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 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:  

5 April 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: 936,863 0.01% 10,018,909 0.14%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 8,394,427 0.12% 381,329 0.01%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 250,000 0.00% 2,325,900 0.03%
           
(4) TOTAL:
9,581,290 0.14% 12,726,138 0.18%
 
 
Class of relevant security:   Convertible Bond      
Interests Short Positions
    Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 1,600,000 0.07% 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:
1,600,000 0.07% 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 (traded as ADR) Purchase 160 12.8500 USD
ORD (traded as ADR) Sale 160 12.8500 USD
ORD Purchase 2,150,481 4.1100 GBP
ORD Purchase 422 4.1024 GBP
ORD Purchase 493 4.0918 GBP
ORD Purchase 495 3.9251 GBP
ORD Purchase 500 3.9566 GBP
ORD Purchase 960 4.0986 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,012 4.1153 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,825 3.9630 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,802 3.8896 GBP
ORD Purchase 10,989 4.0667 GBP
ORD Purchase 12,777 3.9703 GBP
ORD Purchase 53,458 4.1125 GBP
ORD Purchase 55,712 4.0631 GBP
ORD Purchase 84,820 4.0118 GBP
ORD Purchase 95,927 4.0612 GBP
ORD Purchase 106,915 3.9260 GBP
ORD Purchase 106,915 3.9476 GBP
ORD Purchase 133,897 4.0599 GBP
ORD Purchase 156,810 4.0627 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,393,010 4.0531 GBP
ORD Purchase 7,500 48.8000 HKD
ORD Sale 300 49.0000 HKD
ORD Sale 2,300 48.9500 HKD
ORD Sale 3,600 48.5000 HKD
ORD Sale 365 3.9285 GBP
ORD Sale 700 48.9938 HKD
ORD Sale 740 3.9296 GBP
ORD Sale 785 3.9613 GBP
ORD Sale 978 4.0774 GBP
ORD Sale 1,000 3.8989 GBP
ORD Sale 1,500 3.9150 GBP
ORD Sale 1,512 3.9113 GBP
ORD Sale 4,449 4.1175 GBP
ORD Sale 7,500 48.8000 HKD
ORD Sale 11,389 4.0985 GBP
ORD Sale 13,325 3.9257 GBP
ORD Sale 18,697 4.0926 GBP
ORD Sale 20,177 3.9254 GBP
ORD Sale 26,951 4.0403 GBP
ORD Sale 30,741 4.0006 GBP
ORD Sale 39,312 4.0922 GBP
ORD Sale 53,000 3.9607 GBP
ORD Sale 61,111 3.9311 GBP
ORD Sale 108,922 3.9819 GBP
ORD Sale 113,529 4.1111 GBP
ORD Sale 116,426 4.0973 GBP
ORD Sale 311,962 4.0349 GBP
ORD Sale 381,710 3.9758 GBP
ORD Sale 600,000 4.0200 GBP
ORD Sale 871,882 4.1013 GBP
ORD Sale 1,000,000 4.0760 GBP
ORD Sale 1,000,000 4.1141 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 381,710 3.9758 GBP
ORD CFD Long 700 48.9938 HKD
ORD CFD Long 1,512 3.9113 GBP
ORD CFD Long 6,059 3.9524 GBP
ORD CFD Long 6,200 48.6295 HKD
ORD CFD Long 98,488 4.0079 GBP
ORD CFD Long 113,529 4.1111 GBP
ORD CFD Short 258 3.9348 GBP
ORD CFD Short 512 3.9758 GBP
ORD CFD Short 742 3.9347 GBP
ORD CFD Short 988 3.9757 GBP
ORD CFD Short 134,231 4.0525 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:  

10 Apr 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 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 Call Options Written -75,900 4.3890 European 6 Jul 2012
ORD Put Options Purchased 250,000 440.0000 American 7 Apr 2012
ORD Put Options Written -1,000,000 480.0000 American 7 Apr 2012
ORD Call Options Written -250,000 460.0000 American 7 Apr 2012
ORD Call Options Written -1,000,000 480.0000 American 7 Apr 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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