FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)
PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
| (a) Name of exempt principal trader: | Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc |
| (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree | BHP Group Limited |
| (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: | Anglo American plc |
| (d) Date dealing undertaken: | 01 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 this offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" | YES-Anglo American plc |
2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
| Class of relevant security | Purchases/ sales
| Total number of securities | Highest price per unit paid/received | Lowest price per unit paid/received |
| ADR | PURCHASES | 5,843 | 55.3204 USD | 55.0000 USD |
| ADR | SALES | 5,843 | 55.3204 USD | 55.0000 USD |
| Ordinary NPV | PURCHASES | 161,424 | 22.1767 GBP | 22.0100 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | SALES | 193,083 | 22.1800 GBP | 22.0100 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | SALES | 112,773 | 27.7041 USD | 27.6328 USD |
| Ordinary NPV | SALES | 280,845 | 42.6754 AUD | 38.3891 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | PURCHASES | 401,700 | 49.7261 AUD | 42.3200 AUD |
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
| Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. CFD | Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position | Number of reference securities | Price per unit |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a long position | 1,300 | 22.0753 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a long position | 3,117 | 22.0846 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a long position | 3,562 | 22.0846 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a long position | 16,076 | 22.0846 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a long position | 1,085 | 22.1164 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a long position | 41,465 | 42.3933 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a long position | 2,330 | 42.6316 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a long position | 112,773 | 42.6936 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 15,633 | 22.0700 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 3,455 | 22.0864 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 580 | 42.3400 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 17,436 | 42.3520 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 378 | 42.3700 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 59,826 | 42.3824 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 5,506 | 42.4431 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 100 | 42.4965 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 1,100 | 42.4965 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 300 | 42.4965 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 15,300 | 42.4965 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 6,800 | 42.4965 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 1,639 | 42.5044 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 24,896 | 42.5044 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 8,848 | 42.5048 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 456 | 42.5074 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 4,725 | 42.5074 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 922 | 42.5074 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 181 | 42.5074 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 138 | 42.5074 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 3,429 | 42.5074 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 8 | 42.5150 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 375 | 42.5805 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 2,298 | 42.6177 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 299 | 42.6177 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 150 | 42.6461 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 224 | 42.6461 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 1,489 | 42.6800 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 1,816 | 42.6900 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a long position | 900 | 22.0165 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a long position | 1,212 | 22.0546 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a long position | 77 | 22.0799 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a long position | 1,614 | 42.3200 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a long position | 600 | 42.4965 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a long position | 4,532 | 42.5623 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a long position | 13 | 42.6177 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a long position | 4,011 | 42.6500 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 2,143 | 22.1017 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 5 | 22.1340 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 5 | 22.1680 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 7,365 | 42.3115 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 10,800 | 42.3635 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 114,107 | 42.4295 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 19,574 | 42.4840 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 1,167 | 42.5600 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 11,824 | 42.5950 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 4,173 | 42.6000 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 180 | 42.6362 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 5,799 | 42.6438 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 901 | 42.6700 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 12,251 | 42.6836 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 30 | 42.7100 AUD |
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
| Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. | Number of securities to which option relates | Exercise price per unit | Type e.g. American, European etc. | Expiry date | Option money paid/ received per unit |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
(ii) Exercise
| Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
| Class of relevant security | Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion | Details | Price per unit (if applicable) |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
3. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealing 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: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none" |
| 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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none" |
| NONE
|
Date of disclosure: | 02 May 2024 |
Contact name: | Craig Horsley |
Telephone number: | +44 141 245-7736 |
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.
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