REG - BHP Group Limited - Notice of Dividend Currency Exchange Rate (ZAR)

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RNS Number : 7127C  BHP Group Limited  03 September 2024

 

3September 2024

 

To:  London Stock Exchange (LSE)    JSE Limited (JSE)

 

 

 To:  London Stock Exchange (LSE)    JSE Limited (JSE)

 

Notice of Dividend Currency Exchange Rate (South African Rand) - Final
Dividend

 

On 27 August 2024, the Board of BHP determined to pay a final dividend of 74
US cents per share for the full year ended 30 June 2024.

 

The currency exchange rate applicable for the final dividend payable in South
African cents to shareholders on the BHP Group Limited South African branch
register is based on the average rate on 30 August 2024 and is set out below:

 

 Dividend 74 US cents per ordinary share  Exchange rate  Dividend per ordinary share in local currency
 South African cents                      17.64585       1,305.79290

 

The exchange rates applicable to the BHP dividend being paid in other
currencies will be based on the foreign currency exchange rates on a single
day or an average period of days ending on or before the dividend Record Date,
being 13 September 2024. The applicable foreign currency exchange rates will
be announced to the market on 16 September 2024.

 

The dividend will be paid on Thursday, 3 October 2024.

 

 

Authorised for lodgement by:

Stefanie Wilkinson

Group Company Secretary

 

 

BHP Group Limited ABN 49 004 028
077

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Registered in Australia
 

Registered Office: Level 18, 171 Collins Street
 

Melbourne Victoria 3000
Australia

Tel +61 1300 55 4757 Fax +61 3 9609 3015

 

 

 

NOTE: Additional information required by the JSE Listing Requirements

 

1.         The divided per ordinary share in local currency in the
table above is stated as a gross dividend.

 

2.         The dividend should be regarded as a 'foreign dividend' for
the purposes of South African income tax and South African dividends tax
(Dividend Tax). Payment of the dividend to shareholders on the BHP Group
Limited South African branch register will be made from the United Kingdom.

 

3.         Dividend Tax will be withheld from the amount of the gross
final dividend paid to shareholders on the BHP Group Limited South African
branch register at the rate of 20 per cent, unless a shareholder qualifies for
an exemption.

 

4.       After the Dividend Tax has been withheld, the net dividend will be
1,044.63432 South African cents per ordinary share.

 

5.        BHP Group Limited had a total of 5,071,530,817 ordinary shares
in issue at the dividend determination date of 27 August 2024.

 

6.         The dividend will be paid out of retained earnings.

 

7.         For the avoidance of doubt, Dividend Tax, and therefore the
information provided in this announcement, is only of direct application to
shareholders on the BHP Group Limited South African branch register.

 

 

Shareholders holding dematerialised shares in Computershare Nominees should
direct all queries in relation to the final dividend including queries
relating to the Dividend Tax to:

 

BHP Group Limited Branch Registrar and Transfer Secretary

Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Limited

Rosebank Towers

15 Biermann Avenue

Rosebank

2196

South Africa

Private Bag X9000

Saxonwold

2132 South Africa

Telephone +27 11 370 5000 or 086 110 0634 (within South Africa) on weekdays
between 8:00am and 4:30pm (SAST).

Facsimile +27 11 688 5217

Email: web.queries@computershare.co.za

 

 

Shareholders holding dematerialised shares through STRATE should contact their
Central Securities Depository Participant (CSDP) or stockbroker in case of all
queries in relation to the final dividend including queries relating to
Dividend Tax.

 

 
 

The BHP Group is headquartered in Australia

 

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