Date 24 May 2000
Number 44/00
BHP BOARD ANNOUNCES FINAL DIVIDEND
The Board of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (BHP) today
announced a final unfranked dividend for fiscal year 2000 of 26.0
cents per fully paid ordinary share. This brings the full year
dividend to 51.0 cents unfranked.
The dividend will be paid on 3 July 2000 with the books closing date
of 9 June 2000. The dividend will be paid entirely from the foreign
dividend account and will therefore not be subject to dividend
withholding tax for non-residents.
The extent to which future dividends will be franked is uncertain,
but the current outlook is for no franking of dividends for the next
12 months.
The Company's Dividend Investment Plan (DIP) and Bonus Share Plan
(BSP) remain suspended in accordance with the announcement made on 17
September 1999.
Contact:
MEDIA RELATIONS: Mandy Frostick
Manager Media Relations
Ph: +61 3 9609 4157
Mob: +61 419 546 245
INVESTOR RELATIONS: Robert Porter
Vice President Investor Relations
Ph: +61 3 9609 3540
Mob: +61 419 587 456
Pierre Hirsch
BHP Investor Relations - San Francisco
Tel: +1 415 774 2030
