Source - LSE Regulatory
RNS Number : 0119N
Barclays PLC
02 May 2024
 

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:

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 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:

7,936,439

0.16%

6,126,917

0.12%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

4,041,669

0.08%

4,190,145

0.08%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

11,978,108

0.24%

10,317,062

0.20%

 








(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

248757

22.1800  GBP

22.0100  GBP

Ordinary NPV

Sale

42991

42.6104  AUD

42.2916  AUD

Ordinary NPV

Sale

323462

22.1802  GBP

22.0200  GBP

Ordinary NPV

Purchase

163801

42.6505  AUD

42.3006  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

1,000

42.5613  AUD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

3,313

42.3006  AUD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Long

12,859

42.3200  AUD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

19

22.0700  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

36

22.1800  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

96

22.0299  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

104

22.1058  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

130

22.0716  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

165

22.1003  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

195

22.0800  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

287

22.1048  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

382

22.0873  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

389

22.0927  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

957

22.0794  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,028

22.1104  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,180

22.0700  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,467

22.0849  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,609

22.0770  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,912

22.0819  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,961

22.0754  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,996

22.0778  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,541

22.0924  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,747

22.1088  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,110

22.0698  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,272

22.1040  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,459

22.1002  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,610

22.0968  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

7,407

22.1521  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,920

22.1081  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,805

22.0864  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

14,983

42.3115  AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Decreasing Short

26,151

22.0861  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

26,715

22.0942  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Decreasing Short

29,416

22.0694  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

100

42.3237  AUD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Long

3,171

42.5924  AUD

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

19

22.0700  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

88

42.5861  AUD

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

226

22.0557  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

523

22.0946  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

877

22.1121  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

997

22.1435  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

1,029

22.1800  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

2,149

22.1138  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

2,596

22.1112  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

3,128

22.1122  GBP

Ordinary NPV

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,000

22.0682  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

14,445

22.0894  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

14,539

22.1129  GBP

Ordinary NPV

CFD

Increasing Short

30,164

22.1094  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:

02 May 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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