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:  

6 September 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: 2,487,006 0.04% 26,496,360 0.38%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 22,882,195 0.33% 724,000 0.01%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 4,863,800 0.07% 10,500,000 0.15%
           
(4) TOTAL:
30,233,001 0.44% 37,720,360 0.54%
 
Class of relevant security:   Convertible Bond XS0475310396      
Interests Short Positions
    Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 6,500,000 0.28% 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 0.28% 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 47.8000 HKD
ORD Purchase 200 47.5500 HKD
ORD Purchase 400 48.2500 HKD
ORD Purchase 500 48.4500 HKD
ORD Purchase 600 47.8500 HKD
ORD Purchase 1,391 3.9504 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,400 47.4500 HKD
ORD Purchase 1,431 3.9235 GBP
ORD Purchase 4,000 47.6000 HKD
ORD Purchase 6,000 48.4000 HKD
ORD Purchase 6,000 48.5500 HKD
ORD Purchase 9,000 48.1000 HKD
ORD Purchase 10,000 48.0500 HKD
ORD Purchase 10,500 48.3500 HKD
ORD Purchase 11,200 47.9000 HKD
ORD Purchase 11,500 48.5000 HKD
ORD Purchase 17,300 48.2000 HKD
ORD Purchase 17,900 47.5558 HKD
ORD Purchase 23,008 3.9517 GBP
ORD Purchase 24,000 48.1500 HKD
ORD Purchase 25,069 3.9518 GBP
ORD Purchase 31,200 48.0000 HKD
ORD Purchase 32,600 48.3000 HKD
ORD Purchase 35,699 3.9524 GBP
ORD Purchase 37,101 3.9566 GBP
ORD Purchase 59,495 3.9544 GBP
ORD Purchase 69,631 3.9780 GBP
ORD Purchase 115,049 3.9408 GBP
ORD Purchase 139,262 3.9965 GBP
ORD Purchase 194,242 3.9493 GBP
ORD Purchase 208,893 3.9570 GBP
ORD Purchase 267,768 3.9330 GBP
ORD Purchase 355,830 3.9474 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,010,013 3.9480 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,630,162 3.9526 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,121,000 3.9355 GBP
ORD Sale 100 47.6500 HKD
ORD Sale 100 47.7000 HKD
ORD Sale 435 3.9223 GBP
ORD Sale 500 47.5500 HKD
ORD Sale 2,750 3.9493 GBP
ORD Sale 3,000 48.4000 HKD
ORD Sale 3,900 3.9408 GBP
ORD Sale 4,151 3.9393 GBP
ORD Sale 5,200 47.5576 HKD
ORD Sale 8,000 47.5000 HKD
ORD Sale 9,473 3.9431 GBP
ORD Sale 9,727 3.9325 GBP
ORD Sale 9,800 48.2000 HKD
ORD Sale 10,000 47.6000 HKD
ORD Sale 12,894 3.9491 GBP
ORD Sale 17,908 3.9469 GBP
ORD Sale 28,000 3.9069 GBP
ORD Sale 35,203 3.9459 GBP
ORD Sale 45,676 3.9455 GBP
ORD Sale 87,877 3.9253 GBP
ORD Sale 95,749 3.9386 GBP
ORD Sale 96,270 3.9536 GBP
ORD Sale 139,493 3.9286 GBP
ORD Sale 178,645 3.9341 GBP
ORD Sale 188,090 3.9262 GBP
ORD Sale 354,370 3.9269 GBP
ORD Sale 394,427 3.9559 GBP
ORD Sale 543,981 3.9389 GBP
ORD Sale 658,442 3.9503 GBP
ORD Sale 1,630,334 3.9380 GBP
ORD (traded as ADR) Purchase 400 12.4200 USD
ORD (traded as ADR) Purchase 2,400 12.5250 USD
ORD (traded as ADR) Sale 400 12.4200 USD
ORD (traded as ADR) Sale 2,400 12.5250 USD

(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 400 47.4898 HKD
ORD SWAP Long 3,300 3.9507 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 10,300 3.9474 GBP
ORD CFD Long 12,189 3.9365 GBP
ORD CFD Long 12,800 48.1889 HKD
ORD SWAP Long 53,111 3.9463 GBP
ORD CFD Long 57,629 3.9506 GBP
ORD CFD Long 100,000 3.9604 GBP
ORD CFD Long 173,398 3.9216 GBP
ORD CFD Long 394,427 3.9558 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 934 3.8996 GBP
ORD CFD Short 6,664 3.9576 GBP
ORD CFD Short 12,246 3.9016 GBP
ORD CFD Short 13,200 3.9160 GBP
ORD CFD Short 22,775 3.9190 GBP
ORD CFD Short 30,226 3.9342 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 33,866 3.9545 GBP
ORD CFD Short 57,629 3.9208 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 96,596 3.9552 GBP
ORD CFD Short 170,900 48.2477 HKD
ORD CFD Short 300,000 3.9209 GBP
ORD CFD Short 500,000 3.9678 GBP
ORD CFD Short 850,000 3.9246 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:  

7 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.

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 Purchased 363,800 4.1000 European 16 Oct 2012
ORD Put Options Purchased 1,000,000 3.0000 American 8 Sep 2012
ORD Put Options Purchased 1,000,000 3.2000 American 8 Sep 2012
ORD Put Options Written -2,500,000 2.6000 American 8 Sep 2012
ORD Put Options Written -1,000,000 4.8000 American 8 Sep 2012
ORD Call Options Purchased 2,500,000 3.6000 American 8 Sep 2012
ORD Call Options Written -1,000,000 3.6000 American 8 Sep 2012
ORD Call Options Written -2,500,000 3.8000 American 8 Sep 2012
ORD Call Options Written -2,500,000 4.0000 American 8 Sep 2012
ORD Call Options Written -1,000,000 4.8000 American 8 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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