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:

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