Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)- BHP Group Limited

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

23 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:	22 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	PURCHASES	487,206	61.2437 USD	58.7300 USD
ADR	SALES	488,040	61.3400 USD	58.7200 USD
Ordinary NPV	SALES	32,599	46.2781 AUD	46.1300 AUD
Ordinary NPV	PURCHASES	32,599	46.3036 AUD	46.1300 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	CALL	WRITING	36,300	60.7220	European	22/05/2024	0.0000 USD
ADR	CALL	PURCHASING	36,300	60.7220	European	22/05/2024	0.0000 USD
ADR	CALL	WRITING	36,300	60.7220	European	22/05/2024	0.0000 USD
ADR	PUT	PURCHASING	200	50.0000	American	21/06/2024	0.0900 USD
ADR	PUT	PURCHASING	300	57.5000	American	21/06/2024	0.7300 USD
ADR	PUT	PURCHASING	1,000	57.5000	American	21/06/2024	0.8200 USD
ADR	CALL	PURCHASING	5,000	67.5000	American	21/06/2024	0.1300 USD
ADR	PUT	PURCHASING	100	57.5000	American	21/06/2024	0.8900 USD
ADR	PUT	PURCHASING	100	60.0000	American	21/06/2024	1.6400 USD
ADR	CALL	PURCHASING	2,500	62.5000	American	21/06/2024	0.8000 USD
ADR	PUT	PURCHASING	100	57.5000	American	21/06/2024	0.8700 USD
ADR	CALL	PURCHASING	100	62.5000	American	21/06/2024	0.5000 USD
ADR	CALL	PURCHASING	800	60.0000	American	21/06/2024	1.3700 USD
ADR	PUT	PURCHASING	100	57.5000	American	21/06/2024	0.7400 USD
ADR	PUT	PURCHASING	100	57.5000	American	21/06/2024	0.9300 USD
ADR	CALL	WRITING	100	62.5000	American	21/06/2024	0.6500 USD
ADR	PUT	PURCHASING	500	57.5000	American	19/07/2024	1.6000 USD
ADR	CALL	WRITING	200	62.5000	American	19/07/2024	1.3000 USD
ADR	CALL	WRITING	300	62.5000	American	19/07/2024	1.1400 USD
ADR	CALL	PURCHASING	500	65.0000	American	19/07/2024	0.5700 USD
ADR	PUT	PURCHASING	100	55.0000	American	19/07/2024	0.7000 USD
ADR	CALL	WRITING	100	65.0000	American	19/07/2024	0.7400 USD
ADR	CALL	WRITING	100	62.5000	American	19/07/2024	1.2700 USD
ADR	CALL	WRITING	300	62.5000	American	19/07/2024	1.2400 USD
ADR	CALL	WRITING	400	62.5000	American	19/07/2024	1.2900 USD
ADR	CALL	PURCHASING	500	62.5000	American	19/07/2024	1.3000 USD
ADR	CALL	WRITING	5,300	62.5000	American	19/07/2024	1.2500 USD
ADR	CALL	WRITING	600	62.5000	American	19/07/2024	1.1500 USD
ADR	CALL	PURCHASING	100	60.0000	American	16/08/2024	2.8900 USD
ADR	CALL	PURCHASING	100	70.0000	American	16/08/2024	0.2000 USD
ADR	CALL	WRITING	300	57.5000	American	16/08/2024	4.1300 USD
ADR	CALL	WRITING	100	65.0000	American	16/08/2024	1.1000 USD
ADR	CALL	WRITING	100	62.5000	American	16/08/2024	1.5200 USD
ADR	CALL	WRITING	400	40.0000	American	16/08/2024	19.5700 USD
ADR	CALL	PURCHASING	200	70.0000	American	16/08/2024	0.3500 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:	23 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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