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

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

BARCLAYS PLC

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: 15 November 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: 4,326,927 0.06% 28,823,602 0.41%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 25,832,725 0.36% 2,003,771 0.03%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 1,000,000 0.01% 250,000 0.00%
           
(4) TOTAL:
31,159,652 0.44% 31,077,373 0.44%
Class of relevant security:     Convertible Bond XS0475310396            
Interests   Short Positions  
    Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 2,300,000 0.10% 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:
2,300,000 0.10% 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 41.0000 HKD
ORD Purchase 600 3.2998 GBP
ORD Purchase 700 3.2917 GBP
ORD Purchase 4,790 3.2515 GBP
ORD Purchase 17,458 3.2538 GBP
ORD Purchase 18,080 3.2913 GBP
ORD Purchase 20,000 3.2549 GBP
ORD Purchase 22,504 3.2922 GBP
ORD Purchase 24,083 3.2818 GBP
ORD Purchase 37,861 3.2618 GBP
ORD Purchase 47,560 3.2763 GBP
ORD Purchase 129,497 3.2735 GBP
ORD Purchase 150,466 3.2568 GBP
ORD Purchase 152,570 3.2920 GBP
ORD Purchase 310,541 3.2577 GBP
ORD Purchase 500,000 3.2834 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,107,067 3.2609 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,502,265 3.2872 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,982,500 3.2782 GBP
ORD Sale 487 3.2588 GBP
ORD Sale 1,500 3.2590 GBP
ORD Sale 4,336 3.2766 GBP
ORD Sale 8,872 3.2505 GBP
ORD Sale 9,148 3.2855 GBP
ORD Sale 16,496 3.2546 GBP
ORD Sale 48,866 3.2767 GBP
ORD Sale 78,629 3.2535 GBP
ORD Sale 78,705 3.2816 GBP
ORD Sale 80,355 3.2724 GBP
ORD Sale 82,922 3.2835 GBP
ORD Sale 115,102 3.2807 GBP
ORD Sale 144,071 3.2768 GBP
ORD Sale 144,476 3.2747 GBP
ORD Sale 206,568 3.2656 GBP
ORD Sale 280,303 3.2794 GBP
ORD Sale 347,308 3.2625 GBP
ORD Sale 388,510 3.2604 GBP
ORD Sale 420,302 3.2785 GBP
ORD Sale 433,678 3.2777 GBP
ORD Sale 550,064 3.2488 GBP
ORD Sale 1,399,205 3.2619 GBP
ORD Sale 1,648,525 3.2957 GBP
ORD Sale 1,762,404 3.2627 GBP
ORD (traded as ADR) Purchase 1,200 10.2500 USD
ORD (traded as ADR) Sale 1,200 10.2500 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 5,706 3.2827 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 6,600 3.2559 GBP
ORD CFD Long 26,240 3.2769 GBP
ORD CFD Long 27,173 3.2795 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 42,493 3.2851 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 161,627 3.2826 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 3,000,000 3.2570 GBP
ORD CFD Short 100 41.0492 HKD
ORD CFD Short 35,716 3.2763 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 86,952 3.2563 GBP
ORD CFD Short 251,215 3.2783 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 310,541 3.2577 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:  

16 Nov 2012

Contact name:   Geoff Smith
Telephone number:   020 3555 4632

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 17 Nov 2012
ORD Call Options Written -250,000 3.6000 American 17 Nov 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.

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