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: 9 August 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: 4,200,510 0.06% 18,452,868 0.27%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 18,743,167 0.27% 1,975,839 0.03%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 1,000,000 0.01% 2,000,000 0.03%
           
(4) TOTAL:
23,943,677 0.34% 22,428,707 0.32%
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 400 3.4234 GBP
ORD Purchase 500 41.3000 HKD
ORD Purchase 600 3.4357 GBP
ORD Purchase 700 41.2500 HKD
ORD Purchase 772 5.3000 USD
ORD Purchase 840 3.4145 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,000 41.4500 HKD
ORD Purchase 1,538 3.4250 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,700 41.4000 HKD
ORD Purchase 2,400 41.6500 HKD
ORD Purchase 4,500 40.8688 HKD
ORD Purchase 4,900 41.5000 HKD
ORD Purchase 5,000 40.7000 HKD
ORD Purchase 5,270 3.4172 GBP
ORD Purchase 5,272 3.4275 GBP
ORD Purchase 6,000 41.5500 HKD
ORD Purchase 8,200 41.6000 HKD
ORD Purchase 10,061 3.4247 GBP
ORD Purchase 14,700 41.3500 HKD
ORD Purchase 14,920 3.4173 GBP
ORD Purchase 20,000 40.7500 HKD
ORD Purchase 27,190 3.4330 GBP
ORD Purchase 28,067 3.4269 GBP
ORD Purchase 44,192 3.4208 GBP
ORD Purchase 74,430 3.4254 GBP
ORD Purchase 195,369 3.4405 GBP
ORD Purchase 348,853 3.4280 GBP
ORD Purchase 686,969 3.4248 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,576,000 3.4292 GBP
ORD Sale 100 41.3000 HKD
ORD Sale 200 3.4390 GBP
ORD Sale 200 40.8000 HKD
ORD Sale 200 41.1000 HKD
ORD Sale 400 3.4343 GBP
ORD Sale 400 40.9000 HKD
ORD Sale 400 40.9500 HKD
ORD Sale 400 41.5000 HKD
ORD Sale 600 40.7500 HKD
ORD Sale 772 5.0460 USD
ORD Sale 1,022 3.4153 GBP
ORD Sale 1,400 3.4280 GBP
ORD Sale 2,600 40.8500 HKD
ORD Sale 4,989 3.4320 GBP
ORD Sale 12,034 3.4296 GBP
ORD Sale 16,992 3.4254 GBP
ORD Sale 25,503 3.4287 GBP
ORD Sale 34,300 40.9180 HKD
ORD Sale 42,480 3.4242 GBP
ORD Sale 77,636 3.4253 GBP
ORD Sale 117,864 3.4297 GBP
ORD Sale 139,262 3.4380 GBP
ORD Sale 218,291 3.4328 GBP
ORD Sale 344,411 3.4247 GBP
ORD Sale 347,009 3.4257 GBP
ORD Sale 459,770 3.4256 GBP
ORD Sale 465,992 3.4265 GBP
ORD Sale 1,372,542 3.4269 GBP
ORD Sale 2,700,000 3.4090 GBP
ORD (traded as ADR) Purchase 86 10.6700 USD
ORD (traded as ADR) Purchase 86 10.6900 USD
ORD (traded as ADR) Sale 86 10.6700 USD
ORD (traded as ADR) Sale 86 10.6900 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 400 41.4475 HKD
ORD SWAP Long 1,400 3.4280 GBP
ORD CFD Long 1,485 3.4149 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 2,500 3.4325 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 1,850,000 3.4236 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 12,034 3.4297 GBP
ORD CFD Long 49,715 3.4191 GBP
ORD CFD Long 107,210 3.4294 GBP
ORD CFD Long 2,700,000 3.4090 GBP
ORD CFD Short 2,000 3.4332 GBP
ORD CFD Short 10,259 3.4253 GBP
ORD CFD Short 19,694 3.4245 GBP
ORD CFD Short 30,800 41.5413 HKD
ORD CFD Short 34,829 3.4158 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 security   Product description

e.g. call option

  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)

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:  

13 Aug 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 1,000,000 320.0000 American 11 Aug 2012
ORD Put Options Written -1,000,000 480.0000 American 11 Aug 2012
ORD Call Options Written -1,000,000 480.0000 American 11 Aug 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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