Company Announcements

Form 8.3 - Anglo American PLC

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 4586P
Societe Generale SA
22 May 2024
 

FORM 8.3

 

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

1.         KEY INFORMATION

 

(a) Full name of discloser:

SOCIETE GENERALE SA

(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

     The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient.  For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.


(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

Anglo American plc

(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:


(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:

     For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure

21/05/2024

(f)  In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

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

Yes: BHP Group Limited

 

 

2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

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(c), 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:

USD 0.54945 ordinary

 

 

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1)  Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

10,232,514

0.77

1,717,877

0.13

(2)  Cash-settled derivatives:

 

4,123,213

0.31

3,764,301

0.28

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

350,000

0.03

1,250,000

0.09

TOTAL:

14,705,727

1.10

6,732,178

0.50

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:


Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:


 

 

3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), 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

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit

GBP

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

3

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

10,000

26.88915

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

3,220

26.72941

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

25

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

12

26.83

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

12

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

49

26.86423

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

3,220

26.72941

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

3

26.86866

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

2,087

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

625

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

1,205

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

9

26.525

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

9

26.6193

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

858

26.9532

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

4,454

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

74

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

156

26.87107

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

84

26.87134

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

9

26.855

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

603

26.53049

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

532

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

603

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

532

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

236

26.84358

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

7,250

26.86

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

112

26.61

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

162

26.83

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

243

26.83682

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

6,624

26.86866

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

1,081

26.86893

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

276

26.86893

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

149

26.86893

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

16

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

18

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

47

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

56

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

91

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

129

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

193

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

213

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

242

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

276

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

276

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

276

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

276

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

276

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

276

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

276

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

276

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

310

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

441

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

441

26.87134

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

10

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

1,843,317

26.555

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

128

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

56

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

2,200

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

208

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

17

26.8

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

19

26.8

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

40

26.8

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

673

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

3,044

26.87107

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

1,568

26.87134

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

24

26.8

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

33

26.8

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

237

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

87

26.8

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

3,044

26.87

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit

EUR

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Purchase

883

31.1

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit

GBP

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

3

26.86866

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

3

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

3,220

26.72941

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

49

26.86423

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

10,000

26.88915

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

10,000

26.88915

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

625

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

1,205

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

2,087

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

9

26.855

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

9

26.525

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

1,208

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

2,417

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

48,335

26.54

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

673

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

7,250

26.86

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

532

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

1,081

26.86893

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

603

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

603

26.53049

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

532

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

243

26.83682

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

88

26.535

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

101

26.78

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

7

26.56

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

23

26.63

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

27

26.755

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

32

26.63

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

34

26.555

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

35

26.655

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

43

26.845

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

50

26.63

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

66

26.555

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

75

26.655

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

80

26.56

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

83

26.555

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

88

26.75

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

89

26.57

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

91

26.56

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

92

26.8

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

94

26.745

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

111

26.805

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

114

26.755

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

119

26.63

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

145

26.59

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

190

26.56

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

195

26.55

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

195

26.63

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

201

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

201

26.935

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

241

26.555

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

300

26.595

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

400

26.6

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

17

26.63

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

66

26.635

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

15

26.575

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

54

26.635

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

70

26.635

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

108

26.635

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

124

26.57

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

124

26.62

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

124

26.62

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

124

26.635

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

124

26.64

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

124

26.835

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

147

26.575

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

166

26.835

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

330

26.655

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

387

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

236

26.84358

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

441

26.87134

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

156

26.87107

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

3,044

26.87107

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

1,568

26.87134

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

84

26.87134

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

6,801

26.87072

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

6,624

26.86866

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

858

26.9532

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

9

26.6193

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

355,674

26.555

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

237

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

33

26.8

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

24

26.8

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

87

26.8

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

3,044

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

74

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

4,454

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

208

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

40

26.8

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

19

26.8

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

56

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

17

26.8

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

2,200

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

128

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

276

26.86893

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

149

26.86893

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit

EUR

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Sale

33

31.47

 

(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 GBP

USD 0.54945 ordinary

CFD

Reducing a Short position

10,000

26.88915

USD 0.54945 ordinary

CFD

Increasing a Short position

3,220

26.72941

USD 0.54945 ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

49

26.86423

USD 0.54945 ordinary

CFD

Increasing a Short position

25

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

CFD

Increasing a Short position

12

26.83

USD 0.54945 ordinary

CFD

Increasing a Short position

12

26.87

USD 0.54945 ordinary

CFD

Reducing a Short position

49

26.86423

USD 0.54945 ordinary

CFD

Increasing a Short position

10,000

26.88915

USD 0.54945 ordinary

CFD

Reducing a Short position

10,000

26.88915

USD 0.54945 ordinary

CFD

Increasing a Short position

3,220

26.72941

USD 0.54945 ordinary

CFD

Reducing a Short position

3,220

26.72941

 

 

 

(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

 








 

(ii)        Exercise

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

 

(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)

 

 

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 person 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 person 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?

YES

 

 

Date of disclosure:

22/05/2024

Contact name:

Paul Jenkins

Telephone number:

+44 20 7676 6969

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)

 

DETAILS OF OPEN STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVE (INCLUDING OPTION) POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

 

1.         KEY INFORMATION

 

Full name of person making disclosure:

SOCIETE GENERALE SA

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:

Anglo American PLC

 

2.         STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVES (INCLUDING OPTIONS)

 

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Written or purchased

Number of securities to which option or derivative relates

Exercise price per unit

EUR

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Listed call-option

Sale

250,000

2000

American options

20/12/2024

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Listed call-option

Purchase

250,000

2000

American options

21/06/2024

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Listed call-option

Purchase

250,000

2480

American options

16/08/2024

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Listed call-option

Purchase

100,000

2800

American options

20/12/2024

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Listed Put Option

Sale

150,000

1700

American options

21/06/2024

USD 0.54945 ordinary

Listed Put Option

Purchase

100,000

2800

American options

20/12/2024

USD 0.54945 ordinary

OTC Put Option

Sale

500,000

15

American options

21/06/2024

 

3.         AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

 

Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form (Open Positions) with regard to cash-settled derivatives.

 

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

 

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.

 

 

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