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Dividends (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2020
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Summary of Dividends Paid |
|  | Year ended 30 June 2020 |  |  | Year ended 30 June 2019 |  |  | Year ended 30 June 2018 |
|  | Per share |  |  | Total |  |  | Per share |  |  | Total |  |  | Per share |  |  | Total |
|  | US cents |  |  | US$M |  |  | US cents |  |  | US$M |  |  | US cents |  |  | US$M |
Dividends paid during the period (1) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Prior year final dividend |  |  | 78 |  |  |  | 3,946 |  |  |  | 63 |  |  |  | 3,356 |  |  |  | 43 |  |  |  | 2,291 |
Interim dividend |  |  | 65 |  |  |  | 3,288 |  |  |  | 55 |  |  |  | 2,788 |  |  |  | 55 |  |  |  | 2,930 |
Special dividend |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | 102 |  |  |  | 5,158 |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |
|  |  | 143 |  |  |  | 7,234 |  |  |  | 220 |  |  |  | 11,302 |  |  |  | 98 |  |  |  | 5,221 |
(1) | 5.5 per cent dividend on 50,000 preference shares of £1 each determined and paid annually (2019: 5.5 per cent; 2018: 5.5 per cent).
Summary of Franking Credits | BHP Group Limited dividends for all periods presented are, or will be, fully franked based on a tax rate of 30 per cent.
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
|  | US$M |  |  | US$M |  |  | US$M |
Franking credits as at 30 June |  |  | 10,980 |  |  |  | 8,681 |  |  |  | 10,400 |
Franking credits arising from the payment of current tax |  |  | 471 |  |  |  | 1,194 |  |  |  | 1,330 |
Total franking credits available (1) |  |  | 11,451 |  |  |  | 9,875 |  |  |  | 11,730 |
(1) | The payment of the final 2020 dividend determined after 30 June 2020 will reduce the franking account balance by US$694 million.

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