FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Glencore Intl Plc

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Glencore Intl 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: 3 October 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: 12,869,597 0.19% 27,684,632 0.40%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 24,263,857 0.35% 10,874,801 0.16%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 1,727,600 0.02% 250,000 0.00%
           
(4) TOTAL:
38,861,054 0.56% 38,809,433 0.56%
Class of relevant security:     Convertible Bond XS0475310396            
Interests   Short Positions  
    Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 4,800,000 0.21% 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:
4,800,000 0.21% 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 2,000,000 120.5000 USD
ORD Purchase 100 42.6500 HKD
ORD Purchase 200 42.4500 HKD
ORD Purchase 200 42.9500 HKD
ORD Purchase 300 42.5500 HKD
ORD Purchase 400 42.5000 HKD
ORD Purchase 400 42.5875 HKD
ORD Purchase 400 43.0000 HKD
ORD Purchase 600 42.6000 HKD
ORD Purchase 638 3.4036 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,054 3.3915 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,438 3.4032 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,713 3.4113 GBP
ORD Purchase 3,666 3.4184 GBP
ORD Purchase 5,848 3.4004 GBP
ORD Purchase 6,772 3.3988 GBP
ORD Purchase 9,695 3.4046 GBP
ORD Purchase 12,864 3.4078 GBP
ORD Purchase 14,757 3.4056 GBP
ORD Purchase 26,842 3.4264 GBP
ORD Purchase 33,895 3.4052 GBP
ORD Purchase 49,314 3.4070 GBP
ORD Purchase 69,666 3.4125 GBP
ORD Purchase 79,684 3.3929 GBP
ORD Purchase 90,440 3.3980 GBP
ORD Purchase 129,177 3.4045 GBP
ORD Purchase 178,200 42.5415 HKD
ORD Purchase 376,547 3.4091 GBP
ORD Purchase 756,982 3.4025 GBP
ORD Sale 100 42.4500 HKD
ORD Sale 631 3.4050 GBP
ORD Sale 1,100 42.6500 HKD
ORD Sale 1,500 3.4035 GBP
ORD Sale 2,378 3.4048 GBP
ORD Sale 2,831 3.4067 GBP
ORD Sale 3,243 3.4052 GBP
ORD Sale 4,699 3.3955 GBP
ORD Sale 7,946 3.4041 GBP
ORD Sale 8,100 42.6000 HKD
ORD Sale 11,116 3.4289 GBP
ORD Sale 11,455 3.4081 GBP
ORD Sale 17,693 3.3978 GBP
ORD Sale 18,559 3.4019 GBP
ORD Sale 23,479 3.3985 GBP
ORD Sale 40,000 42.5000 HKD
ORD Sale 43,253 3.4045 GBP
ORD Sale 47,641 3.3930 GBP
ORD Sale 60,000 3.4121 GBP
ORD Sale 88,231 3.3977 GBP
ORD Sale 129,300 42.5500 HKD
ORD Sale 161,479 3.3915 GBP
ORD Sale 199,700 3.3795 GBP
ORD Sale 271,146 3.4012 GBP
ORD Sale 366,614 3.3986 GBP

(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 9,500 3.3994 GBP
ORD CFD Long 22,650 3.4060 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 28,178 3.3980 GBP
ORD CFD Short 200 43.0015 HKD
ORD SWAP Short 800 3.4047 GBP
ORD CFD Short 1,438 3.4032 GBP
ORD CFD Short 2,000 42.6912 HKD
ORD CFD Short 3,666 3.4183 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 26,842 3.4265 GBP
ORD CFD Short 35,096 3.4070 GBP
ORD CFD Short 41,921 3.4085 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 70,299 3.4036 GBP
ORD CFD Short 97,565 3.4138 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 241,727 3.4010 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:  

4 Oct 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 Call Options Purchased 363,800 3.8500 European 13 Nov 2012
ORD Call Options Purchased 363,800 4.1000 European 16 Oct 2012
ORD Put Options Purchased 1,000,000 3.2000 American 5 Oct 2012
ORD Call Options Written -250,000 3.6000 American 5 Oct 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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