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12 March 2014
VIA EDGAR
Ms. Tia L. Jenkins
Senior Assistant Chief Accountant, Office of Beverages, Apparel, and Mining
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporate Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
USA
Dear Ms. Jenkins,
On 12 February 2014 we received your comment letter dated 11 February 2014 regarding the annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended 30 June 2013 of BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton PLC (“BHP Billiton”) (File Nos. 001-09526 and 001-31714).
On 13 February 2014 an extension until 12 March 2014 for the filing of BHP Billiton’s comment letter response was confirmed to our counsel, Burr Henly of Sullivan & Cromwell, by Ms. Joanna Lam of the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
BHP Billiton has requested a further extension for the filing of our comment letter response, so as to ensure that BHP Billiton’s internal accounting and business personnel, as well as BHP Billiton’s independent auditors, have the necessary time to coordinate and confirm sufficiently detailed responses to the comments. On 11 March 2014 Ms. Lam confirmed to our counsel that a further extension to Wednesday 26 March 2014 has been granted. This letter is intended to formalize this extension.
BHP Billiton confirms that our comment letter response will be filed no later than 26 March 2014. If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact me directly.
Yours sincerely
/s/ Neil Beaumont
Neil Beaumont
Head of Group Reporting
cc: Burr Henly (Sullivan & Cromwell)
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