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: 27 July 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: 3,981,886 0.06% 17,829,483 0.26%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 16,252,192 0.23% 1,847,924 0.03%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 1,000,000 0.01% 2,000,000 0.03%
           
(4) TOTAL:
21,234,078 0.31% 21,677,407 0.31%
 
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 100 37.5000 HKD
ORD Purchase 1,231 3.1014 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,400 37.3000 HKD
ORD Purchase 1,698 3.1053 GBP
ORD Purchase 3,200 3.0992 GBP
ORD Purchase 3,939 3.1255 GBP
ORD Purchase 4,300 37.5500 HKD
ORD Purchase 5,100 37.7000 HKD
ORD Purchase 5,300 37.4500 HKD
ORD Purchase 5,500 37.7500 HKD
ORD Purchase 9,700 37.6500 HKD
ORD Purchase 10,100 37.7678 HKD
ORD Purchase 10,544 3.1186 GBP
ORD Purchase 10,600 37.9500 HKD
ORD Purchase 10,883 3.1246 GBP
ORD Purchase 13,594 3.1253 GBP
ORD Purchase 13,804 3.1211 GBP
ORD Purchase 15,100 37.6000 HKD
ORD Purchase 18,800 37.8000 HKD
ORD Purchase 19,800 37.5676 HKD
ORD Purchase 20,965 3.0921 GBP
ORD Purchase 21,200 37.3500 HKD
ORD Purchase 28,180 3.1229 GBP
ORD Purchase 32,137 3.0932 GBP
ORD Purchase 45,800 37.9000 HKD
ORD Purchase 48,633 3.0882 GBP
ORD Purchase 49,408 3.1263 GBP
ORD Purchase 62,727 3.1218 GBP
ORD Purchase 69,539 3.1176 GBP
ORD Purchase 88,600 37.4000 HKD
ORD Purchase 130,700 37.8500 HKD
ORD Purchase 265,576 3.1184 GBP
ORD Purchase 549,107 3.1320 GBP
ORD Sale 100 37.3000 HKD
ORD Sale 100 37.5000 HKD
ORD Sale 100 37.9000 HKD
ORD Sale 200 37.3500 HKD
ORD Sale 300 37.4000 HKD
ORD Sale 845 3.0812 GBP
ORD Sale 900 37.9500 HKD
ORD Sale 2,384 3.1124 GBP
ORD Sale 3,400 37.4500 HKD
ORD Sale 4,840 3.1130 GBP
ORD Sale 5,190 3.0990 GBP
ORD Sale 5,200 37.2000 HKD
ORD Sale 9,200 37.7500 HKD
ORD Sale 10,500 37.8000 HKD
ORD Sale 18,657 3.1286 GBP
ORD Sale 23,286 3.1107 GBP
ORD Sale 30,751 3.1251 GBP
ORD Sale 62,000 37.7771 HKD
ORD Sale 65,136 3.1055 GBP
ORD Sale 76,064 3.1126 GBP
ORD Sale 98,219 3.1086 GBP
ORD Sale 272,075 3.1117 GBP
ORD Sale 315,744 3.1071 GBP
ORD (traded as ADR) Purchase 308 9.7600 USD
ORD (traded as ADR) Purchase 308 9.8100 USD
ORD (traded as ADR) Sale 308 9.7600 USD
ORD (traded as ADR) Sale 308 9.8100 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 100 37.8521 HKD
ORD CFD Long 2,032 3.0996 GBP
ORD CFD Long 5,334 3.1122 GBP
ORD CFD Long 16,044 3.0991 GBP
ORD CFD Long 50,000 3.1258 GBP
ORD CFD Long 140,000 3.1027 GBP
ORD CFD Long 300,508 3.1098 GBP
ORD CFD Short 241 3.0868 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 600 3.1185 GBP
ORD CFD Short 5,334 3.1006 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 14,822 3.1248 GBP
ORD CFD Short 17,883 3.1225 GBP
ORD CFD Short 45,959 3.1207 GBP
ORD CFD Short 300,200 37.7126 HKD
ORD SWAP Short 549,107 3.1320 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:  

30 Jul 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.

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 29 Jul 2012
ORD Put Options Written -1,000,000 4.8000 American 29 Jul 2012
ORD Call Options Written -1,000,000 4.8000 American 29 Jul 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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