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) | Â | Name of exempt principal trader: | Â | BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD | |
(b) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose |
GLENCORE INTL PLC |
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 | 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: | 30 November 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: | Â | Â | Â | ORD | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Interests | Â | Short Positions | Â | ||||||||
 |  | Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||||||
(1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||||||
and/or controlled: | 5,106,838 | 0.07% | 34,664,115 | 0.49% | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(2) | Derivatives (other than | ||||||||||
options): | 34,275,199 | 0.48% | 2,578,516 | 0.04% | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(3) | Options and agreements to | ||||||||||
purchase/sell: | 1,000,000 | 0.01% | 250,000 | 0.00% | |||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
(4) | TOTAL: | ||||||||||
40,382,037 | 0.57% | 37,492,631 | 0.53% | ||||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
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: | 1,400,000 | 0.06% | 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: | ||||||||||
1,400,000 | 0.06% | 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 | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 200 | 42.4000 HKD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 500 | 42.1500 HKD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 600 | 42.2500 HKD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 900 | 42.3000 HKD | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 1,000 | 3.4180 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 4,669 | 3.4493 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 5,339 | 3.4595 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 6,809 | 3.4744 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 9,556 | 3.4616 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 13,621 | 3.4581 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 23,263 | 3.4689 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 27,808 | 3.4682 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 38,368 | 3.4550 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 48,978 | 3.4574 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 62,094 | 3.4476 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 71,344 | 3.4623 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 260,494 | 3.4632 GBP | ||||
ORD | Purchase | 477,356 | 3.4527 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 100 | 42.2500 HKD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 200 | 42.3000 HKD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 500 | 42.5000 HKD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,868 | 3.4543 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,888 | 3.4846 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 2,000 | 42.2475 HKD | ||||
ORD | Sale | 4,503 | 3.4782 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 5,347 | 3.4567 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 6,147 | 3.4740 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 8,119 | 3.4780 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 8,905 | 3.4597 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 11,451 | 3.4680 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 14,225 | 3.4576 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 27,808 | 3.4683 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 34,726 | 3.4571 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 46,327 | 3.4550 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 68,699 | 3.4657 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 129,811 | 3.4645 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 139,337 | 3.4625 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 165,553 | 3.4603 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 478,068 | 3.4527 GBP | ||||
ORD | Sale | 1,220,000 | 3.4482 GBP |
(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 | CFD | Long | 600 | 42.3704 HKD | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 1,078 | 3.4516 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Long | 165,219 | 3.4601 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Long | 2,440,000 | 3.4482 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 700 | 3.4360 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 1,000 | 3.4180 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 7,339 | 3.4530 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 59,394 | 3.4484 GBP | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 250,000 | 3.4734 GBP | |||||
ORD | SWAP | Short | 1,220,000 | 3.4482 GBP | |||||
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NB: The below transactions which were previously disclosed have been cancelled | |||||||||
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Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||||
relevant | description | reference | unit | ||||||
security | Â | Â | securities | Â | |||||
ORD | CFD | Short | 250,000 | 3.4734 GBP |
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security | Â | Product description e.g. call option | Â | Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. | Â | Number of securities to which option relates | Â | Exercise price per unit | Â |
Type
e.g. American, European etc. |
 | Expiry date |  | Option money paid/ received per unit |
(ii) Exercising
Class of relevant security | Â |
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 | 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 |
3 Dec 2012 |
Contact name: | Â | Geoff Smith |
Telephone number: | Â | 020 3555 4632 |
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 “Codeâ€)
1. KEY INFORMATION
Identity of the person whose positions/dealings | Â | BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD |
are being disclosed: | Â | |
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | GLENCORE INTL PLC | |
relevant securities this from relates: | Â |
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 | Put Options | Purchased | 1,000,000 | 3.2000 | American | 2 Dec 2012 | |||||||
ORD | Call Options | Written | -250,000 | 3.6000 | American | 2 Dec 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.
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.