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

Barclays PLC
09 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:

08 May 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:

7,783,826

0.15%

6,299,535

0.12%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

4,823,787

0.10%

5,053,407

0.10%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

12,607,613

0.25%

11,352,942

0.22%

 








(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

154262

22.8128  GBP

22.6550  GBP

Ordinary NPV

Sale

239710

22.8800  GBP

22.6750  GBP

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

125213

43.4200  AUD

43.2949  AUD

Ordinary NPV

Sale

172074

43.4200  AUD

43.2949  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

479

43.3564  AUD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

598

529.4284  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

702

528.0900  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,328

529.7222  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,395

529.2118  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

2,830

43.3008  AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,777

529.6609  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,002

529.6698  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,792

528.0058  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

13,430

529.9148  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

18,631

43.3800  AUD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

65,602

529.0565  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

123

22.8097  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

137

22.7300  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

226

22.6998  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

267

22.7247  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

702

528.0900  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

817

22.7725  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

925

22.6690  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,137

22.7068  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,973

22.8800  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,064

22.6364  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,328

529.7222  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,395

529.2118  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,880

22.8362  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,777

529.6609  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

6,404

22.7695  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,324

22.7200  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,256

22.7270  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

14,119

22.7271  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,376

22.7198  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

16,046

22.7181  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

65,602

528.8978  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

98,966

22.7304  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

2

527.9600  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

144

22.7466  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

232

43.3699  AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

262

528.5186  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

598

529.2829  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

702

528.0900  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,086

528.0900  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

7,002

529.5241  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

7,792

527.8606  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,967

527.7727  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

10,958

527.7743  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

13,430

529.7691  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

15,121

528.3683  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

18,149

43.3387  AUD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

49,791

43.3800  AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

2

527.9600  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

40

22.6958  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

51

22.7513  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

146

22.7800  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

262

528.5186  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

702

528.0900  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

953

22.7200  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,126

22.7114  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

4,454

22.7519  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,643

22.7002  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

4,745

22.7110  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,609

22.7017  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,046

22.6957  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,086

528.0900  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,354

22.7070  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,967

527.7727  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,958

527.7743  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

11,921

22.6854  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,121

528.5269  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

55,289

22.6722  GBP

 








(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:

09 May 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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