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5.3 Directors’ declaration

In accordance with a resolution of the Directors of BHP Group Limited
and BHP Group Plc, the Directors declare that:
(a) in the Directors’ opinion and to the best of their knowledge the
Financial Statements and notes, set out in sections 5.1 and 5.2,
are in accordance with the UK Companies Act 2006 and the
Australian Corporations Act 2001, including:
(i) complying with the applicable Accounting Standards;
(ii) giving a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial
position and profit or loss of each of BHP Group Limited, BHP
Group Plc, the Group and the undertakings included in the
consolidation taken as a whole as at 30 June 2020 and of
their performance for the year ended 30 June 2020;
(b) the Financial Statements also comply with International Financial
Reporting Standards, as disclosed in section 5.1;
(c) to the best of the Directors’ knowledge, the management
report (comprising the Strategic Report and Directors’ Report)
includes a fair review of the development and performance
of the business and the position of the Group and the
undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole,
together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties
that the Group faces;
(d) in the Directors’ opinion there are reasonable grounds to believe
that each of BHP Group Limited, BHP Group Plc and the Group
will be able to pay its debts as and when they become due
and payable;
(e) as at the date of this declaration, there are reasonable grounds
to believe that BHP Group Limited and each of the Closed Group
entities identified in note 13 in section 5.2 will be able to meet any
liabilities to which they are, or may become, subject because
of the Deed of Cross Guarantee between BHP Group Limited
and those group entities pursuant to ASIC Corporations
(Wholly-owned Companies) Instrument 2016/785; and
(f) the Directors have been given the declarations required by
Section 295A of the Australian Corporations Act 2001 from
the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer for the
financial year ended 30 June 2020.
Signed in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors.

Ken MacKenzie
Chair

Mike Henry
Chief Executive Officer
Dated this 3rd day of September 2020

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