BHP Group Limited — Major Shareholding Notification 2020

Feb 25, 2020

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Issued by: BHP Group Plc Date: 25 February 2020 To: London Stock Exchange Australian Securities Exchange[1] Cc: JSE Limited New York Stock Exchange For Release: Immediately Authorised for Geof Stapledon lodgement by: Company Secretary +44 20 7802 4000

BHP Group Plc – Notification of Major Interest in Shares

The attached notification was received on 24 February 2020 by BHP Group Plc from Norges Bank relating to major interests in shares in in BHP Group Plc.

1 This release was made outside the hours of operation of the ASX market announcements office.

BHP Group Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 Registered in Australia LEI WZE1WSENV6JSZFK0JC28 Registered Office: 171 Collins Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia Tel +61 1300 55 4757 Fax +61 3 9609 3015

BHP Group Plc Registration number 3196209 LEI 549300C116EOWV835768 Registered in England and Wales Registered Office: Nova South, 160 Victoria Street London, SW1E 5LB United Kingdom Tel +44 20 7802 4000 Fax +44 20 7802 4111

The BHP Group is headquartered in Australia

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TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)[i]

1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are BHP Group PLC attached[ii] :

1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an “X” if appropriate)

Non-UK issuer

2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an “X”)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights X

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify)[iii] :

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation[iv]

Name Norges Bank

City and country of registered office (if applicable) Oslo, Norway

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)[v]

Name

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or 21/02/2020 reached[vi] : 6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY): 24/02/2020

6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

	% of voting rightsattached to shares(total of 8. A)	% of voting rightsthrough financial in-struments(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)	Total of both in %(8.A + 8.B)	Total number ofvoting rights ofissuervii
Resulting situation
on the date on whichthreshold was	4.06 %	0.00 %	4.06 %	2,112,071,796
crossed or reached
Position of previous
notification (if	3.07 %	0.00 %	3.07 %
applicable)

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8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached[viii]

A: Voting rights attached to shares

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed orreachedviii	8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed orreachedviii	8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed orreachedviii	8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed orreachedviii	8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed orreachedviii
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type ofsharesISIN code (if possible)	Number of voting rightsix		% of voting rights
	Direct(Art 9 of Directive2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)	Indirect(Art 10 of Directive2004/109/EC)(DTR5.2.1)	Direct(Art 9 of Directive2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)	Indirect(Art 10 of Directive2004/109/EC)(DTR5.2.1)
GB00BH0P3Z91	85,812,981		4.06 %
SUBTOTAL 8. A	85,812,981		4.06 %

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))	B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))	B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))	B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))	B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
Type of financialinstrument	Expirationdatex	Exercise/Conversion Periodxi	Number of voting rightsthat may be acquired ifthe instrument is**exercised/converted. **	% of voting rights
		SUBTOTAL 8. B 1

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1(b))	B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1(b))	B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1(b))	B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1(b))	B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1(b))	B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1(b))
Type of financialinstrument	Expirationdatex	Exercise/Conversion**Period **xi	Physical orcashsettlementxii	Number ofvoting rights	% of voting rights
			SUBTOTAL8.B.2

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9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an “X”)

Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer[xiii] X

Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity[xiv ] (please add additional rows as necessary)

% of voting rights % of voting rights if it Total of both if it through financial inequals or is higher equals or is higher Name[xv] struments if it equals than the notifiable than the notifiable or is higher than the threshold threshold notifiable threshold

10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:

Name of the proxy holder

The number and % of voting rights held

The date until which the voting rights will be held

11. Additional information[xvi]

Place of completion Oslo, Norway Date of completion 24/02/2020

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