Barclays Regulatory News (BARC)

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:

13 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:

9,467,241

0.19%

6,432,455

0.13%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

5,674,944

0.11%

6,766,910

0.13%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

15,142,185

0.30%

13,199,365

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

Purchase

1138832

22.9300 GBP

22.7900 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Sale

303039

43.2500 AUD

43.0962 AUD

Ordinary NPV

Sale

352257

22.9700 GBP

22.7900 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

369374

43.2894 AUD

43.0962 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

1,731

526.3422 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,274

527.6146 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

5,258

526.6188 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,394

527.1972 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

15,000

43.2304 AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

15,564

527.4791 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

15,856

527.1156 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

20,263

43.1296 AUD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

53,180

43.2894 AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

59,682

22.8574 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11

22.8998 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

47

22.9096 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

70

22.8998 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

185

22.8844 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

329

22.9584 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

399

22.8803 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

415

22.9263 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

598

22.8801 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

605

22.8802 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

768

22.8700 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

860

22.8877 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

907

22.8469 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,023

22.8900 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,274

527.6146 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

4,661

22.8630 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

6,666

22.8686 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,399

22.8545 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,000

22.8654 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,856

526.9575 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

16,005

22.8200 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

22,696

22.8718 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

80,555

22.9700 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

628

43.1191 AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,731

526.1975 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,258

526.4083 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,271

22.8839 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

7,394

527.0522 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,643

528.0100 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

12,383

526.7255 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

15,564

527.3340 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

26,583

526.9372 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

40,528

526.9465 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

58,009

43.2500 AUD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

63,580

527.2816 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

35

22.8998 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

98

22.8200 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

272

22.8100 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

335

22.8944 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

354

22.8183 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

446

22.8655 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

522

22.8700 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,700

22.8646 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,775

22.8625 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,871

22.8201 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,904

22.8200 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

2,313

22.8371 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,509

22.8617 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,225

22.8672 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

7,833

22.8758 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,881

22.8831 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,643

528.0100 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,582

22.8612 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,383

526.7255 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

17,027

22.8684 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

20,615

22.8607 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

23,519

22.8472 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

26,583

526.9372 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

40,528

526.9465 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

41,071

22.8860 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

63,580

527.4398 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

93,450

22.8812 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

132,682

22.8848 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

520,000

22.8100 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:

14 May 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213