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: 15 May 2012
(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it YES:
today disclosing, under the Code in respect XSTRATA PLC
  of any other party to this offer?  

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: 1,170,051 0.02% 9,791,066 0.14%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 8,336,614 0.12% 855,321 0.01%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 250,000 0.00% 2,325,900 0.03%
           
(4) TOTAL:
9,756,665 0.14% 12,972,287 0.19%
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 819 3.6949 GBP
ORD Purchase 11,182 3.7304 GBP
ORD Purchase 12,416 3.7059 GBP
ORD Purchase 21,000 47.0528 HKD
ORD Purchase 21,797 3.7242 GBP
ORD Purchase 21,834 3.7114 GBP
ORD Purchase 29,343 3.7105 GBP
ORD Purchase 47,018 3.7184 GBP
ORD Purchase 64,469 3.7179 GBP
ORD Purchase 64,707 3.6932 GBP
ORD Purchase 71,998 3.7210 GBP
ORD Purchase 116,156 3.7164 GBP
ORD Purchase 316,855 3.7181 GBP
ORD Sale 100 46.6398 HKD
ORD Sale 200 3.7655 GBP
ORD Sale 882 3.6790 GBP
ORD Sale 900 46.8500 HKD
ORD Sale 902 3.7111 GBP
ORD Sale 1,100 46.7500 HKD
ORD Sale 1,200 46.9000 HKD
ORD Sale 4,800 46.8000 HKD
ORD Sale 5,538 3.7372 GBP
ORD Sale 5,846 3.7288 GBP
ORD Sale 7,792 3.7015 GBP
ORD Sale 10,000 3.7397 GBP
ORD Sale 13,000 47.2000 HKD
ORD Sale 21,000 3.7418 GBP
ORD Sale 21,159 3.7050 GBP
ORD Sale 25,841 3.7076 GBP
ORD Sale 39,493 3.7149 GBP
ORD Sale 40,000 3.6996 GBP
ORD Sale 44,575 3.7139 GBP
ORD Sale 104,945 3.7224 GBP
ORD Sale 320,652 3.7138 GBP
ORD Sale 499,510 3.7246 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 100 46.6398 HKD
ORD SWAP Long 200 3.7655 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 952 3.6963 GBP
ORD CFD Long 2,049 3.6785 GBP
ORD CFD Long 13,873 3.7387 GBP
ORD CFD Long 159,227 3.7056 GBP
ORD CFD Short 3,743 3.7416 GBP
ORD CFD Short 4,150 3.7643 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 8,700 3.7170 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 22,248 3.7501 GBP
ORD CFD Short 40,000 3.7237 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 41,759 3.7091 GBP
ORD CFD Short 97,292 3.7148 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 240,415 3.7861 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:  

16 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.

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 Put Options Purchased 250,000 4.4000 American 17 May 2012
ORD Put Options Written -1,000,000 4.8000 American 17 May 2012
ORD Call Options Written -75,900 4.3890 European 6 Jul 2012
ORD Call Options Written -250,000 4.6000 American 17 May 2012
ORD Call Options Written -1,000,000 4.8000 American 17 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.

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