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 December 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:       ORD            
Interests Short Positions
    Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 4,634,019 0.07% 37,297,153 0.53%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 36,978,109 0.52% 2,584,114 0.04%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 1,000,000 0.01% 250,000 0.00%
           
(4) TOTAL:
42,612,128 0.60% 40,131,267 0.57%
           
Class of relevant security:   Convertible Bond XS0475310396      
Interests Short Positions
    Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 600,000 0.03% 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:
600,000 0.03% 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 Sale 1,400,000 123.3750 USD
ORD Purchase 300 44.5000 HKD
ORD Purchase 400 44.0000 HKD
ORD Purchase 600 44.3000 HKD
ORD Purchase 600 44.3500 HKD
ORD Purchase 657 3.5221 GBP
ORD Purchase 2,000 44.1000 HKD
ORD Purchase 3,050 3.5170 GBP
ORD Purchase 5,214 3.5273 GBP
ORD Purchase 5,795 3.5288 GBP
ORD Purchase 8,800 44.4500 HKD
ORD Purchase 10,412 3.5333 GBP
ORD Purchase 10,600 44.2000 HKD
ORD Purchase 13,198 3.5233 GBP
ORD Purchase 14,600 44.4000 HKD
ORD Purchase 17,802 3.5226 GBP
ORD Purchase 32,707 3.5190 GBP
ORD Purchase 64,802 3.5231 GBP
ORD Purchase 72,956 3.5262 GBP
ORD Purchase 131,622 3.5206 GBP
ORD Purchase 244,581 3.5252 GBP
ORD Purchase 285,548 3.5243 GBP
ORD Sale 770 3.5318 GBP
ORD Sale 800 3.5175 GBP
ORD Sale 2,396 3.5207 GBP
ORD Sale 3,230 3.5303 GBP
ORD Sale 5,214 3.5273 GBP
ORD Sale 9,793 3.5341 GBP
ORD Sale 10,761 3.5267 GBP
ORD Sale 10,952 3.5275 GBP
ORD Sale 12,779 3.5279 GBP
ORD Sale 12,976 3.5259 GBP
ORD Sale 15,144 3.5252 GBP
ORD Sale 22,212 3.5235 GBP
ORD Sale 25,854 3.5299 GBP
ORD Sale 27,144 3.5211 GBP
ORD Sale 33,300 44.3525 HKD
ORD Sale 36,085 3.5190 GBP
ORD Sale 65,814 3.5231 GBP
ORD Sale 83,628 3.5325 GBP
ORD Sale 109,897 3.5248 GBP
ORD Sale 139,381 3.5265 GBP
ORD Sale 139,381 3.5285 GBP
ORD Sale 145,549 3.5250 GBP
ORD Sale 305,000 3.5319 GBP
ORD Sale 381,250 3.5173 GBP
ORD Sale 483,555 3.5256 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 3,685 3.5220 GBP
ORD CFD Long 4,600 3.5196 GBP
ORD CFD Long 11,163 3.5193 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 25,854 3.5299 GBP
ORD CFD Long 28,950 3.5243 GBP
ORD CFD Long 80,823 3.5215 GBP
ORD CFD Long 305,000 3.5319 GBP
ORD CFD Long 379,683 3.5261 GBP
ORD CFD Long 381,250 3.5173 GBP
ORD CFD Short 4,600 44.2531 HKD
ORD CFD Short 8,003 3.5200 GBP
ORD CFD Short 8,852 3.5206 GBP
ORD CFD Short 229,976 3.5257 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:  

19 Dec 2012

Contact name:   Geoff Smith
Telephone number:   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.

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 1,000,000 3.2000 American 20 Dec 2012
ORD Call Options Written -250,000 3.6000 American 20 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 (“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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