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

Barclays PLC
30 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:

29 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:

7,980,300

0.16%

4,939,689

0.10%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

4,498,124

0.09%

4,527,877

0.09%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

12,478,424

0.25%

9,467,566

0.19%

 








(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

970368

23.9276  GBP

23.4100  GBP

Ordinary NPV

Sale

195140

45.2639  AUD

30.2524  AUD

Ordinary NPV

Sale

1195412

23.9321  GBP

23.4100  GBP

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

1066322

45.1845  AUD

30.2524  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

Closing Short

125

23.6988  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Closing Short

264

23.6705  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Closing Short

888

23.5300  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Closing Short

27,057

23.6057  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Closing Short

38,052

23.6833  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Closing Short

41,045

23.6305  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Closing Short

54,879

23.6120  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

6,007

45.1877  AUD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

62,484

45.1707  AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

69,299

23.8300  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

76,330

23.8746  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

160,000

45.0926  AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

26

23.5800  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

34

23.3968  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

74

23.7952  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

94

23.6823  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

110

23.6271  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

266

23.7982  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

638

23.6841  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

695

23.7057  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,553

23.7405  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,939

45.1260  AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,876

23.6854  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,441

23.6827  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,493

23.7415  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,800

23.6885  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

13,623

23.4948  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

17,018

23.6578  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

28,363

23.7371  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

31,313

23.6742  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

34,712

23.8083  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

41,700

23.5300  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

42,892

23.6870  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

94,670

23.5298  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

175

45.1221  AUD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

8,255

45.2640  AUD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

8,894

45.0127  AUD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

30,000

45.0361  AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

30,000

45.1887  AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

19

23.6400  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

47

23.6823  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

65

23.5832  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

113

23.4701  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

263

23.4540  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

295

23.6600  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

384

23.6150  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

428

23.5104  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

649

23.4017  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

688

23.4044  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,047

23.4822  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,866

23.4054  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,273

23.4414  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,327

23.4207  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,763

23.4082  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,966

23.6508  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,117

23.7313  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,563

23.6571  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

32,307

23.5865  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

38,220

23.5300  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

41,700

23.5300  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Opening Long

71

23.5781  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Opening Long

1,649

23.6227  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Opening Long

3,431

23.6228  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Opening Long

9,362

23.6982  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Opening Long

30,147

23.5300  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Opening Long

135,243

23.5362  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Opening Long

174,331

23.5524  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Opening Short

224

23.6655  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Opening Short

1,012

23.7243  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:

30 May 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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