Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Glencore International Pl...

Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Glencore International Plc - Amendment

BARCLAYS PLC

Amendment

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 GLENCORE INTL PLC
  relevant securities this form relates:  
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt Advisor to Offeree
  principal trader is connected  
(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 25 July 2012
(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it YES:
today disclosing, under the Code in respect
  of any other party to this offer? XSTRATA 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:     ORD            
Interests   Short Positions  
    Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 2,837,698 0.04% 16,938,824 0.24%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 15,399,231 0.22% 1,005,821 0.01%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 1,000,000 0.01% 2,000,000 0.03%
           
(4) TOTAL:
19,236,929 0.27% 19,944,645 0.29%
Class of relevant security:     Convertible Bond XS0475310396            
Interests   Short Positions  
    Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 2,500,000 0.11% 0 0.00%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
           
(4) TOTAL:
2,500,000 0.11% 0 0.00%

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, 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 executive options)

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

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.

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant   Purchase/sale   Number of   Price per unit
security   securities  
ORD Purchase 100 36.1500 HKD
ORD Purchase 200 3.0180 GBP
ORD Purchase 495 3.0382 GBP
ORD Purchase 700 36.2500 HKD
ORD Purchase 2,064 3.0369 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,600 36.2000 HKD
ORD Purchase 4,700 3.0327 GBP
ORD Purchase 5,076 3.0407 GBP
ORD Purchase 5,528 3.0400 GBP
ORD Purchase 6,800 36.1897 HKD
ORD Purchase 19,904 3.0378 GBP
ORD Purchase 22,540 3.0309 GBP
ORD Purchase 23,903 3.0348 GBP
ORD Purchase 29,872 3.0332 GBP
ORD Purchase 32,375 3.0395 GBP
ORD Purchase 49,778 3.0364 GBP
ORD Purchase 52,910 3.0437 GBP
ORD Purchase 151,223 3.0354 GBP
ORD Sale 90 3.0580 GBP
ORD Sale 200 3.0181 GBP
ORD Sale 300 36.4500 HKD
ORD Sale 495 3.0382 GBP
ORD Sale 500 36.2500 HKD
ORD Sale 600 36.0500 HKD
ORD Sale 840 3.0262 GBP
ORD Sale 1,600 36.1500 HKD
ORD Sale 2,298 3.0323 GBP
ORD Sale 2,378 3.0290 GBP
ORD Sale 2,600 36.2019 HKD
ORD Sale 3,021 3.0249 GBP
ORD Sale 3,800 36.2000 HKD
ORD Sale 12,477 3.0346 GBP
ORD Sale 13,149 3.0241 GBP
ORD Sale 14,473 3.0267 GBP
ORD Sale 18,342 3.0425 GBP
ORD Sale 19,914 3.0341 GBP
ORD Sale 34,568 3.0446 GBP
ORD Sale 36,790 3.0345 GBP
ORD Sale 38,145 3.0316 GBP
ORD Sale 94,276 3.0350 GBP
ORD Sale 121,422 3.0327 GBP
ORD Sale 146,681 3.0297 GBP
ORD Sale 276,709 3.0357 GBP
ORD (traded as ADR) Purchase 35,200 9.3727 USD
ORD (traded as ADR) Sale 35,200 9.3727 USD

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of   Product   Nature of dealing   Number of   Price per
relevant description reference unit
security     securities  
ORD CFD Long 22,493 3.0312 GBP
ORD CFD Long 146,681 3.0297 GBP
ORD CFD Long 38,598 3.0323 GBP
ORD CFD Short 200 36.2184 HKD
ORD CFD Short 500 3.0287 GBP
ORD CFD Short 600 36.2935 HKD
ORD CFD Short 4,240 3.0134 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 5,436 3.0342 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 9,900 3.0338 GBP
ORD CFD Short 22,840 3.0481 GBP
ORD CFD Short 40,000 3.0363 GBP

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(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) Exercising

Class of relevant   Product description   Number of   Exercise price per
security   securities unit
ORD Call Options 380,000 4 GBP
ORD Call Options 760,000 4 GBP

(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)

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

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.

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:

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?  

YES

Date of disclosure:  

27 Jul 2012

Contact name:   Geoff Smith
Telephone number:   020 7116 2913

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. 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.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

143221.01

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)

DETAILS OF OPEN OPTION AND DERIVATIVE POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

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

1. KEY INFORMATION

Identity of the person whose positions/dealings   BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
are being disclosed:  
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose GLENCORE INTL PLC
relevant securities this from relates:  

2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES

Class   Product   Writing,   Number   Exercise   Type   Expiry
of description purchasing, of price date
relevant selling, securities per unit
security varying etc to which
option
      relates      
ORD Put Options Purchased 1,000,000 3.2000 American 27 Jul 2012
ORD Put Options Written -1,000,000 4.8000 American 27 Jul 2012
ORD Call Options Written -1,000,000 4.8000 American 27 Jul 2012

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 contracts for differences (“CFDs”) or spread bets.

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 dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

Companies

Glencore (GLEN)
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