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:  

2 May 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: 1,191,207 0.02% 12,058,695 0.17%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 11,830,763 0.17% 4,161,469 0.06%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 250,000 0.00% 2,325,900 0.03%
 

 

       
(4) TOTAL:
13,271,970 0.19% 18,546,064 0.27%
 
Class of relevant security:   Convertible Bond      
Interests Short Positions
    Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 1,200,000 0.05% 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:
1,200,000 0.05% 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 20 4.3360 GBP
ORD Purchase 187 4.2939 GBP
ORD Purchase 600 4.3350 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,000 4.3216 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,000 4.2862 GBP
ORD Purchase 7,630 4.3077 GBP
ORD Purchase 9,152 4.3140 GBP
ORD Purchase 16,271 4.2955 GBP
ORD Purchase 19,986 4.2860 GBP
ORD Purchase 53,033 4.3064 GBP
ORD Purchase 70,200 54.4212 HKD
ORD Purchase 83,518 4.2864 GBP
ORD Purchase 137,926 4.2886 GBP
ORD Purchase 206,073 4.2947 GBP
ORD Purchase 227,606 4.3116 GBP
ORD Purchase 300 54.0000 HKD
ORD Purchase 400 54.1000 HKD
ORD Purchase 1,300 54.1500 HKD
ORD Purchase 10,300 54.0500 HKD
ORD Sale 100 54.6000 HKD
ORD Sale 800 54.3500 HKD
ORD Sale 10,600 54.1000 HKD
ORD Sale 13,600 54.4500 HKD
ORD Sale 23,400 54.5000 HKD
ORD Sale 27,500 54.3000 HKD
ORD Sale 74,300 54.4000 HKD
ORD Sale 20 4.3360 GBP
ORD Sale 201 4.2750 GBP
ORD Sale 300 54.0000 HKD
ORD Sale 400 4.3146 GBP
ORD Sale 2,200 4.3229 GBP
ORD Sale 2,450 4.3245 GBP
ORD Sale 7,938 4.3069 GBP
ORD Sale 11,257 4.2893 GBP
ORD Sale 11,652 4.3004 GBP
ORD Sale 13,510 4.2937 GBP
ORD Sale 17,411 4.2868 GBP
ORD Sale 26,720 4.2640 GBP
ORD Sale 37,256 4.2906 GBP
ORD Sale 39,313 4.3017 GBP
ORD Sale 69,900 4.3302 GBP
ORD Sale 72,664 4.2888 GBP
ORD Sale 100,000 4.2945 GBP
ORD Sale 109,170 4.2892 GBP
ORD Sale 190,873 4.2896 GBP
ORD Sale 200,000 4.3184 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 593 4.3201 GBP
ORD CFD Long 1,400 54.0500 HKD
ORD CFD Long 1,400 54.4310 HKD
ORD SWAP Long 1,735 4.2702 GBP
ORD CFD Long 2,459 4.2861 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 4,650 4.3238 GBP
ORD CFD Long 10,600 4.3140 GBP
ORD CFD Long 10,600 54.0641 HKD
ORD CFD Long 30,434 4.3054 GBP
ORD CFD Long 35,000 4.2998 GBP
ORD CFD Long 47,380 4.2891 GBP
ORD CFD Long 61,790 4.2892 GBP
ORD CFD Long 78,700 4.3110 GBP
ORD CFD Long 78,700 54.2768 HKD
ORD CFD Long 95,957 4.3027 GBP
ORD CFD Long 100,000 4.2945 GBP
ORD CFD Long 200,000 4.3184 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 600 4.3350 GBP
ORD CFD Short 1,400 54.1183 HKD
ORD CFD Short 1,400 54.5000 HKD
ORD CFD Short 2,459 4.2861 GBP
ORD CFD Short 10,600 4.3143 GBP
ORD CFD Short 10,600 54.1290 HKD
ORD CFD Short 30,434 4.3060 GBP
ORD CFD Short 35,000 4.2998 GBP
ORD CFD Short 47,380 4.2891 GBP
ORD CFD Short 61,790 4.2892 GBP
ORD CFD Short 78,700 4.3114 GBP
ORD CFD Short 78,700 54.3420 HKD
ORD CFD Short 95,957 4.3030 GBP
ORD CFD Short 100,000 4.2945 GBP
ORD CFD Short 200,000 4.3184 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:  

3 May 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 Call Options Written -75,900 4.3890 European 6 Jul 2012
ORD Put Options Purchased 250,000 4.4000 American 4 May 2012
ORD Put Options Written -1,000,000 4.8000 American 4 May 2012
ORD Call Options Written -250,000 4.6000 American 4 May 2012
ORD Call Options Written -1,000,000 4.8000 American 4 May 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.

Companies

Glencore (GLEN)
UK 100