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BHP GROUP LIMITED - Notice of Dividend Currency Exchange Rates 2025 Interim Dividend

Release Date: 11/03/2025 08:23
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Notice of Dividend Currency Exchange Rates – 2025 Interim Dividend

BHP Group Limited
BHP Group Limited ABN 49 004 028 077
Registered in Australia
Registered Office: Level 18, 171 Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000
Share code: BHG
ISIN: AU000000BHP4

BHP Group Limited

Exchange release
11 March 2025


Notice of Dividend Currency Exchange Rates – 2025 Interim
Dividend

On 18 February 2025, the Board of BHP determined to pay an interim dividend of 50 US cents per share for
the half year ended 31 December 2024. 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 7 March
2025.

For the 2025 interim dividend:

(i)       the AUD Australian dollar currency conversion will be based on the average rate over the period
          commencing on 6 March 2025 and ending on 7 March 2025;
(ii)      the GBP pound sterling currency conversion will be based on the rate on 7 March 2025;
(iii)     the NZD New Zealand dollar currency conversion will be based on the rate on 7 March 2025; and
(iv)      the ZAR South African rand currency conversion will be based on the average rate over the period
          commencing on 21 February 2025 and ending 22 February 20251.

The following table sets out the currency exchange rates applicable for the dividend:

    Dividend 50 US cents per                                Exchange rate                      Dividend per ordinary
    ordinary share                                                                             share in local currency
    Australian cents                                            0.632163                             79.093525
    British pence                                               1.289200                             38.783742
    New Zealand cents                                           0.574700                             87.001914
    South African cents                                         18.35875                             917.93750

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


1
   On 25 February 2025, BHP announced the currency exchange rate applicable to the dividend payable in South African cents.


BHP Group Limited ABN 49 004 028 077

dividend amounts converted using the AUD/USD conversion rate (above), before being converted into the
currency of payment at the below rates2:
NZD/AUD: 0.909101
GBP/AUD: 2.039347

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 Thursday, 27 March 2025.


Authorised for release by Stefanie Wilkinson, Group General Counsel and Group Company Secretary.

Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited.




2
  For the secondary conversion, the NZD/AUD and GBP/AUD currency conversions have been determined by using the
relevant exchange rates specified in the table above.


BHP Group Limited ABN 49 004 028 077
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 BHP Group Limited
 ABN 49 004 028 077
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 Registered in Australia
 Level 18, 171 Collins Street
 Melbourne
 Victoria 3000 Australia
 Tel: +61 1300 55 4757 Fax: +61 3 9609 3015
 BHP Group is headquartered in Australia


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Date: 11-03-2025 08:23:00
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