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: 3 September 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: 1,675,550 0.02% 26,817,759 0.39%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 23,195,668 0.34% 398,656 0.01%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 4,863,800 0.07% 10,500,000 0.15%
           
(4) TOTAL:
29,735,018 0.43% 37,716,415 0.54%
 
Class of relevant security:   Convertible Bond XS0475310396      
Interests Short Positions
    Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 6,500,000 0.09% 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:
6,500,000 0.09% 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  
Convertible Bond Purchase 1,800,000 124.7500 USD
ORD Purchase 846 3.8198 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,100 46.9000 HKD
ORD Purchase 5,000 46.9500 HKD
ORD Purchase 8,000 47.0500 HKD
ORD Purchase 11,238 3.8223 GBP
ORD Purchase 12,100 47.1000 HKD
ORD Purchase 18,200 47.0000 HKD
ORD Purchase 19,995 3.8250 GBP
ORD Purchase 25,882 3.8291 GBP
ORD Purchase 72,582 3.8312 GBP
ORD Purchase 105,000 3.8189 GBP
ORD Purchase 110,443 3.8292 GBP
ORD Purchase 139,262 3.8500 GBP
ORD Purchase 215,731 3.8222 GBP
ORD Purchase 309,044 3.8218 GBP
ORD Purchase 351,806 3.8561 GBP
ORD Purchase 500,000 3.8123 GBP
ORD Purchase 570,293 3.8263 GBP
ORD Purchase 748,547 3.8304 GBP
ORD Sale 800 47.2000 HKD
ORD Sale 987 3.8275 GBP
ORD Sale 2,054 3.8640 GBP
ORD Sale 4,176 3.8187 GBP
ORD Sale 4,610 3.8326 GBP
ORD Sale 14,494 3.8277 GBP
ORD Sale 18,115 3.8209 GBP
ORD Sale 21,793 3.7977 GBP
ORD Sale 24,187 3.8182 GBP
ORD Sale 25,125 3.8200 GBP
ORD Sale 29,906 3.8181 GBP
ORD Sale 34,436 3.8214 GBP
ORD Sale 45,400 47.0253 HKD
ORD Sale 57,028 3.8191 GBP
ORD Sale 74,932 3.8258 GBP
ORD Sale 93,706 3.8218 GBP
ORD Sale 114,187 3.8324 GBP
ORD Sale 177,494 3.8264 GBP
ORD Sale 200,000 3.8248 GBP
ORD Sale 210,000 3.6833 GBP
ORD Sale 211,485 3.8272 GBP
ORD Sale 216,328 3.8455 GBP
ORD Sale 225,172 3.8500 GBP
ORD Sale 249,013 3.8146 GBP
ORD Sale 368,148 3.8297 GBP
ORD Sale 384,919 3.8255 GBP
ORD Sale 431,194 3.8344 GBP
ORD Sale 440,000 3.8383 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 800 47.1402 HKD
ORD SWAP Long 2,000 3.8200 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 2,054 3.8640 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 7,300 3.8461 GBP
ORD CFD Long 14,179 3.8155 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 21,793 3.7977 GBP
ORD CFD Long 44,998 3.8264 GBP
ORD CFD Long 201,301 3.8294 GBP
ORD CFD Long 210,000 3.6833 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 225,172 3.8500 GBP
ORD CFD Long 250,000 3.8398 GBP
ORD CFD Long 440,000 3.8383 GBP
ORD CFD Short 114 3.8004 GBP
ORD CFD Short 2,344 3.7999 GBP
ORD CFD Short 14,995 3.8028 GBP
ORD CFD Short 18,690 3.8232 GBP
ORD CFD Short 32,512 3.8245 GBP
ORD CFD Short 44,998 3.8096 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 56,850 3.8290 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 183,025 3.8300 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:  

4 Sep 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 Call Options Purchased 363,800 4.1000 European 16 Oct 2012
ORD Put Options Purchased 1,000,000 3.0000 American 5 Sep 2012
ORD Put Options Purchased 1,000,000 3.2000 American 5 Sep 2012
ORD Put Options Written -2,500,000 2.6000 American 5 Sep 2012
ORD Put Options Written -1,000,000 4.8000 American 5 Sep 2012
ORD Call Options Purchased 2,500,000 3.6000 American 5 Sep 2012
ORD Call Options Written -1,000,000 3.6000 American 5 Sep 2012
ORD Call Options Written -2,500,000 3.8000 American 5 Sep 2012
ORD Call Options Written -2,500,000 4.0000 American 5 Sep 2012
ORD Call Options Written -1,000,000 4.8000 American 5 Sep 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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