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: 11 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: 11,916,091 0.17% 30,363,894 0.44%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 28,685,972 0.41% 12,644,840 0.18%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 4,863,800 0.07% 10,500,000 0.15%
           
(4) TOTAL:
45,465,863 0.66% 53,508,734 0.77%
Class of relevant security:   Convertible Bond XS0475310396      
Interests   Short Positions  
    Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 4,500,000 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:
4,500,000 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 100 46.4500 HKD
ORD Purchase 200 45.7500 HKD
ORD Purchase 400 45.8000 HKD
ORD Purchase 600 46.1000 HKD
ORD Purchase 900 46.3500 HKD
ORD Purchase 1,000 45.5500 HKD
ORD Purchase 1,200 46.4000 HKD
ORD Purchase 1,917 3.6466 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,100 45.5000 HKD
ORD Purchase 2,864 3.6435 GBP
ORD Purchase 3,500 46.0000 HKD
ORD Purchase 5,000 46.0500 HKD
ORD Purchase 5,956 3.6603 GBP
ORD Purchase 7,900 46.5000 HKD
ORD Purchase 10,891 3.6494 GBP
ORD Purchase 11,477 3.7602 GBP
ORD Purchase 12,194 3.6430 GBP
ORD Purchase 22,655 3.6486 GBP
ORD Purchase 55,658 3.6457 GBP
ORD Purchase 63,433 3.6472 GBP
ORD Purchase 75,316 3.6477 GBP
ORD Purchase 99,470 3.6461 GBP
ORD Purchase 139,262 3.6540 GBP
ORD Purchase 157,493 3.6480 GBP
ORD Purchase 225,736 3.6437 GBP
ORD Purchase 459,141 3.6454 GBP
ORD Purchase 732,637 3.6428 GBP
ORD Sale 2 3.6820 GBP
ORD Sale 66 3.6614 GBP
ORD Sale 100 46.4500 HKD
ORD Sale 102 3.6283 GBP
ORD Sale 200 45.6500 HKD
ORD Sale 300 45.6000 HKD
ORD Sale 400 45.7500 HKD
ORD Sale 600 46.1000 HKD
ORD Sale 1,200 46.4000 HKD
ORD Sale 1,800 46.1944 HKD
ORD Sale 3,761 3.6435 GBP
ORD Sale 4,100 46.0500 HKD
ORD Sale 5,000 45.9000 HKD
ORD Sale 5,400 45.4000 HKD
ORD Sale 7,000 46.0250 HKD
ORD Sale 8,206 3.6486 GBP
ORD Sale 8,900 3.6627 GBP
ORD Sale 9,100 46.4747 HKD
ORD Sale 15,900 45.5000 HKD
ORD Sale 19,400 45.4500 HKD
ORD Sale 20,903 3.6423 GBP
ORD Sale 21,513 3.6559 GBP
ORD Sale 25,727 3.6479 GBP
ORD Sale 73,090 3.6475 GBP
ORD Sale 219,256 3.6500 GBP
ORD Sale 275,942 3.6463 GBP
ORD Sale 309,380 3.6447 GBP
ORD Sale 463,723 3.6509 GBP
ORD Sale 862,991 3.6409 GBP
ORD Sale 1,000,000

3.6400 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 343 3.6539 GBP
ORD CFD Long 2,500 46.0976 HKD
ORD SWAP Long 12,600 3.6588 GBP
ORD CFD Long 29,699 3.6466 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 30,413 3.6579 GBP
ORD CFD Long 50,100 45.5012 HKD
ORD CFD Long 173,920 3.6498 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 1,000,000 3.8500 GBP
ORD CFD Short 1,000 45.6076 HKD
ORD CFD Short 1,772 3.6536 GBP
ORD CFD Short 1,900 46.1210 HKD
ORD CFD Short 2,100 45.5575 HKD
ORD SWAP Short 2,200 3.6441 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 10,300 3.6485 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 33,546 3.6489 GBP
ORD CFD Short 50,100 3.6666 GBP
ORD CFD Short 188,226 3.6452 GBP
ORD CFD Short 475,841 3.6400 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:  

12 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.

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 13 Sep 2012
ORD Put Options Purchased 1,000,000 3.2000 American 13 Sep 2012
ORD Put Options Written -2,500,000 2.6000 American 13 Sep 2012
ORD Put Options Written -1,000,000 4.8000 American 13 Sep 2012
ORD Call Options Purchased 2,500,000 3.6000 American 13 Sep 2012
ORD Call Options Written -1,000,000 3.6000 American 13 Sep 2012
ORD Call Options Written -2,500,000 3.8000 American 13 Sep 2012
ORD Call Options Written -2,500,000 4.0000 American 13 Sep 2012
ORD Call Options Written -1,000,000 4.8000 American 13 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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