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 (“RIâ€) STATUS (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the “Codeâ€)
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Name of exempt principal trader: | Â |
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: | Â |
Advisor to Offeree |
(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken: | Â |
21 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? | Â |
YES: Â XSTRATA PLC Â |
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: | Â | Â | Â | ORD | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Interests | Â | Short Positions | Â | ||||||||
 |  | Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||||||
(1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
and/or controlled: | 15,246,681 | 0.22% | 30,762,122 | 0.44% | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(2) | Derivatives (other than | ||||||||||
options): | 27,480,948 | 0.40% | 14,159,472 | 0.20% | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(3) | Options and agreements to | ||||||||||
purchase/sell: | 1,363,800 | 0.02% | 250,000 | 0.00% | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(4) | TOTAL: | ||||||||||
44,091,429 | 0.64% | 45,171,594 | 0.65% | ||||||||
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Class of relevant security: | Â | Convertible Bond XS0475310396 | Â | Â | Â | ||||||
Interests | Â | Short Positions | Â | ||||||||
 |  | Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||||||
(1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
and/or controlled: | 3,600,000 | 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: | ||||||||||
3,600,000 | 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: | Â |
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: | Â |
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 | Â | Purchase/sale | Â | Number of | Â | Price per unit | |
security | Â | securities | Â | ||||
Convertible Bond | Purchase | 1,000,000 | 126.0500 USD | ||||
Convertible Bond | Purchase | 3,000,000 | 126.1250 USD | ||||
Convertible Bond | Sale | 1,000,000 | 127.0000 USD | ||||
Convertible Bond | Sale | 2,300,000 | 126.6250 USD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 100 | 46.4000 HKD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 185 | 3.7327 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 500 | 46.4500 HKD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 500 | 46.6000 HKD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,700 | 46.7000 HKD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 2,700 | 46.9500 HKD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 3,100 | 46.5000 HKD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 4,100 | 3.6141 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 4,100 | 46.7500 HKD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 5,100 | 46.5500 HKD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 6,239 | 3.7190 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 6,757 | 3.6683 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 10,894 | 3.6515 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 11,037 | 3.6185 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 17,601 | 3.6228 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 18,600 | 3.6513 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 25,077 | 3.6323 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 32,174 | 3.6334 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 39,647 | 3.7300 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 73,572 | 3.6428 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 75,338 | 3.6434 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 76,281 | 3.6727 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 264,912 | 3.6711 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 341,162 | 3.7109 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 389,201 | 3.6634 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 509,000 | 3.6333 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 3,523,080 | 3.6200 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 108 | 3.6455 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 185 | 3.7329 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 500 | 46.7000 HKD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 801 | 3.6240 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,900 | 46.7500 HKD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,018 | 3.6956 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 3,000 | 47.1500 HKD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 3,300 | 46.8500 HKD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 4,000 | 3.6325 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 7,083 | 3.7256 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 8,700 | 46.6879 HKD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 8,736 | 3.6445 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 12,645 | 3.6189 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 13,854 | 3.6530 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 19,194 | 3.6686 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 25,506 | 3.6908 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 39,647 | 3.7300 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 52,943 | 3.6559 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 57,512 | 3.6580 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 92,600 | 3.6857 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 200,000 | 3.7260 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 299,548 | 3.6875 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 400,000 | 3.6279 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 614,832 | 3.6200 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 750,000 | 3.6000 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 980,479 | 3.6271 GBP | ||||
ORD (traded as ADR) | Purchase | 3,200 | 11.7500 USD | ||||
ORD (traded as ADR) | Sale | 3,200 | 11.7500 USD |
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Class of | Â | Product | Â | Nature of dealing | Â | Number of | Â | Price per | |
relevant | description | reference | unit | ||||||
security | Â | Â | securities | Â | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 5,100 | 3.6274 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 5,819 | 3.7259 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 7,373 | 3.6234 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 8,700 | 46.8666 HKD | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 8,900 | 3.7273 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 21,375 | 3.6195 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 44,963 | 3.6927 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 200 | 46.5057 HKD | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 800 | 3.6225 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 4,100 | 3.6141 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 8,900 | 46.6936 HKD | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 11,900 | 3.6928 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 21,375 | 3.6513 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 21,964 | 3.6370 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 61,093 | 3.6751 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 75,338 | 3.6434 GBP |
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class | Â | Product | Â | Writing, | Â | Number | Â | Exercise | Â | Type | Â | Expiry | Â | Option | |
of | description | purchasing, | of | price | date | money | |||||||||
relevant | selling, | securities | per unit | paid/ | |||||||||||
security | varying etc | to which | received | ||||||||||||
option | per unit | ||||||||||||||
 |  |  | relates |  |  |  |  | ||||||||
ORD | Call Options | Purchasing | 1,750,000 | 3.6 GBP | American | 21 September 2012 | TRANSFER | ||||||||
ORD | Call Options | Purchasing | 1,750,000 | 4.8 GBP | American | 21 September 2012 | TRANSFER | ||||||||
ORD | Put Options | Purchasing | 2,500,000 | 3.6 GBP | American | 21 September 2012 | 0.0200 GBP | ||||||||
ORD | Put Options | Selling | 1,000,000 | 3 GBP | American | 21 September 2012 | TRANSFER | ||||||||
ORD | Put Options | Selling | 2,500,000 | 3.6 GBP | American | 21 September 2012 | 0.0200 GBP |
(ii) Exercising
Class of relevant | Â | Product description | Â | Number of | Â | Exercise price per | |
security | Â | securities | unit | ||||
ORD | Call Options | 15,000,000 | 3.8 GBP | ||||
ORD | Call Options | 15,000,000 | 4 GBP | ||||
ORD | Put Options | 15,000,000 | 2.6 GBP | ||||
ORD | Call Options | 7,500,000 | 3.8 GBP | ||||
ORD | Call Options | 7,500,000 | 4 GBP | ||||
ORD | Put Options | 7,500,000 | 2.6 GBP | ||||
ORD | Call Options | 2,500,000 | 3.6 GBP |
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security | Â |
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? | Â |
YES |
Date of disclosure: | Â |
24 Sep 2012 |
Contact name: | Â | Geoff Smith |
Telephone number: | Â | 020 7116 2913 |
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 “Codeâ€)
1. KEY INFORMATION
Identity of person whose open positions are being disclosed: | Â |
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 | Â | Product | Â | Writing, | Â | Number | Â | Exercise | Â | Type | Â | 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 | 3.2000 | American | 23 Sep 2012 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Written | -250,000 | 3.6000 | American | 23 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 (“CFDsâ€) or spread bets.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
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.