Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - BHP Group Limited

Barclays PLC
01 May 2024
 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN

EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS

(OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.

KEY INFORMATION

(a)

Name of exempt principal trader:

BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD

(b)

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

 relevant securities this form relates:

BHP GROUP LTD

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

 principal trader is connected

BHP GROUP LTD

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

30 Apr 2024

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal

 trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

YES:

 ANGLO AMERICAN PLC

2.

POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree

 

to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

Class of relevant security:

Ordinary NPV


Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

7,972,977

0.16%

5,985,485

0.12%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

4,025,409

0.08%

4,277,414

0.08%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

11,998,386

0.24%

10,262,899

0.20%

 








(b)

Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive options)

Class of relevant security in relation to

 which subscription right exists

 

Details, including nature of the rights

 concerned and relevant percentages:

 

3.

DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Purchase and sales

 






Class of relevant

 security

Purchase/sale

Total number of

 securities

Highest price per unit

 paid/received

Lowest price per unit

 paid/received

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

284917

22.7101  GBP

22.2236  GBP

Ordinary NPV

Sale

378563

22.6600  GBP

22.2300  GBP

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

1431269

43.2833  AUD

43.0198  AUD

Ordinary NPV

Sale

1206966

43.2512  AUD

43.0300  AUD

 








(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

 relevant

 security

Product  description

Nature of dealing

Number of

 reference

 securities

Price per

 unit

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

65

525.8192  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

124

43.2814  AUD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

781

43.2864  AUD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,000

43.1757  AUD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

2,666

528.3512  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

2,825

43.0876  AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,524

526.8000  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,854

526.3298  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,892

526.6827  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

11,923

526.5855  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

12,006

43.2014  AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

27,171

528.2986  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

67,452

43.0300  AUD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

93,940

43.2498  AUD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

108,219

527.9199  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

22.2300  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

56

22.2300  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

60

22.4600  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

68

22.5500  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

136

22.3992  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

324

526.1516  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

503

22.4042  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

539

526.1569  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

594

22.3996  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

676

22.3898  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

696

22.4040  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,037

22.5232  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,082

22.3714  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,202

22.5016  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,430

22.4396  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,451

22.5443  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,524

526.8000  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,711

22.4806  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,854

526.3298  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,977

22.3653  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,227

22.3893  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,892

526.6827  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,214

22.3646  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,024

22.3651  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

12,616

22.4149  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

18,325

22.4730  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

62,929

22.4032  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

93,940

22.5150  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

100,129

22.3982  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

108,219

527.7616  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

1

526.1300  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

65

525.6746  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

1,382

528.3190  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,666

528.1399  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,488

528.1564  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

11,923

526.4407  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

16,855

43.0300  AUD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

27,171

528.1533  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

1

526.1300  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

124

22.7101  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

140

22.2972  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

200

22.5000  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

209

22.4401  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

251

22.4953  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

302

22.4240  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

324

526.1516  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

555

22.6616  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

620

22.6469  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

633

22.3686  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

937

22.4534  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,382

528.4775  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

1,829

22.3721  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

3,789

22.5162  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,537

22.2301  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,122

22.2300  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,488

528.1564  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

8,645

22.2300  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,596

22.3737  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

17,852

22.2317  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

22,722

22.4063  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

61,437

22.2574  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Opening Short

539

526.1569  ZAR

 








(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class

 of

 relevant

 security

Product

 description

Writing,

 purchasing,

 selling,

 varying etc

Number

 of

 securities

 to which

 option

 relates

Exercise

 price

 per unit

Type

Expiry

 date

Option

 money

 paid/

 received

 per unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 








(ii)

Exercising

 






Class of relevant

 security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

 securities

Exercise price per

 unit

 

 

 

 

 

 








(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant

 security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

 applicable)

 

 

 

 

4.

OTHER INFORMATION

(a)

Indemnity and other dealings arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding,

 formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by

 the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party

 to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

NONE

(b)

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between

 the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to:

 (i)   the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

 (ii)   the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which

 any derivative is referenced:

NONE

(c)

Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:

01 May 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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