UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
February 24, 2023
BHP GROUP LIMITED
(ABN 49 004 028 077)
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organisation)
171 COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE,
VICTORIA 3000 AUSTRALIA
(Address of principal executive offices)
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NEWS RELEASE
Release Time | IMMEDIATE | |||
| Date | 24 February 2023 | |||
| Release Number | 3/23 | |||
BHP PRICES US BOND OFFER
BHP Group Limited (BHP) has conducted an offer and successfully priced US$2.75 billion of senior unsecured bonds in the US market.
The bonds will be issued by BHP Billiton Finance (USA) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of BHP, under BHP’s US debt registration statement which was filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on 22 February 2023. The bonds will be guaranteed by BHP.
The offering comprises three tranches of bonds. The principal amount, tenor and coupon for each tranche of bonds are:
| • | US$1.0 billion in three-year bonds priced at a fixed coupon of 4.875% maturing on 27 February 2026 |
| • | US$1.0 billion in five-year bonds priced at a fixed coupon of 4.750% maturing on 28 February 2028 |
| • | US$750 million in ten-year bonds priced at a fixed coupon of 4.900% maturing on 28 February 2033 |
BHP intends to use the proceeds from the bonds for general corporate purposes.
Settlement of the bonds is expected to occur on 28 February 2023, subject to customary closing conditions.
This announcement is not an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities. The offer is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The offer is being made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement. The prospectus and related preliminary prospectus supplement may be obtained by visiting the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, you may request these documents by calling Barclays Capital Inc. at 1-888-603-5847, BofA Securities, Inc. at 1-800-294-1322, BNP Paribas Securities Corp. at 1-800-854-5674, MUFG Securities Americas Inc. at 1-877-649-6848 or Santander US Capital Markets LLC at 1-855-403-3636.
No sale or offer to sell these securities or invitation or solicitation of an offer to purchase these securities will be made in any jurisdiction in which such offer, invitation, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
Authorised for lodgement by:
Stefanie Wilkinson
Group Company Secretary
| Media Relations | Investor Relations | |
| Email: media.relations@bhp.com | Email: investor.relations@bhp.com | |
| Australia and Asia | Australia and Asia | |
| Gabrielle Notley | John-Paul Santamaria | |
Tel: +61 3 9609 3830 Mobile: +61 411 071 715 | Mobile: +61 499 006 018 | |
| Europe, Middle East and Africa | Europe, Middle East and Africa | |
| Neil Burrows | James Bell | |
Tel: +44 20 7802 7484 Mobile: +44 7786 661 683 | Tel: +44 2078 027 144 Mobile: +44 7961 636 432 | |
| Americas | Americas | |
| Renata Fernandaz | Monica Nettleton | |
| Mobile: +56 9 8229 5357 | Mobile: +1 (416) 518-6293 | |
BHP Group Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 LEI WZE1WSENV6JSZFK0JC28 Registered in Australia Registered Office: Level 18, 171 Collins Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia Tel +61 1300 55 4757 Fax +61 3 9609 3015 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| BHP Group Limited | ||||||
| Date: February 24, 2023 | By: | /s/ Stefanie Wilkinson | ||||
| Name: | Stefanie Wilkinson | |||||
| Title: | Group Company Secretary | |||||