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: 17 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: 3,049,652 0.04% 31,595,229 0.45%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 28,454,033 0.40% 985,287 0.01%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 1,363,800 0.02% 250,000 0.00%
           
(4) TOTAL:
32,867,485 0.46% 32,830,516 0.46%
           
Class of relevant security:   Convertible Bond XS0475310396      
Interests Short Positions
    Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 4,700,000 0.20% 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:
4,700,000 0.20% 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 300 42.3500 HKD
ORD Purchase 400 42.4000 HKD
ORD Purchase 400 42.5000 HKD
ORD Purchase 1,100 42.5500 HKD
ORD Purchase 3,398 3.4590 GBP
ORD Purchase 4,302 3.4519 GBP
ORD Purchase 4,500 3.4803 GBP
ORD Purchase 4,582 3.4262 GBP
ORD Purchase 4,600 42.4326 HKD
ORD Purchase 7,474 3.4477 GBP
ORD Purchase 16,505 3.4461 GBP
ORD Purchase 21,913 3.4717 GBP
ORD Purchase 40,228 3.4502 GBP
ORD Purchase 41,972 3.4750 GBP
ORD Purchase 56,119 3.4400 GBP
ORD Purchase 66,776 3.4610 GBP
ORD Purchase 121,767 3.4655 GBP
ORD Purchase 139,205 3.4665 GBP
ORD Purchase 644,012 3.4510 GBP
ORD Purchase 668,550 3.4714 GBP
ORD Sale 300 42.6000 HKD
ORD Sale 500 42.5500 HKD
ORD Sale 937 3.4875 GBP
ORD Sale 1,002 3.4652 GBP
ORD Sale 1,122 3.4694 GBP
ORD Sale 1,200 42.5000 HKD
ORD Sale 1,600 42.4500 HKD
ORD Sale 2,100 42.4904 HKD
ORD Sale 2,800 42.4000 HKD
ORD Sale 4,200 3.4792 GBP
ORD Sale 4,302 3.4521 GBP
ORD Sale 6,839 3.4503 GBP
ORD Sale 7,973 3.4695 GBP
ORD Sale 8,862 3.4760 GBP
ORD Sale 9,100 3.4882 GBP
ORD Sale 11,222 3.4850 GBP
ORD Sale 19,711 3.4674 GBP
ORD Sale 28,827 3.4852 GBP
ORD Sale 46,101 3.4677 GBP
ORD Sale 87,463 3.4665 GBP
ORD Sale 100,000 3.4742 GBP
ORD Sale 105,288 3.4658 GBP
ORD Sale 120,000 3.4669 GBP
ORD Sale 400,000 3.4685 GBP
ORD Sale 454,848 3.4599 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 100 42.5489 HKD
ORD CFD Long 400 42.4614 HKD
ORD SWAP Long 961 3.4203 GBP
ORD CFD Long 4,143 3.4658 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 7,200 3.4880 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 12,500 3.4746 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 40,049 3.4851 GBP
ORD CFD Long 74,842 3.4646 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 4,500 3.4803 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 4,582 3.4262 GBP
ORD CFD Short 7,604 3.3976 GBP
ORD CFD Short 20,915 3.4164 GBP
ORD CFD Short 50,000 3.4908 GBP
ORD CFD Short 51,106 3.4294 GBP
ORD CFD Short 512,071 3.4505 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:  

18 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.

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 Put Options Purchased 1,000,000 3.2000 American 19 Oct 2012
ORD Call Options Written -250,000 3.6000 American 19 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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