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:

06 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:

8,082,388

0.16%

6,307,577

0.12%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

4,520,674

0.09%

5,054,913

0.10%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

12,603,062

0.25%

11,362,490

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

Sale

147037

42.9798 AUD

42.5358 AUD

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

70081

42.7629 AUD

42.5358 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

456

520.7082 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

644

522.9563 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,586

522.1086 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

2,000

42.7639 AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,263

524.3345 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,574

522.6000 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

7,620

521.3600 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

11,567

522.3803 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

21,242

521.6372 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

644

522.9563 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

456

520.5000 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

675

522.6000 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

768

522.4365 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

1,586

521.9650 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

3,263

524.1903 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

6,574

522.3909 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,288

522.4096 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,620

521.2167 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

11,567

522.2367 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

21,242

521.4938 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

25,094

42.7500 AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

30,887

521.0223 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

41,600

42.9798 AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

45,570

520.9725 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

675

522.6000 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

768

522.4365 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,288

522.4096 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

30,887

521.0223 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

45,570

520.9725 ZAR

(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:

07 May 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213