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Number of fully % of issued
BHP Group Plc paid shares capital
1. PLC Nominees (Proprietary) Limited 270,434,351 12.80
(2)
2. State Street Nominees Limited <OM02> 110,668,368 5.24
3. National City Nominees Limited 108,881,961 5.16
4. Vidacos Nominees Limited <13559> 101,929,550 4.83
5. Chase Nominees Limited <USRESLD> 84,850,483 4.02
6. The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited 75,501,860 3.57
7. State Street Nominees Limited <OM04> 62,978,858 2.98
8. Nortrust Nominees Limited 40,386,501 1.91
9. Hanover Nominees Limited <UBS03> 40,004,656 1.89
10. Government Employees Pension Fund – Public Investment Corporation 36,212,548 1.71
11. Chase Nominees Limited <BBHLEND> 36,059,172 1.71
12. State Street Nominees Limited <OD64> 30,605,959 1.45
13. State Street Nominees Limited <OD43> 28,024,620 1.33
14. Hanover Nominees Limited <JPM17> 27,463,879 1.30
15. Vidacos Nominees Limited <CLRLUX2> 26,208,676 1.24
16. Chase Nominees Limited 24,085,532 1.14
17. Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa 23,537,693 1.11
18. Lynchwood Nominees Limited <2006420> 23,196,964 1.10
19. HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited <357206> 21,474,128 1.02
20. Nutraco Nominees Limited <781221> 18,768,923 0.89
1,191,274,682 56.40
(1) Many of the 20 largest shareholders shown for BHP Group Limited and BHP Group Plc hold shares as a nominee or custodian. In accordance with the reporting
requirements, the tables reflect the legal ownership of shares and not the details of the underlying beneficial holders.
(2) The largest holder on the South African register of BHP Group Plc is the Strate nominee in which the majority of shares in South Africa (including some of the
shareholders included in this list) are held in dematerialised form.
US share ownership as at 21 August 2020
BHP Group Limited BHP Group Plc
Number of Number of Number of Number of
shareholders % shares % shareholders % shares %
Classification of holder
Registered holders
of voting securities 1,562 0.29 3,700,401 0.13 75 0.52 91,145 0.01
ADR holders 1,638 0.30 144,492,012 (1) 4.90 190 1.33 108,881,960 (2) 5.16
(1) These shares translate to 72,246,006 ADRs.
(2) These shares translate to 54,440,980 ADRs.
Geographical distribution of shareholders and shareholdings as at 21 August 2020
BHP Group Limited BHP Group Plc
Number of Number of Number of Number of
shareholders % shares % shareholders % shares %
Registered address
Australia 528,947 96.84 2,888,854,021 98.07 1,503 10.52 1,990,143 0.09
New Zealand 9,307 1.70 20,822,830 0.71 30 0.21 49,669 0.01
United Kingdom 2,577 0.47 6,827,940 0.23 9,647 67.52 1,817,353,859 86.04
United States 1,562 0.29 3,700,401 0.13 75 0.52 91,145 0.01
South Africa 110 0.02 237,922 0.01 2,001 14.01 287,509,791 13.61
Other 3,682 0.68 25,408,280 0.85 1,031 7.22 5,077,189 0.24
Total 546,185 100.00 2,945,851,394 100.00 14,287 100.00 2,112,071,796 100.00

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