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: | 29 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 | 976 | 60.4393 USD | 59.7124 USD |
| ADR | SALES | 804 | 60.4393 USD | 59.7124 USD |
| Ordinary NPV | PURCHASES | 570,959 | 23.9050 GBP | 23.3700 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | SALES | 693,991 | 23.9200 GBP | 23.3450 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | SALES | 85,407 | 30.0646 USD | 30.0537 USD |
| Ordinary NPV | PURCHASES | 85,492 | 30.3590 USD | 29.9872 USD |
| Ordinary NPV | SALES | 122,597 | 45.1830 AUD | 45.0000 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | PURCHASES | 171,308 | 45.1963 AUD | 45.0000 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 |
| ADR | CFD | increasing a short position | 172 | 60.3643 USD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a long position | 7,299 | 23.4890 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a long position | 11,891 | 23.5181 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a long position | 3,406 | 23.5300 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a long position | 29,208 | 23.5300 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a long position | 16,985 | 23.5300 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a long position | 93 | 23.5300 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a long position | 42,440 | 23.5607 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a long position | 15,348 | 23.6189 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a long position | 3,195 | 23.6341 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a long position | 3,071 | 23.7058 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a long position | 344 | 23.7281 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a long position | 4,603 | 45.0800 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a long position | 1,647 | 45.1286 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a long position | 5,236 | 45.1299 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a long position | 10,689 | 45.1578 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a long position | 563 | 45.1731 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a long position | 844 | 45.1731 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a long position | 227 | 45.1847 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 7,259 | 23.5721 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 33,471 | 23.6811 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 1,100 | 23.7809 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 30,000 | 45.0800 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 3 | 45.0900 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 85 | 45.1026 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 3,500 | 45.1210 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 4,347 | 45.1285 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | increasing a short position | 60,630 | 45.1476 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a long position | 984 | 23.4427 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a long position | 102 | 23.4868 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a long position | 16,985 | 23.5300 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a long position | 2,149 | 23.5352 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a long position | 7,299 | 23.5643 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a long position | 55,407 | 23.6914 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a long position | 3,071 | 23.7825 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a long position | 1,406 | 23.8978 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a long position | 27 | 45.0143 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a long position | 40 | 45.0143 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a long position | 145 | 45.1695 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 56 | 23.3986 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 18,878 | 23.5038 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 7,223 | 23.5181 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 4,707 | 23.5300 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 406 | 23.6231 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 1,100 | 23.6700 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 4,962 | 23.6819 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 1,891 | 23.7058 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 37,595 | 23.7729 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 176 | 23.8500 GBP |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 200 | 45.0992 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 300 | 45.0993 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 100 | 45.0993 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 1,300 | 45.0993 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 600 | 45.0993 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 950 | 45.1005 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 642 | 45.1031 AUD |
| Ordinary NPV | CFD | reducing a short position | 85,407 | 45.1844 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: | 30 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.
The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
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