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

RNS Number : 1050Q

Barclays PLC

28 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:			27 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:				9,247,569	0.18%	7,407,802	0.15%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				6,203,885	0.12%	5,915,805	0.12%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				15,451,454	0.30%	13,323,607	0.26%

(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	Sale	167864	45.1521 AUD	44.8529 AUD
Ordinary NPV	Purchase	58457	45.2192 AUD	44.8733 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	Decreasing Long	1	551.8500 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Decreasing Long	454	549.5097 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Long	618	553.2590 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,166	551.7461 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Long	4,455	551.5762 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Long	4,786	552.3040 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Long	5,026	551.9964 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Long	5,259	552.5900 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Long	6,513	551.7253 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Decreasing Long	6,880	552.4603 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Decreasing Long	13,239	550.9520 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Decreasing Long	63,822	45.1536 AUD
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1	551.8500 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,455	551.5762 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,786	552.3040 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,259	552.5900 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,109	45.1213 AUD
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,513	551.7253 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Long	2	546.6600 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Long	203	550.3082 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Long	310	549.7874 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Increasing Long	372	44.9980 AUD
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Long	454	549.2900 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Increasing Long	618	553.1069 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Increasing Long	1,166	551.5254 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Increasing Long	5,026	551.8446 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Long	6,880	552.3085 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	CFD	Increasing Long	7,880	44.9761 AUD
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Long	13,239	550.8005 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Long	66,720	45.1522 AUD
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	2	546.6600 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	9	44.8733 AUD
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	203	550.3082 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	310	549.7874 ZAR
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	389	45.0272 AUD
Ordinary NPV	SWAP	Increasing Short	797	45.0277 AUD

(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:				28 May 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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