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11 March 2024
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To:
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London Stock Exchange
(LSE)
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JSE Limited (JSE)
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Notice of Dividend Currency
Exchange Rates - 2024 Interim Dividend
On 20 February 2024, the Board of
BHP determined to pay an interim dividend of 72 US cents per share
for the half-year ended 31 December 2023. Currency conversions are
based on foreign currency exchange rates on a single day or an
average for a period of days ending on or before the Record Date,
being 8 March 2024.
For the 2024 interim
dividend:
(i) the Australian dollar
currency conversion will be based on the average rate over the
period commencing on 6 March 2024 and ending on 8 March
2024;
(ii) the
GBP pounds sterling currency conversion will be based on the rate
on 8 March 2024;
(iii) the New Zealand dollar currency conversion will be based on
the rate on 8 March 2024; and
(iv)
the ZAR South African rand currency conversion
will be based on the average rate over the period commencing on 23
February 2024 and ending on 26 February 2024.[1]
The following table sets out the
currency exchange rates applicable for the dividend:
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Dividend 72 US cents per ordinary share
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Exchange
rate
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Dividend per ordinary share
in local currency
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Australian cents
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0.656817
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109.619574
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British pence
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1.278900
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56.298381
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New Zealand cents
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0.616700
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116.750446
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South African cents
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19.28415
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1,388.45880
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Shareholders on the Australian, UK
and South African share registers who are receiving
dividends in AUD, GBP and ZAR respectively will
have their dividend amounts converted directly from USD at the
relevant exchange rate stated above.
Shareholders on the Australian
register may elect to receive their dividend in NZD, GBP or USD.
Shareholders who have elected to receive their dividends in a
currency other than AUD will have their dividend amounts converted
using the AUD/USD conversion rate (above), before being converted
into the currency of payment at the below rates:[2]
NZD/AUD: 0.932064
GBP/AUD: 1.932895
For example, a shareholder on the
Australian share register who elects to receive their dividend in
NZD will first have their dividend amount converted from USD to
AUD, and then from AUD to NZD. The NZD/USD exchange rate and NZD
equivalent amount per share stated in the table above are for
illustrative purposes only and may differ from the actual rate and
amount applied.
Shareholders on the South African
register will only receive dividends in ZAR.
The dividend will be paid on 28
March 2024.
Authorised for lodgement by:
Stefanie Wilkinson
Group Company
Secretary
BHP
Group Limited ABN 49 004 028
077
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