Issued By:     BHP Billiton Finance Plc

To:      London Stock Exchange 

Date:     23 October 2020

For Release:   Immediately

Authorised for

Lodgement by:   Geof Stapledon  

Tel:   +442078024000

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BHP Billiton Finance Plc - Publication of Prospectus

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The following prospectus has been approved by the Financial Conduct Authority and is available for viewing:

Prospectus relating to the EUR 20,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme of BHP Billiton Finance Limited and BHP Billiton Finance Plc, guaranteed (in respect of Notes issued by BHP Billiton Finance Limited) by BHP Group Limited and (in respect of Notes issued by BHP Billiton Finance Plc) by BHP Group Plc.

To view the full Prospectus, plus the documents referred to therein, please paste the following URLs into the address bar of your browser.

-  the Prospectus relating to the EUR 20,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme of BHP Billiton Finance Limited and BHP Billiton Finance Plc:

  http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/0855D_1-2020-10-23.pdf

-  the audited annual financial statements of BHP Billiton Finance Limited for the financial year ended 30 June 2019:

  http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/0855D_2-2020-10-23.pdf

-  the audited annual financial statements of BHP Billiton Finance Limited for the financial year ended 30 June 2018:

  http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/0855D_3-2020-10-23.pdf

-  the audited annual financial statements of BHP Billiton Finance Plc for the financial year ended 30 June 2019:

  http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/0855D_4-2020-10-23.pdf

-  the audited annual financial statements of BHP Billiton Finance Plc for the financial year ended 30 June 2018:

  http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/0855D_5-2020-10-23.pdf

-  the BHP Annual Report 2020, including the audited financial statements of the BHP Group for the financial year ended 30 June 2020:

  http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/0855D_6-2020-10-23.pd

-  the audited annual financial statements of the BHP Group for the financial year ended 30 June 2019:

  http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/0855D_7-2020-10-23.pdf

-  the BHP Operational Review for the quarter ended 30 September 2020:

  http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/0855D_8-2020-10-23.pdf

-  the "Terms and Conditions of the Notes" set out on pages 20 to 39 (inclusive) of the Base Prospectus of the Issuers and Guarantors dated 20 October 2011;

https://www.bhp.com/-/media/documents/investors/debt-investors/201008_emtnprospectus2011.pdf?la=en;

-  the "Terms and Conditions of the Notes" set out on pages 25 to 48 (inclusive) of the Base Prospectus of the Issuers and Guarantors dated 9 November 2012;

https://www.bhp.com/-/media/documents/investors/debt-investors/201008_emtnprospectus2012.pdf?la=en;

-  the "Terms and Conditions of the Notes" set out on pages 25 to 50 (inclusive) of the Base Prospectus of the Issuers and Guarantors dated 14 November 2014,

https://www.bhp.com/-/media/documents/investors/debt-investors/201008_emtnprospectus2014.pdf?la=en

A copy of the full document will also be submitted to the FCA National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

This website is not provided for, or directed at, U.S. persons or persons in the United States. If you are a U.S. person or are viewing this page from the United States, you should exit this section of the website.

For further information, please contact:

Michael Simpson
BHP Corporate Finance, Group Treasury
Tel: +44 2078027089

DISCLAIMER - INTENDED ADDRESSEES

Please note that the information contained in the Prospectus may be addressed to and/or targeted at persons who are residents of particular countries (specified in the Prospectus) only and is not intended for use and should not be relied upon by any person outside these countries and/or to whom the offer contained in the Prospectus is not addressed.  Prior to relying on the information contained in the Prospectus, you must ascertain from the Prospectus whether or not you are part of the intended addressees of the information contained therein.

Your right to access this service is conditional upon complying with the above requirement.

This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities in the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia or any other jurisdiction. The securities described herein have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under any relevant securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction, and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to any U.S. persons absent an effective registration statement covering such securities or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements.

BHP Billiton Finance Plc  Registration number 6683534
Registered in England and Wales
LEI number 5493005HF4FUC48VS377

Registered Office: Nova South, 160 Victoria Street, London SW1E 5LB United Kingdom
Telephone +44 (0) 20 7802 4000 Facsimile +44 (0) 20 7802 4111