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: 18 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: 1,299,482 0.02% 11,844,616 0.17%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 9,651,260 0.14% 706,661 0.01%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 250,000 0.00% 2,325,900 0.03%
           
(4) TOTAL:
11,200,742 0.16% 14,877,177 0.21%
 
 
Class of relevant security:   Convertible Bond      
Interests   Short Positions  
    Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 3,700,000 0.16% 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:
3,700,000 0.16% 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 378 3.4993 GBP
ORD Purchase 379 3.4637 GBP
ORD Purchase 871 3.5147 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,000 43.3000 HKD
ORD Purchase 1,120 3.4465 GBP
ORD Purchase 7,150 3.4940 GBP
ORD Purchase 11,313 3.4595 GBP
ORD Purchase 11,774 3.4558 GBP
ORD Purchase 19,111 3.4966 GBP
ORD Purchase 20,000 3.5082 GBP
ORD Purchase 25,709 3.5079 GBP
ORD Purchase 28,145 3.4924 GBP
ORD Purchase 46,716 3.4600 GBP
ORD Purchase 59,878 3.4718 GBP
ORD Purchase 90,655 3.4798 GBP
ORD Purchase 100,000 3.4681 GBP
ORD Purchase 104,298 3.4787 GBP
ORD Purchase 106,886 3.4830 GBP
ORD Purchase 118,300 43.3459 HKD
ORD Purchase 129,487 3.4743 GBP
ORD Purchase 277,930 3.4809 GBP
ORD Purchase 332,518 3.4766 GBP
ORD Sale 563 3.4905 GBP
ORD Sale 1,249 3.5102 GBP
ORD Sale 1,300 44.1500 HKD
ORD Sale 1,323 3.4625 GBP
ORD Sale 1,628 3.5167 GBP
ORD Sale 3,300 43.9500 HKD
ORD Sale 3,955 3.4765 GBP
ORD Sale 5,000 42.9000 HKD
ORD Sale 5,000 43.1000 HKD
ORD Sale 5,000 43.2500 HKD
ORD Sale 5,872 3.4940 GBP
ORD Sale 8,300 42.9500 HKD
ORD Sale 8,700 43.2000 HKD
ORD Sale 10,000 43.7500 HKD
ORD Sale 12,512 3.4601 GBP
ORD Sale 13,700 43.8000 HKD
ORD Sale 13,900 43.2793 HKD
ORD Sale 15,000 43.8500 HKD
ORD Sale 25,146 3.5083 GBP
ORD Sale 34,000 3.4535 GBP
ORD Sale 35,512 3.4681 GBP
ORD Sale 42,348 3.4725 GBP
ORD Sale 44,234 3.4824 GBP
ORD Sale 47,600 43.1500 HKD
ORD Sale 69,973 3.4851 GBP
ORD Sale 120,048 3.5022 GBP
ORD Sale 134,130 3.4813 GBP
ORD Sale 200,000 3.4995 GBP
ORD Sale 280,000 3.5257 GBP
ORD Sale 314,500 3.5256 GBP
ORD Sale 350,800 3.4753 GBP
ORD Sale 582,319 3.4827 GBP

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of   Product   Nature of dealing   Number of   Price per
relevant description reference unit
security     securities  
ORD SWAP Long 600 3.5120 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 649 3.4685 GBP
ORD CFD Long 1,300 44.0941 HKD
ORD SWAP Long 1,628 3.5167 GBP
ORD CFD Long 1,667 3.5552 GBP
ORD CFD Long 3,300 43.8944 HKD
ORD CFD Long 13,900 43.2793 HKD
ORD CFD Long 30,440 3.5017 GBP
ORD CFD Long 37,369 3.4913 GBP
ORD CFD Long 66,113 3.4538 GBP
ORD CFD Long 280,000 3.5257 GBP
ORD CFD Short 1,000 43.3547 HKD
ORD CFD Short 6,100 3.4803 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 7,150 3.4939 GBP
ORD CFD Short 20,594 3.5253 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 25,999 3.4760 GBP
ORD CFD Short 40,000 3.4756 GBP
ORD CFD Short 74,939 3.4459 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 120,142 3.4784 GBP
ORD CFD Short 146,021 3.4648 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:  

21 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 20 May 2012
ORD Put Options Written -1,000,000 4.8000 American 20 May 2012
ORD Call Options Written -75,900 4.3890 European 6 Jul 2012
ORD Call Options Written -250,000 4.6000 American 20 May 2012
ORD Call Options Written -1,000,000 4.8000 American 20 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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