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

Barclays PLC
10 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:

09 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:

7,999,907

0.16%

5,844,794

0.12%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

5,085,020

0.10%

5,267,983

0.10%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

13,084,927

0.26%

11,112,777

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

272492

22.7900  GBP

22.5900  GBP

Ordinary NPV

Sale

233497

22.7900  GBP

22.5900  GBP

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

2124349

43.3181  AUD

43.0396  AUD

Ordinary NPV

Sale

6476

43.3000  AUD

42.9485  AUD

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

928

43.1496  AUD

43.1496  AUD

Ordinary NPV

Sale

928

43.1496  AUD

43.1496  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

104

526.7548  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

330

525.8506  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

343

524.2941  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

649

526.3232  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,085

525.2093  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,072

524.8662  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,144

527.0800  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

8,846

524.9217  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

21,978

43.1784  AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

72

22.6101  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

87

22.6900  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

192

22.7007  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

206

22.6691  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

211

22.7000  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

287

22.7100  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

330

525.8506  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

464

22.7655  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

715

22.7710  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,085

525.0518  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,228

527.0800  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,505

22.7284  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,683

22.7232  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,309

22.7108  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,717

22.7098  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,870

22.7283  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,762

22.7454  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

11,173

22.6971  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,459

22.7448  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

104

526.6100  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

296

22.7219  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

343

524.1500  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

649

526.1128  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

1,500

43.0935  AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,028

524.5090  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

3,072

524.7219  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

4,916

526.9350  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,846

524.7774  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

11,996

524.2817  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

12,400

42.9485  AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

17,680

22.6696  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

18,060

524.3316  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

35,402

22.7267  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

38,404

526.0803  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

50,924

22.7098  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

76,487

43.0600  AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

36

22.6101  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

39

22.7101  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

78

22.6600  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

118

22.6001  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

231

22.7015  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

671

22.7096  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

800

22.7301  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,413

22.6567  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,028

524.5090  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,338

22.7100  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

5,776

22.7032  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

8,661

22.7100  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,612

22.6693  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,399

22.5904  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,996

524.2817  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,843

22.7086  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,436

22.7025  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

18,060

524.3316  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

31,077

22.7120  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

33,456

22.7047  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

38,404

526.2382  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

50,459

22.7137  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:

10 May 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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