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: 21 June 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: 5,256,038 0.08% 18,384,352 0.27%
           
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 14,890,570 0.22% 3,570,096 0.05%
           
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 1,760,000 0.03% 2,075,900 0.03%
           
(4) TOTAL:
21,906,608 0.32% 24,030,348 0.35%
 
Class of relevant security:   Convertible Bond      
Interests   Short Positions  
    Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 1,500,000 0.07% 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:
1,500,000 0.07% 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 Purchase 2,000,000 115.8750 USD
Convertible Bond Sale 3,200,000 116.2925 USD
ORD Purchase 891 3.2500 GBP
ORD Purchase 5,590 3.2403 GBP
ORD Purchase 7,324 3.2155 GBP
ORD Purchase 9,985 3.2521 GBP
ORD Purchase 11,903 3.2397 GBP
ORD Purchase 37,257 3.2511 GBP
ORD Purchase 83,608 3.2419 GBP
ORD Purchase 97,844 3.2472 GBP
ORD Purchase 101,066 3.2383 GBP
ORD Purchase 148,900 39.8432 HKD
ORD Purchase 176,244 3.2499 GBP
ORD Purchase 292,730 3.2374 GBP
ORD Purchase 377,306 3.2578 GBP
ORD Purchase 500 3.3000 GBP
ORD Purchase 100 39.7500 HKD
ORD Purchase 100 40.1500 HKD
ORD Sale 300 39.7500 HKD
ORD Sale 300 40.2000 HKD
ORD Sale 600 40.0500 HKD
ORD Sale 1,100 39.4500 HKD
ORD Sale 1,200 39.8500 HKD
ORD Sale 1,200 39.9500 HKD
ORD Sale 1,600 39.5500 HKD
ORD Sale 1,600 39.6000 HKD
ORD Sale 2,000 39.8000 HKD
ORD Sale 2,000 39.9000 HKD
ORD Sale 2,300 39.4000 HKD
ORD Sale 2,300 39.6500 HKD
ORD Sale 4,100 40.3000 HKD
ORD Sale 4,500 39.5000 HKD
ORD Sale 5,400 39.2000 HKD
ORD Sale 5,600 39.3500 HKD
ORD Sale 6,800 39.3000 HKD
ORD Sale 6,900 40.2500 HKD
ORD Sale 8,800 40.0000 HKD
ORD Sale 13,000 40.1000 HKD
ORD Sale 24,500 39.2500 HKD
ORD Sale 60,800 40.1500 HKD
ORD Sale 100 40.1500 HKD
ORD Sale 212 3.2760 GBP
ORD Sale 891 3.2500 GBP
ORD Sale 998 3.2900 GBP
ORD Sale 3,249 3.2446 GBP
ORD Sale 3,476 3.2407 GBP
ORD Sale 3,870 3.2497 GBP
ORD Sale 7,265 3.2532 GBP
ORD Sale 7,324 3.2156 GBP
ORD Sale 8,267 3.2346 GBP
ORD Sale 10,500 3.3006 GBP
ORD Sale 44,678 3.2993 GBP
ORD Sale 45,525 3.2568 GBP
ORD Sale 51,831 3.2375 GBP
ORD Sale 62,792 3.2412 GBP
ORD Sale 73,201 3.2489 GBP
ORD Sale 100,000 3.2394 GBP
ORD Sale 179,830 3.2165 GBP
ORD Sale 201,162 3.2586 GBP
ORD Sale 416,670 3.2970 GBP
ORD Sale 434,728 3.2621 GBP

(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 5,400 3.2900 GBP
ORD CFD Long 8,000 39.7522 HKD
ORD SWAP Long 12,092 3.2941 GBP
ORD CFD Long 23,680 3.2473 GBP
ORD SWAP Long 55,178 3.2995 GBP
ORD CFD Long 100,000 3.2394 GBP
ORD CFD Long 405,933 3.2616 GBP
ORD CFD Short 100 39.7978 HKD
ORD CFD Short 396 3.2166 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 864 3.2191 GBP
ORD CFD Short 1,000 3.2218 GBP
ORD CFD Short 3,439 3.2169 GBP
ORD CFD Short 4,328 3.2754 GBP
ORD CFD Short 6,171 3.2145 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 6,400 3.2380 GBP
ORD CFD Short 7,900 3.2612 GBP
ORD CFD Short 16,980 3.2196 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 18,032 3.2941 GBP
ORD CFD Short 23,111 3.2582 GBP
ORD CFD Short 101,066 3.2383 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:  

22 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 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 Call Options Purchased 760,000 4.0000 European 25 Jul 2012
ORD Put Options Purchased 1,000,000 3.2000 American 23 Jun 2012
ORD Put Options Written -1,000,000 4.8000 American 23 Jun 2012
ORD Call Options Written -75,900 4.3890 European 6 Jul 2012
ORD Call Options Written -1,000,000 4.8000 American 23 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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