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:  

13 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: 3,485,823 0.05% 20,168,738 0.29%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 18,692,702 0.27% 1,106,894 0.02%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 1,000,000 0.01% 2,000,000 0.03%
           
(4) TOTAL:
23,178,525 0.33% 23,275,632 0.34%
 
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 41.8000 HKD
ORD Purchase 200 41.2000 HKD
ORD Purchase 400 3.4295 GBP
ORD Purchase 700 41.5500 HKD
ORD Purchase 1,066 3.4235 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,440 3.4645 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,000 41.6500 HKD
ORD Purchase 2,245 3.4140 GBP
ORD Purchase 3,000 41.7500 HKD
ORD Purchase 3,006 3.4055 GBP
ORD Purchase 3,210 3.4510 GBP
ORD Purchase 5,100 41.7000 HKD
ORD Purchase 8,862 3.4433 GBP
ORD Purchase 11,458 3.4211 GBP
ORD Purchase 11,944 3.4437 GBP
ORD Purchase 12,080 3.4210 GBP
ORD Purchase 20,711 3.4172 GBP
ORD Purchase 37,422 3.4224 GBP
ORD Purchase 40,545 3.4506 GBP
ORD Purchase 43,069 3.4499 GBP
ORD Purchase 100,000 TRANSFER
ORD Purchase 112,927 3.4483 GBP
ORD Purchase 229,105 3.4519 GBP
ORD Sale 13 3.4388 GBP
ORD Sale 200 41.5000 HKD
ORD Sale 300 41.6500 HKD
ORD Sale 1,033 3.4526 GBP
ORD Sale 1,795 3.4386 GBP
ORD Sale 1,800 41.6000 HKD
ORD Sale 2,900 3.4611 GBP
ORD Sale 3,117 3.4463 GBP
ORD Sale 6,517 3.4402 GBP
ORD Sale 7,700 41.6623 HKD
ORD Sale 18,400 3.4538 GBP
ORD Sale 19,804 3.4499 GBP
ORD Sale 26,551 3.4379 GBP
ORD Sale 27,372 3.4558 GBP
ORD Sale 32,163 3.4516 GBP
ORD Sale 60,697 3.4517 GBP
ORD Sale 69,837 3.4286 GBP
ORD Sale 100,000 TRANSFER
ORD Sale 139,262 3.4685 GBP
ORD Sale 180,234 3.4539 GBP
ORD Sale 190,360 3.4439 GBP
ORD (traded as ADR) Purchase 4,400 10.8263 USD
ORD (traded as ADR) Sale 4,400 10.8263 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 13 3.4387 GBP
ORD CFD Long 1,795 3.4386 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 1,900 3.4561 GBP
ORD CFD Long 2,000 41.5400 HKD
ORD CFD Long 7,486 3.4495 GBP
ORD CFD Long 7,735 3.4213 GBP
ORD CFD Long 8,306 3.4145 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 9,908 3.4500 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 50,563 3.4524 GBP
ORD CFD Long 51,567 3.4556 GBP
ORD CFD Long 100,000 41.3000 HKD
ORD CFD Long 150,730 3.4380 GBP
ORD CFD Short 100 41.8502 HKD
ORD SWAP Short 400 3.4295 GBP
ORD CFD Short 2,000 3.4179 GBP
ORD CFD Short 3,000 41.8001 HKD
ORD CFD Short 10,885 3.4610 GBP
ORD CFD Short 51,567 3.4183 GBP
ORD CFD Short 100,000 3.3900 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:  

14 Aug 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.

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 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 3.2000 American 15 Aug 2012
ORD Put Options Written -1,000,000 4.8000 American 15 Aug 2012
ORD Call Options Written -1,000,000 4.8000 American 15 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.

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