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Share capital (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2024


	BHP Group Limited									BHP Group Plc
	2024 shares			2023 shares			2022 shares			2022 shares
Share capital issued
Opening number of shares		5,065,820,556			5,062,323,190			2,945,851,394			2,112,071,796
Issue of shares		5,710,261			3,497,366			4,400,000			–
Corporate structure unification 1		–			–			2,112,071,796			(2,112,071,796	)
Purchase of shares by ESOP Trusts		(5,687,667	)		(6,442,571	)		(8,704,669	)		(63,567	)
Employee share awards exercised following vesting		5,841,767			6,081,843			8,522,684			77,748
Movement in treasury shares under Employee Share Plans		(154,100	)		360,728			181,985			(14,181	)

Closing number of shares		5,071,530,817			5,065,820,556			5,062,323,190			–


Comprising:
Shares held by the public		5,070,273,143			5,064,408,782			5,061,272,144			–
Treasury shares		1,257,674			1,411,774			1,051,046			–

As a result of the corporate structure unification on 31 January 2022, 2,112,071,796 fully paid ordinary shares in BHP Group Limited were issued to BHP Group Plc shareholders in a one for one exchange of their BHP Group Plc ordinary shares, resulting in BHP Group Limited becoming the sole parent company of the Group with a single set of shareholders.