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Share capital (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2021
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Summary of Share Capital |
|  | BHP Group Limited |  |  | BHP Group Plc |
|  | 2021 shares |  |  | 2020 shares |  |  | 2019 shares |  |  | 2021 shares |  |  | 2020 shares |  |  | 2019 shares |
Share capital issued |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Opening number of shares |  |  | 2,945,851,394 |  |  |  | 2,945,851,394 |  |  |  | 3,211,691,105 |  |  |  | 2,112,071,796 |  |  |  | 2,112,071,796 |  |  |  | 2,112,071,796 |
Purchase of shares by ESOP Trusts |  |  | (7,587,353 | ) |  |  | (5,975,189 | ) |  |  | (6,854,057 | ) |  |  | (185,054 | ) |  |  | (185,297 | ) |  |  | (274,069 | )
Employee share awards exercised following vesting |  |  | 6,948,683 |  |  |  | 6,893,113 |  |  |  | 5,902,588 |  |  |  | 173,644 |  |  |  | 222,245 |  |  |  | 275,984 |
Movement in treasury shares under Employee Share Plans |  |  | 638,670 |  |  |  | (917,924 | ) |  |  | 951,469 |  |  |  | 11,410 |  |  |  | (36,948 | ) |  |  | (1,915 | )
Shares bought back and cancelled (1) |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | (265,839,711 | ) |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |
Closing number of shares (2) |  |  | 2,945,851,394 |  |  |  | 2,945,851,394 |  |  |  | 2,945,851,394 |  |  |  | 2,112,071,796 |  |  |  | 2,112,071,796 |  |  |  | 2,112,071,796 |
Comprising: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Shares held by the public |  |  | 2,944,982,333 |  |  |  | 2,945,621,003 |  |  |  | 2,944,703,079 |  |  |  | 2,112,057,615 |  |  |  | 2,112,069,025 |  |  |  | 2,112,032,077 |
Treasury shares |  |  | 869,061 |  |  |  | 230,391 |  |  |  | 1,148,315 |  |  |  | 14,181 |  |  |  | 2,771 |  |  |  | 39,719 |
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) | 4,400,000 fully paid ordinary shares in BHP Group Limited were issued in order to satisfy the exercise of employee share awards during the period 1 July 2021 to 2 September 2021.

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