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

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