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Share capital (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
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Summary of Share Capital
 
   
BHP Group Limited
  
BHP Group Plc
 
   
2020

shares
  2019
shares		  2018
shares		  
2020

shares
  2019
shares		  2018
shares		 
Share capital issued
       
Opening number of shares
  
 
2,945,851,394
 
  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
  
 
(5,975,189
) 
  (6,854,057)   (7,469,236)  
 
(185,297
) 
  (274,069)   (679,223) 
Employee share awards exercised following vesting
  
 
6,893,113
 
  5,902,588   7,339,522  
 
222,245
 
  275,984   711,705 
Movement in treasury shares under Employee Share Plans
  
 
(917,924
) 
  951,469   129,714  
 
(36,948
) 
  (1,915)   (32,482) 
Shares bought back and cancelled
(1)
  
 
–
 
  (265,839,711)   –  
 
–
 
  –   – 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
Closing number of shares
(2)
  
 
2,945,851,394
 
  2,945,851,394   3,211,691,105  
 
2,112,071,796
 
  2,112,071,796   2,112,071,796 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
Comprising:
       
Shares held by the public
  
 
2,945,621,003
 
  2,944,703,079   3,211,494,259  
 
2,112,069,025
 
  2,112,032,077   2,112,030,162 
Treasury shares
  
 
230,391
 
  1,148,315   196,846  
 
2,771
 
  39,719   41,634 
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 employee share awards during the period 1 July 2020 to 3 September 2020.