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

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:

09 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:

7,999,907

0.16%

5,844,794

0.12%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

5,085,020

0.10%

5,267,983

0.10%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

13,084,927

0.26%

11,112,777

0.22%

(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

272492

22.7900 GBP

22.5900 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Sale

233497

22.7900 GBP

22.5900 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

2124349

43.3181 AUD

43.0396 AUD

Ordinary NPV

Sale

6476

43.3000 AUD

42.9485 AUD

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

928

43.1496 AUD

43.1496 AUD

Ordinary NPV

Sale

928

43.1496 AUD

43.1496 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

Decreasing Long

104

526.7548 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

330

525.8506 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

343

524.2941 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

649

526.3232 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,085

525.2093 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,072

524.8662 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,144

527.0800 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

8,846

524.9217 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

21,978

43.1784 AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

72

22.6101 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

87

22.6900 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

192

22.7007 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

206

22.6691 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

211

22.7000 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

287

22.7100 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

330

525.8506 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

464

22.7655 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

715

22.7710 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,085

525.0518 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,228

527.0800 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,505

22.7284 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,683

22.7232 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,309

22.7108 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,717

22.7098 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,870

22.7283 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,762

22.7454 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

11,173

22.6971 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,459

22.7448 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

104

526.6100 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

296

22.7219 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

343

524.1500 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

649

526.1128 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

1,500

43.0935 AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,028

524.5090 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

3,072

524.7219 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

4,916

526.9350 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,846

524.7774 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

11,996

524.2817 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

12,400

42.9485 AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

17,680

22.6696 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

18,060

524.3316 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

35,402

22.7267 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

38,404

526.0803 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

50,924

22.7098 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

76,487

43.0600 AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

36

22.6101 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

39

22.7101 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

78

22.6600 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

118

22.6001 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

231

22.7015 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

671

22.7096 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

800

22.7301 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,413

22.6567 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,028

524.5090 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,338

22.7100 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

5,776

22.7032 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

8,661

22.7100 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,612

22.6693 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,399

22.5904 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,996

524.2817 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,843

22.7086 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,436

22.7025 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

18,060

524.3316 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

31,077

22.7120 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

33,456

22.7047 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

38,404

526.2382 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

50,459

22.7137 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:

10 May 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213