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Share capital (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

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Summary of Share Capital


		BHP Group Limited												BHP Group Plc
		2019 shares				2018 shares				2017 shares				2019 shares				2018 shares				2017 shares
Share capital issued
Opening number of shares			3,211,691,105				3,211,691,105				3,211,691,105				2,112,071,796				2,112,071,796				2,112,071,796
Purchase of shares by ESOP Trusts			(6,854,057	)			(7,469,236	)			(6,481,292	)			(274,069	)			(679,223	)			(225,646	)
Employee share awards exercised following vesting			5,902,588				7,339,522				6,945,570				275,984				711,705				940,070
Movement in treasury shares under Employee Share Plans			951,469				129,714				(464,278	)			(1,915	)			(32,482	)			(714,424	)
Shares bought back and cancelled⁽¹⁾			(265,839,711	)			–				–				–				–				–

Closing number of shares ⁽²⁾			2,945,851,394				3,211,691,105				3,211,691,105				2,112,071,796				2,112,071,796				2,112,071,796


Comprising:
Shares held by the public			2,944,703,079				3,211,494,259				3,211,623,973				2,112,032,077				2,112,030,162				2,111,997,680
Treasury shares			1,148,315				196,846				67,132				39,719				41,634				74,116
Other share classes
Special Voting share of no par value			1				1				1				–				–				–
Special Voting share of US$0.50 par value			–				–				–				1				1				1
5.5% Preference shares of £1 each			–				–				–				50,000				50,000				50,000
DLC Dividend share			1				1				1				–				–				–

⁽¹⁾	During December 2018, BHP completed an off-market buy-back program of US$5.2 billion of BHP Group Limited shares related to the disbursement of proceeds from the disposal of Onshore US.

⁽²⁾	No fully paid ordinary shares in BHP Group Limited or BHP Group Plc were issued on the exercise of Group Incentive Scheme awards during the period 1 July 2019 to 5 September 2019.