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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