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: 4 December 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: 5,017,105 0.07% 36,857,777 0.52%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 36,451,813 0.51% 2,987,795 0.04%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 1,000,000 0.01% 250,000 0.00%
           
(4) TOTAL:
42,468,918 0.60% 40,095,572 0.56%
Class of relevant security:     Convertible Bond XS0475310396            
Interests   Short Positions  
    Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 1,800,000 0.08% 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:
1,800,000 0.08% 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  
Convertible Bond Purchase 400,000 122.0000 USD
ORD Purchase 100 3.4195 GBP
ORD Purchase 244 3.4210 GBP
ORD Purchase 646 3.4292 GBP
ORD Purchase 999 3.4253 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,079 3.4340 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,452 3.4308 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,600 42.0000 HKD
ORD Purchase 4,000 3.4305 GBP
ORD Purchase 4,053 3.4303 GBP
ORD Purchase 4,414 3.4350 GBP
ORD Purchase 8,680 3.4159 GBP
ORD Purchase 15,020 3.4272 GBP
ORD Purchase 19,914 3.4221 GBP
ORD Purchase 20,040 3.4297 GBP
ORD Purchase 26,453 3.4247 GBP
ORD Purchase 40,752 3.4254 GBP
ORD Purchase 50,000 3.4228 GBP
ORD Purchase 74,012 3.4351 GBP
ORD Purchase 334,381 3.4242 GBP
ORD Sale 100 42.4000 HKD
ORD Sale 100 43.0000 HKD
ORD Sale 300 42.2000 HKD
ORD Sale 620 3.4275 GBP
ORD Sale 2,253 3.4233 GBP
ORD Sale 2,452 3.4308 GBP
ORD Sale 2,800 3.4268 GBP
ORD Sale 5,832 3.4267 GBP
ORD Sale 6,277 3.4273 GBP
ORD Sale 8,171 3.4337 GBP
ORD Sale 11,102 3.4194 GBP
ORD Sale 17,790 3.4287 GBP
ORD Sale 30,678 3.4253 GBP
ORD Sale 38,153 3.4313 GBP
ORD Sale 44,998 3.4237 GBP
ORD Sale 53,977 3.4178 GBP
ORD Sale 211,886 3.4264 GBP
ORD Sale 418,012 3.4310 GBP

(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 500 42.3475 HKD
ORD CFD Long 2,600 3.4281 GBP
ORD CFD Long 12,569 3.4313 GBP
ORD CFD Long 20,287 3.4266 GBP
ORD CFD Long 197,640 3.4260 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 762,500 3.4542 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 1,067,500 3.4612 GBP
ORD CFD Short 2,600 42.0507 HKD
ORD SWAP Short 9,700 3.4225 GBP
ORD CFD Short 12,562 3.4279 GBP
ORD CFD Short 21,534 3.4257 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 43,423 3.4235 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 74,012 3.4352 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:  

5 Dec 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 6 Dec 2012
ORD Call Options Written -250,000 3.6000 American 6 Dec 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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