Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - BHP Group Limited

RNS Number : 4181M

Barclays PLC

29 April 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:			26 Apr 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:				7,465,431	0.15%	5,820,841	0.11%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				4,150,202	0.08%	4,211,958	0.08%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				11,615,633	0.23%	10,032,799	0.20%

(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	969120	22.9624 GBP	22.3200 GBP
Ordinary NPV	Sale	805959	22.9501 GBP	22.3200 GBP
Ordinary NPV	Purchase	131062	43.4466 AUD	28.1000 AUD
Ordinary NPV	Sale	184125	43.2883 AUD	28.1000 AUD

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security	Product description	Nature of dealing	Number of reference securities	Price per unit
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Closing Short	10,212	22.5000 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Long	699	542.5066 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Long	9,034	22.8936 GBP
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Decreasing Long	10,800	530.8259 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Decreasing Long	23,709	538.2154 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Decreasing Long	29,667	535.9451 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Long	41,468	22.9624 GBP
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Decreasing Long	96,631	536.3386 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Short	118	22.4159 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Short	123	43.1434 AUD
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Short	142	22.4191 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Short	187	22.7400 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Short	216	22.6167 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Short	343	22.7234 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Short	379	22.6861 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Short	454	22.4422 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Short	646	22.7893 GBP
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Decreasing Short	1,000	22.5960 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,069	22.4982 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,800	22.7762 GBP
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Decreasing Short	4,361	22.5000 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Short	14,997	22.6869 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Short	15,360	22.6342 GBP
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Decreasing Short	28,370	22.7118 GBP
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Decreasing Short	37,690	22.6629 GBP
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Decreasing Short	40,510	22.6697 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Short	52,675	22.5000 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Short	52,980	22.5536 GBP
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Decreasing Short	57,017	22.6566 GBP
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Decreasing Short	82,131	22.5320 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Short	96,631	536.1777 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Increasing Long	699	542.3574 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Long	10,800	530.6136 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Long	23,709	538.0674 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Long	29,667	535.7978 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Increasing Long	54,812	43.2883 AUD
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Long	79,669	22.9501 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Long	113,947	22.8935 GBP
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Increasing Long	122,101	531.5337 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	29	43.4465 AUD
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	89	43.4116 AUD
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	108	22.6167 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	285	22.8104 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	383	22.7730 GBP
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Increasing Short	395	22.4412 GBP
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Increasing Short	535	22.8420 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,147	22.4848 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,309	22.7964 GBP
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Increasing Short	1,651	22.8100 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,759	22.8400 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,828	22.5001 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,332	22.6687 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,927	22.6541 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,573	22.6372 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	7,462	22.6540 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	9,825	22.6352 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	10,212	22.5000 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	11,706	22.5216 GBP
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Increasing Short	16,599	22.5000 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	18,846	22.6242 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	20,058	22.5963 GBP
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Increasing Short	22,829	22.6700 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	23,022	22.6042 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	25,924	22.5398 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	37,013	22.6304 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	40,000	22.4805 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	40,340	22.6049 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	56,361	22.6593 GBP
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Increasing Short	62,204	22.5202 GBP
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Increasing Short	112,282	22.6512 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	122,101	531.6932 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Increasing Short	132,519	22.5533 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Opening Long	11,000	22.4944 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Opening Short	4,000	22.4252 GBP
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Opening Short	62,000	22.7024 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:				29 Apr 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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