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

RNS Number : 4858Q

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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