holding. The Participant will receive a ‘032’ message (Effected Takeover Acceptance Message) from CHESS in response.

In addition to the electronic notification to the Participant, paper notification will be sent directly to the Holder as securities are reserved in an offer-accepted subposition. Any change to the balance of securities in the subposition will generate further electronic notification to the Participant and paper notification to the Holder.  

Where a Participant receives instructions from a Sponsored Holder, the Participant is required under the ASX Settlement Operating Rules to submit an acceptance as follows:

If the Holder specifies the time when or by which the offer must be submitted, in accordance with those instructions; otherwise by End of Day on the date of receipt of instructions from the Holder, where the offer closes on the date of receipt of instructions then prior to the close of the offer.

Participants should therefore retain, as a minimum, a record of the date on which instructions to accept an offer is received from a Sponsored Holder.

If Securities in a CHESS holding have been reserved by ASX in an offer accepted subposition, a release of the Securities from that subposition may be initiated by a Valid Originating Message if the Holder of the Securities to which the tender relates is legally entitled.

A Participant must initiate removal of a Takeover Acceptance Message by transmission of an EIS type ‘085’ message (Takeover Removal Request Message) where the securities in Question are held in a CHESS Holding. The Participant will receive a ‘086’ message (Acceptance Removal Request Message) from CHESS in response.    

In addition to the electronic notification to the Participant, paper notification will be sent directly to the Holder as securities have been removed from an offer-accepted subposition. Any change to the balance of securities in the subposition will generate further electronic advice to the Participant and paper advice to the Holder.

Participants should therefore retain, as a minimum, a record of the date on which instructions to withdraw Securities are received from a Sponsored Holder.

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