Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - GLENCORE INTL PLC - Ame...

Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - GLENCORE INTL PLC - Amendment

BARCLAYS PLC

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Amendment

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 relevant securities this form relates:

Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

 

GLENCORE INTL PLC

(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:

 

Advisor to Offeree

(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken:  

21 August 2012

(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?  

YES:

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: 3,525,320 0.05% 22,436,789 0.32%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 20,824,681 0.30% 1,070,939 0.02%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 4,500,000 0.07% 10,500,000 0.15%
           
(4) TOTAL:
28,850,001 0.42% 34,007,728 0.49%
           
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 800 3.5400 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,520 3.5375 GBP
ORD Purchase 6,596 3.5342 GBP
ORD Purchase 6,604 3.5378 GBP
ORD Purchase 8,114 3.5431 GBP
ORD Purchase 11,408 3.5666 GBP
ORD Purchase 14,811 3.5702 GBP
ORD Purchase 16,120 3.5571 GBP
ORD Purchase 17,999 3.5330 GBP
ORD Purchase 33,854 3.5631 GBP
ORD Purchase 88,921 3.5773 GBP
ORD Purchase 102,192 3.5576 GBP
ORD Purchase 196,000 3.5505 GBP
ORD Purchase 196,000 3.5474 GBP
ORD Purchase 239,940 3.5480 GBP
ORD Purchase 300,053 3.5556 GBP
ORD Purchase 631,569 3.5682 GBP
ORD Sale 500 3.5430 GBP
ORD Sale 1,554 3.5745 GBP
ORD Sale 1,700 3.5460 GBP
ORD Sale 1,964 3.5235 GBP
ORD Sale 2,025 3.5670 GBP
ORD Sale 6,196 3.5465 GBP
ORD Sale 10,149 3.5613 GBP
ORD Sale 10,780 3.5391 GBP
ORD Sale 12,734 3.5445 GBP
ORD Sale 16,401 3.5597 GBP
ORD Sale 22,770 3.5471 GBP
ORD Sale 28,069 3.5267 GBP
ORD Sale 33,674 3.5501 GBP
ORD Sale 42,820 3.6000 GBP
ORD Sale 49,000 3.5976 GBP
ORD Sale 71,211 3.5556 GBP
ORD Sale 98,000 3.5216 GBP
ORD Sale 192,986 3.5507 GBP
ORD Sale 226,731 3.5567 GBP
ORD Sale 271,549 3.5594 GBP
ORD Sale 283,652 3.5555 GBP
ORD (traded as ADR) Purchase 2,600 11.2238 USD
ORD (traded as ADR) Sale 2,600 11.2238 USD
 
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)      
Class of Product Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant description reference unit
security     securities  
ORD SWAP Long 2,000 3.5436 GBP
ORD CFD Long 2,600 3.5703 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 3,100 3.5867 GBP
ORD CFD Long 3,861 3.5559 GBP
ORD CFD Long 5,041 3.5346 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 7,896 3.5464 GBP
ORD CFD Long 21,865 3.5945 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 28,069 3.5268 GBP
ORD CFD Long 207,759 3.5435 GBP
ORD CFD Short 34,721 3.5893 GBP
ORD CFD Short 45,433 3.5387 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:  

28 August 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.

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 person whose open positions are being disclosed:  

BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:

GLENCORE INTL PLC

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 3.0000 American 23 Aug 2012
ORD Put Options Purchased 1,000,000 3.2000 American 23 Aug 2012
ORD Put Options Written -2,500,000 2.6000 American 23 Aug 2012
ORD Put Options Written -1,000,000 4.8000 American 23 Aug 2012
ORD Call Options Purchased 2,500,000 3.6000 American 23 Aug 2012
ORD Call Options Written -1,000,000 3.6000 American 23 Aug 2012
ORD Call Options Written -5,000,000 3.8000 American 23 Aug 2012
ORD Call Options Written -1,000,000 4.8000 American 23 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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