Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) BHP GROUP LTD

Barclays PLC
14 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:

13 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:

9,467,241

0.19%

6,432,455

0.13%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

5,674,944

0.11%

6,766,910

0.13%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

15,142,185

0.30%

13,199,365

0.26%

 








(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

1138832

22.9300  GBP

22.7900  GBP

Ordinary NPV

Sale

303039

43.2500  AUD

43.0962  AUD

Ordinary NPV

Sale

352257

22.9700  GBP

22.7900  GBP

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

369374

43.2894  AUD

43.0962  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

1,731

526.3422  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,274

527.6146  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

5,258

526.6188  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,394

527.1972  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

15,000

43.2304  AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

15,564

527.4791  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

15,856

527.1156  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

20,263

43.1296  AUD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

53,180

43.2894  AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

59,682

22.8574  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11

22.8998  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

47

22.9096  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

70

22.8998  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

185

22.8844  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

329

22.9584  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

399

22.8803  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

415

22.9263  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

598

22.8801  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

605

22.8802  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

768

22.8700  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

860

22.8877  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

907

22.8469  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,023

22.8900  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,274

527.6146  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

4,661

22.8630  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

6,666

22.8686  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,399

22.8545  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,000

22.8654  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,856

526.9575  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

16,005

22.8200  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

22,696

22.8718  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

80,555

22.9700  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

628

43.1191  AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,731

526.1975  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,258

526.4083  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,271

22.8839  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

7,394

527.0522  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,643

528.0100  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

12,383

526.7255  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

15,564

527.3340  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

26,583

526.9372  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

40,528

526.9465  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

58,009

43.2500  AUD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

63,580

527.2816  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

35

22.8998  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

98

22.8200  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

272

22.8100  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

335

22.8944  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

354

22.8183  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

446

22.8655  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

522

22.8700  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,700

22.8646  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,775

22.8625  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,871

22.8201  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,904

22.8200  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

2,313

22.8371  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,509

22.8617  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,225

22.8672  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

7,833

22.8758  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,881

22.8831  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,643

528.0100  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,582

22.8612  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,383

526.7255  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

17,027

22.8684  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

20,615

22.8607  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

23,519

22.8472  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

26,583

526.9372  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

40,528

526.9465  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

41,071

22.8860  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

63,580

527.4398  ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

93,450

22.8812  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

132,682

22.8848  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

520,000

22.8100  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:

14 May 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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