Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-BHP Group Limited

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

29 May 2024

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.         KEY INFORMATION

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:	Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	BHP Group Limited
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	Anglo American plc
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	28 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 this offer?      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"	YES-Anglo American plc

2.         DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a)        Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security	Purchases/ sales	Total number of securities	Highest price per unit paid/received	Lowest price per unit paid/received
ADR	SALES	295,977	60.0900 USD	59.3006 USD
ADR	PURCHASES	296,850	60.1400 USD	59.4200 USD
Ordinary NPV	PURCHASES	136,295	45.4144 AUD	45.0800 AUD
Ordinary NPV	SALES	136,295	45.4144 AUD	45.0800 AUD

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. CFD	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of reference securities	Price per unit
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.	Number of securities to which option relates	Exercise price per unit	Type e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/ received per unit
ADR	PUT	WRITING	100	52.5000	American	21/06/2024	0.2000 USD
ADR	CALL	PURCHASING	100	57.5000	American	21/06/2024	3.3800 USD
ADR	CALL	WRITING	200	57.5000	American	21/06/2024	3.4000 USD
ADR	CALL	PURCHASING	200	62.5000	American	21/06/2024	0.6500 USD
ADR	PUT	PURCHASING	6,500	50.0000	American	21/06/2024	0.1000 USD
ADR	CALL	PURCHASING	100	60.0000	American	21/06/2024	1.7400 USD
ADR	CALL	WRITING	4,200	60.0000	American	21/06/2024	1.7500 USD
ADR	PUT	WRITING	4,000	57.5000	American	21/06/2024	0.8500 USD
ADR	CALL	WRITING	600	62.5000	American	21/06/2024	0.6900 USD
ADR	PUT	WRITING	1,900	57.5000	American	21/06/2024	0.8000 USD
ADR	CALL	WRITING	200	62.5000	American	19/07/2024	1.5900 USD
ADR	PUT	PURCHASING	400	55.0000	American	19/07/2024	0.7000 USD
ADR	CALL	WRITING	400	62.5000	American	19/07/2024	1.4400 USD
ADR	CALL	PURCHASING	4,200	65.0000	American	16/08/2024	1.2200 USD
ADR	CALL	PURCHASING	100	65.0000	American	16/08/2024	1.1500 USD
ADR	CALL	PURCHASING	100	65.0000	American	16/01/2026	5.8300 USD

(ii)        Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security	Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion	Details	Price per unit (if applicable)
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

3.         OTHER INFORMATION

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing 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: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included.  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

NONE

Date of disclosure:	29 May 2024
Contact name:	Craig Horsley
Telephone number:	[phone]

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service. 

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

 

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