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:  

1 June 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: 1,587,700 0.02% 12,002,447 0.17%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 8,958,496 0.13% 1,081,455 0.02%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 250,000 0.00% 2,325,900 0.03%
           
(4) TOTAL:
10,796,196 0.16% 15,409,802 0.22%
Class of relevant security:       Convertible Bond            
Interests Short Positions
    Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 5,400,000 0.23% 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:
5,400,000 0.23% 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 200 3.4365 GBP
ORD Purchase 300 40.9500 HKD
ORD Purchase 320 3.3885 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,000 40.9000 HKD
ORD Purchase 1,148 3.3485 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,247 3.3370 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,300 41.0000 HKD
ORD Purchase 2,693 3.3851 GBP
ORD Purchase 7,703 3.3786 GBP
ORD Purchase 10,750 3.3497 GBP
ORD Purchase 13,158 3.4005 GBP
ORD Purchase 25,000 3.3372 GBP
ORD Purchase 33,200 40.9207 HKD
ORD Purchase 38,973 3.3626 GBP
ORD Purchase 53,443 3.3450 GBP
ORD Purchase 68,387 3.3516 GBP
ORD Purchase 80,773 3.3531 GBP
ORD Purchase 86,699 3.3540 GBP
ORD Purchase 200,000 3.3506 GBP
ORD Purchase 227,906 3.3515 GBP
ORD Purchase 250,000 3.3489 GBP
ORD Purchase 296,224 3.3800 GBP
ORD Purchase 310,987 3.3580 GBP
ORD Sale 100 40.7000 HKD
ORD Sale 200 41.1500 HKD
ORD Sale 500 40.8500 HKD
ORD Sale 700 41.4000 HKD
ORD Sale 1,148 3.3485 GBP
ORD Sale 2,500 40.9560 HKD
ORD Sale 2,940 3.3905 GBP
ORD Sale 2,948 3.3359 GBP
ORD Sale 3,100 41.0500 HKD
ORD Sale 3,543 3.4042 GBP
ORD Sale 3,787 3.3493 GBP
ORD Sale 6,078 3.3500 GBP
ORD Sale 6,242 3.3358 GBP
ORD Sale 9,500 40.9000 HKD
ORD Sale 10,500 40.8000 HKD
ORD Sale 10,900 41.0000 HKD
ORD Sale 11,234 3.3481 GBP
ORD Sale 17,400 3.3525 GBP
ORD Sale 20,000 3.3486 GBP
ORD Sale 56,308 3.3694 GBP
ORD Sale 57,100 3.3885 GBP
ORD Sale 80,773 3.3532 GBP
ORD Sale 105,724 3.3841 GBP
ORD Sale 155,616 3.3581 GBP
ORD Sale 164,000 3.4477 GBP
ORD Sale 303,464 3.3513 GBP
ORD Sale 451,529 3.3526 GBP
ORD (traded as ADR) Purchase 210 10.2800 USD
ORD (traded as ADR) Sale 210 10.2800 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 2,087 3.3290 GBP
ORD CFD Long 2,300 40.9206 HKD
ORD CFD Long 55,733 3.3541 GBP
ORD CFD Short 100 40.9992 HKD
ORD CFD Short 1,247 3.3372 GBP
ORD CFD Short 2,693 3.3851 GBP
ORD CFD Short 8,995 3.3503 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 12,409 3.3457 GBP
ORD CFD Short 24,427 3.3536 GBP
ORD CFD Short 81,201 3.3561 GBP
ORD CFD Short 144,648 3.3421 GBP
ORD CFD Short 250,000 3.3489 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: 6 Jun 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 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 Put Options Purchased 250,000 4.4000 American 3 Jun 2012
ORD Put Options Written -1,000,000 4.8000 American 3 Jun 2012
ORD Call Options Written -75,900 4.3890 European 6 Jul 2012
ORD Call Options Written -250,000 4.6000 American 3 Jun 2012
ORD Call Options Written -1,000,000 4.8000 American 3 Jun 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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