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RNS Number : 4406M  RMB Morgan Stanley Limited  29 April 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:                                            RMB Morgan Stanley (Pty) Ltd
 (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form  BHP Group Limited
 relates:

      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is        Anglo American plc
 connected:
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                    26 April 2024
 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader    YES - Anglo American plc
 making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?

      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

 

2.         POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

 

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one
class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy
table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant
security.

 

(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:                     306,162  0.01   4,622     0.00
 (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                        58,965   0.00   624,324   0.01

 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to  0        0.00   0         0.00
 purchase/sell:
                                                                      365,127  0.01   628,946   0.01

      TOTAL:

 

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

 

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded
options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be
given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

 

(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors'
and other employee options)

 

 Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:   N/A
 Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:  N/A

 

 

3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) 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 3(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         (ZAR)

                                                                           (ZAR)

 Ordinary NPV                PURCHASE          365,880                     546.67                                523.85
 Ordinary NPV                SALE              322,865                     541.99                                524.14

 

 

(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,  Number of reference securities  Price per unit (ZAR)
                                                          increasing/reducing a long/short position

 Ordinary NPV                CFD                          SHORT                                                         4                               526.51
 Ordinary NPV                CFD                          SHORT                                                         6                               531.34
 Ordinary NPV                CFD                          SHORT                                                         126                             531.89
 Ordinary NPV                CFD                          SHORT                                                         171                             525.63
 Ordinary NPV                CFD                          SHORT                                                         270                             525.63
 Ordinary NPV                CFD                          SHORT                                                         326                             531.89
 Ordinary NPV                CFD                          SHORT                                                         424                             525.63
 Ordinary NPV                CFD                          SHORT                                                         544                             550.00
 Ordinary NPV                CFD                          SHORT                                                         1,069                           525.63
 Ordinary NPV                CFD                          SHORT                                                         2,699                           531.89
 Ordinary NPV                CFD                          SHORT                                                         4,087                           531.89
 Ordinary NPV                CFD                          SHORT                                                         4,959                           531.89
 Ordinary NPV                CFD                          SHORT                                                         9,789                           550.00
 Ordinary NPV                CFD                          SHORT                                                         21,343                          533.17
 Ordinary NPV                CFD                          SHORT                                                         23,311                          533.68
 Ordinary NPV                CFD                          SHORT                                                         50,911                          550.00
 Ordinary NPV                CFD                          LONG                                                          77                              538.19
 Ordinary NPV                CFD                          LONG                                                          544                             550.00
 Ordinary NPV                CFD                          LONG                                                          9,789                           550.00
 Ordinary NPV                CFD                          LONG                                                          19,144                          533.72
 Ordinary NPV                CFD                          LONG                                                          50,911                          550.00

 

 

(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                           Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit

                                                                                                                                                                                      e.g. American, European etc.
 N/A                         N/A                                   N/A                                         N/A                                           N/A                      N/A                            N/A          N/A

 

(ii)        Exercise

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description  Exercising/ exercised against  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit

                             e.g. call option
 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               Details  Price per unit (if applicable)

                             e.g. subscription, conversion
 N/A                         N/A                             N/A      N/A

 

 

4.         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

 

(c)        Attachments

 

 Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?  NO

 

 

 Date of disclosure:  29 April 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 disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .

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