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:  

13 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: 11,744,342 0.17% 30,126,548 0.44%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 29,033,388 0.42% 12,491,385 0.18%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 4,863,800 0.07% 10,500,000 0.15%
           
(4) TOTAL:
45,641,530 0.66% 53,117,933 0.77%
 
Class of relevant security:   Convertible Bond XS0475310396      
Interests Short Positions
    Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 3,400,000 0.15% 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:
3,400,000 0.15% 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 1,000,000 120.2500 USD
Convertible Bond Sale 2,500,000 120.3000 USD
ORD Purchase 1,700 45.0000 HKD
ORD Purchase 2,086 3.5322 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,700 44.9500 HKD
ORD Purchase 12,226 3.5302 GBP
ORD Purchase 13,389 3.5362 GBP
ORD Purchase 18,829 3.5284 GBP
ORD Purchase 20,388 3.5503 GBP
ORD Purchase 28,241 13.4508 GBP
ORD Purchase 30,000 3.5200 GBP
ORD Purchase 42,542 3.5371 GBP
ORD Purchase 52,000 44.6335 HKD
ORD Purchase 60,248 3.5361 GBP
ORD Purchase 64,999 3.5330 GBP
ORD Purchase 92,016 3.5338 GBP
ORD Purchase 197,234 3.5352 GBP
ORD Purchase 198,292 3.5287 GBP
ORD Purchase 216,336 3.5374 GBP
ORD Purchase 220,000 TRANSFER
ORD Purchase 226,930 3.5426 GBP
ORD Purchase 476,721 3.5332 GBP
ORD Sale 200 45.0000 HKD
ORD Sale 1,100 44.5500 HKD
ORD Sale 3,230 3.5451 GBP
ORD Sale 4,200 44.9678 HKD
ORD Sale 4,500 44.6000 HKD
ORD Sale 4,946 3.5311 GBP
ORD Sale 5,761 3.5335 GBP
ORD Sale 5,787 3.5434 GBP
ORD Sale 9,000 44.5000 HKD
ORD Sale 12,860 3.5275 GBP
ORD Sale 16,600 44.7000 HKD
ORD Sale 17,363 3.5278 GBP
ORD Sale 19,473 3.5359 GBP
ORD Sale 20,800 44.6500 HKD
ORD Sale 28,233 3.5282 GBP
ORD Sale 35,949 3.5342 GBP
ORD Sale 38,582 3.5313 GBP
ORD Sale 56,585 3.5498 GBP
ORD Sale 67,645 3.5339 GBP
ORD Sale 90,800 3.5430 GBP
ORD Sale 150,588 3.5326 GBP
ORD Sale 162,900 3.5416 GBP
ORD Sale 172,150 3.5314 GBP
ORD Sale 220,000 TRANSFER
ORD Sale 543,973 3.5360 GBP
ORD (traded as ADR) Purchase 4,800 11.3700 USD
ORD (traded as ADR) Purchase 5,000 11.5568 USD
ORD (traded as ADR) Sale 4,800 11.3700 USD
ORD (traded as ADR) Sale 5,000 11.5568 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 9,919 3.5431 GBP
ORD CFD Long 10,588 3.5309 GBP
ORD CFD Long 14,464 3.5420 GBP
ORD CFD Long 220,000 45.0000 HKD
ORD SWAP Short 2,086 3.5322 GBP
ORD CFD Short 4,800 3.5407 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 5,000 3.5384 GBP
ORD CFD Short 7,643 3.5526 GBP
ORD CFD Short 10,370 3.5431 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 28,241 3.5281 GBP
ORD CFD Short 34,563 3.5387 GBP
ORD CFD Short 220,000 3.6065 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:  

14 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 15 Sep 2012
ORD Put Options Purchased 1,000,000 3.2000 American 15 Sep 2012
ORD Put Options Written -2,500,000 2.6000 American 15 Sep 2012
ORD Put Options Written -1,000,000 4.8000 American 15 Sep 2012
ORD Call Options Purchased 2,500,000 3.6000 American 15 Sep 2012
ORD Call Options Written -1,000,000 3.6000 American 15 Sep 2012
ORD Call Options Written -2,500,000 3.8000 American 15 Sep 2012
ORD Call Options Written -2,500,000 4.0000 American 15 Sep 2012
ORD Call Options Written -1,000,000 4.8000 American 15 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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