BHP completes the divestment of Daunia and Blackwater 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 Exchange release 2 April 2024 BHP completes the divestment of Daunia and Blackwater BHP and Mitsubishi Development Pty Ltd (MDP) have completed the divestment of the Blackwater and Daunia mines to Whitehaven Coal. Daunia and Blackwater were part of the BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) metallurgical coal joint venture in Queensland. Each of BHP and MDP hold a 50% interest in BMA. Whitehaven Coal has paid BMA US$2.0 billion cash consideration on completion plus a preliminary completion adjustment of US$44.1 million for working capital and other agreed adjustments (100% interest basis). Whitehaven Coal paid a US$100 million deposit on signing of the Asset Sale Agreement on 18 October 2023. US$1.1 billion cash remains payable by Whitehaven Coal to BMA over 3 years after completion and a potential additional amount of up to US$900 million in a price-linked earnout may also be payable by Whitehaven Coal to BMA over 3 years (100% interest basis). The price-linked earnout is subject to a cap of US$350 million each year and depends on average realised pricing exceeding agreed thresholds for each of the 3 years following completion on 2 April 20241. The total cash consideration for the transaction will be up to US$4.1 billion plus the final completion adjustment amount. 1 Contingent payments based on 35% revenue share to BMA, subject to average realised prices achieved by the Assets exceeding thresholds of US$159/tonne in the 12 month period 12 months post completion, US$134/tonne in the 12 month period 24 months post-completion and US$134/tonne in the 12 month period 36 months post completion. Authorised for release by Stefanie Wilkinson, Group Company Secretary. Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited BHP Group Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 Contacts Media Investor Relations media.relations@bhp.com investor.relations@bhp.com Australia and Asia Australia and Asia Gabrielle Notley John-Paul Santamaria +61 411 071 715 +61 499 006 018 Europe, Middle East and Africa Europe, Middle East and Africa Neil Burrows James Bell +44 7786 661 683 +44 7961 636 432 Americas Americas Megan Hjulfors Monica Nettleton +1 (403) 605-2314 +1 (416) 518-6293 Renata Fernandaz +56 9 8229 5357 BHP Group Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 LEI WZE1WSENV6JSZFK0JC28 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 bhp.com BHP Group Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 Date: 02-04-2024 07:14:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.