BHP Group Regulatory News (BHP)

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:

08 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:

7,783,826

0.15%

6,299,535

0.12%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

4,823,787

0.10%

5,053,407

0.10%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

12,607,613

0.25%

11,352,942

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

154262

22.8128 GBP

22.6550 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Sale

239710

22.8800 GBP

22.6750 GBP

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

125213

43.4200 AUD

43.2949 AUD

Ordinary NPV

Sale

172074

43.4200 AUD

43.2949 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

479

43.3564 AUD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

598

529.4284 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

702

528.0900 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,328

529.7222 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,395

529.2118 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

2,830

43.3008 AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,777

529.6609 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,002

529.6698 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,792

528.0058 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Long

13,430

529.9148 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

18,631

43.3800 AUD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

65,602

529.0565 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

123

22.8097 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

137

22.7300 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

226

22.6998 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

267

22.7247 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

702

528.0900 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

817

22.7725 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

925

22.6690 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,137

22.7068 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,973

22.8800 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,064

22.6364 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,328

529.7222 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,395

529.2118 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,880

22.8362 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,777

529.6609 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

6,404

22.7695 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,324

22.7200 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,256

22.7270 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

14,119

22.7271 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,376

22.7198 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

16,046

22.7181 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

65,602

528.8978 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

98,966

22.7304 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

2

527.9600 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

144

22.7466 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

232

43.3699 AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

262

528.5186 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

598

529.2829 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

702

528.0900 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,086

528.0900 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

7,002

529.5241 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

7,792

527.8606 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,967

527.7727 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Long

10,958

527.7743 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

13,430

529.7691 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

15,121

528.3683 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

18,149

43.3387 AUD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

49,791

43.3800 AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

2

527.9600 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

40

22.6958 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

51

22.7513 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

146

22.7800 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

262

528.5186 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

702

528.0900 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

953

22.7200 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,126

22.7114 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

4,454

22.7519 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,643

22.7002 GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

4,745

22.7110 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,609

22.7017 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,046

22.6957 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,086

528.0900 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,354

22.7070 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,967

527.7727 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,958

527.7743 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

11,921

22.6854 GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,121

528.5269 ZAR

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

55,289

22.6722 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:

09 May 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213