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 (“RIâ€) STATUS (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the “Codeâ€)
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) | Name of exempt principal trader: | Â | 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: | 16 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: | Â | Â | ORD | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Interests | Â | Short Positions | Â | |||||||
 |  | Number | (%) | Number | (%) | |||||
(1) | Relevant securities owned | |||||||||
and/or controlled: | 4,313,247 | 0.06% | 28,208,999 | 0.40% | ||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | |||||
(2) | Derivatives (other than | |||||||||
options): | 25,634,368 | 0.36% | 1,989,534 | 0.03% | ||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | |||||
(3) | Options and agreements to | |||||||||
purchase/sell: | 1,000,000 | 0.01% | 250,000 | 0.00% | ||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | |||||
(4) | TOTAL: | |||||||||
30,947,615 | 0.44% | 30,448,533 | 0.43% |
Class of relevant security: | Â | Â | Convertible Bond XS0475310396 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Interests | Â | Short Positions | Â | |||||||
 |  | 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: | Â |
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: | Â |
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 | Â | Purchase/sale | Â | Number of | Â | Price per unit | |
security | Â | securities | Â | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 100 | 40.6000 HKD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 628 | 3.2217 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 653 | 3.2159 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,100 | 40.7818 HKD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,900 | 3.2550 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,994 | 3.2155 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 3,081 | 3.2340 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 3,398 | 3.2384 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 3,905 | 3.2132 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 6,903 | 3.2205 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 13,156 | 3.2193 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 15,285 | 3.2264 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 23,069 | 3.2253 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 31,258 | 3.2327 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 44,591 | 3.2199 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 58,586 | 3.2194 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 81,377 | 3.2511 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 89,272 | 3.2292 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 100,000 | 3.2171 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 219,179 | 3.2268 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 219,302 | 3.2203 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 315,079 | 3.2285 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,135,000 | 3.2249 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 100 | 40.6000 HKD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 300 | 3.2495 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 910 | 3.2110 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,000 | 40.8000 HKD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,113 | 3.2070 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 3,753 | 3.2196 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 5,500 | 3.2165 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 6,000 | 3.2133 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 8,728 | 3.2154 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 10,860 | 3.2084 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 13,005 | 3.2244 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 22,009 | 3.2130 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 22,744 | 3.2149 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 71,829 | 3.2159 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 111,036 | 3.2294 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 117,824 | 3.2201 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 118,461 | 3.2152 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 166,180 | 3.2160 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 176,615 | 3.2221 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 270,000 | 3.2330 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 300,000 | 3.2117 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 361,450 | 3.2167 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 911,226 | 3.2246 GBP | ||||
ORD (traded as ADR) | Purchase | 1,400 | 10.3100 USD | ||||
ORD (traded as ADR) | Sale | 1,400 | 10.3100 USD |
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Class of | Â | Product | Â | Nature of dealing | Â | Number of | Â | Price per | |
relevant | description | reference | unit | ||||||
security | Â | Â | securities | Â | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 1,200 | 3.2372 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 4,800 | 3.2140 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 11,500 | 3.2148 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 15,471 | 3.2360 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 19,800 | 3.2127 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 77,724 | 3.2202 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 100 | 40.6487 HKD | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 1,900 | 3.2550 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 9,388 | 3.2153 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 12,885 | 3.2173 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 23,649 | 3.2229 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 81,377 | 3.2511 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 185,316 | 3.2268 GBP |
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security | Â | Product description e.g. call option | Â | Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. | Â | Number of securities to which option relates | Â | Exercise price per unit | Â |
Type
e.g. American, European etc. |
 | Expiry date |  | Option money paid/ received per unit |
(ii) Exercising
Class of relevant security | Â |
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 | Â |
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? | Â |
YES |
Date of disclosure: | Â |
19 Nov 2012 |
Contact name: | Â | Geoff Smith |
Telephone number: | Â | 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 “Codeâ€)
1. KEY INFORMATION
Identity of the person whose positions/dealings | Â | BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD |
are being disclosed: | Â | |
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | GLENCORE INTL PLC | |
relevant securities this from relates: | Â |
2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES
Class | Â | Product | Â | Writing, | Â | Number | Â | Exercise | Â | Type | Â | 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 | 18 Nov 2012 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Written | -250,000 | 3.6000 | American | 18 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 (“CFDsâ€) 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.