Form 8(DD) - Xstrata plc

RNS Number : 3258D
Glencore International PLC
26 April 2013
 



FORM 8 (DD)

 

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY A PARTY TO AN OFFER OR PERSON ACTING IN CONCERT (INCLUDING DEALINGS FOR THE ACCOUNT OF DISCRETIONARY INVESTMENT CLIENTS)

Rules 8.1, 8.2 and 8.4 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

1.         KEY INFORMATION

 

(a) Identity of the party to the offer or person acting in concert making the disclosure:

GLENCORE INTERNATIONAL PLC ("GLENCORE")

(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

     The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient


(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

XSTRATA PLC ("XSTRATA")

(d) Status of person making the disclosure:

     e.g. offeror, offeree, person acting in concert with the offeror/offeree (specify name of offeror/offeree)

OFFEROR

(e) Date dealing undertaken:

25 APRIL 2013

(f)  Has the party previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?

YES

If YES, specify which:

GLENCORE

 

2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

(a)        Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing

 

Class of relevant security:

 

Ordinary shares with a nominal value of US$0.50 each

 

 

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

1,010,403,999

33.65

NONE


(2) Derivatives (other than options):

NONE*


NONE*


(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:

NONE


NONE


 

     TOTAL:

1,010,403,999

33.65

NONE


 

* ON 7 FEBRUARY 2012 GLENCORE DISCLOSED IN ITS OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE IN XSTRATA THAT IT HELD DERIVATIVE POSITIONS IN XSTRATA WHICH TAKEN TOGETHER DID NOT RESULT IN GLENCORE HAVING A NET LONG OR A NET SHORT EXPOSURE TO THE RELEVANT SECURITIES IN XSTRATA AND THAT THE DERIVATIVE POSITIONS DID NOT GIVE GLENCORE ANY FURTHER VOTING RIGHTS OR ANY RIGHT (ABSOLUTE OR CONDITIONAL) TO ACQUIRE ANY FURTHER RELEVANT SECURITIES OR VOTING RIGHTS IN XSTRATA OVER AND ABOVE THE 1,010,403,999 ORDINARY SHARES IN XSTRATA DISCLOSED ABOVE AT 2(a)(1). ON 25 APRIL 2013 GLENCORE CLOSED OUT ITS DERIVATIVE POSITIONS.

 

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).

 

Details of any securities borrowing and lending positions or financial collateral arrangements should be disclosed on a Supplemental Form 8 (SBL).

 

(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other executive options)

 

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:

NONE

Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

N/A

 

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(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

 

3.         DEALINGS BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

(a)        Purchases and sales

 

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

 

Number of securities

Price per unit

None

 

 



 

(b)        Derivatives transactions (other than options)

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. CFD

Nature of dealing

e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

Ordinary shares with a nominal value of US$0.50 each

See * note above

 

Closing of long and short positions

131,548,098

n/a

 

(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

None








 

(ii)        Exercising

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

None



 

 

 

(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)

None

 

 



 

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(c), 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 party to the offer or person acting in concert making the disclosure and any other person:

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 party to the offer or person acting in concert 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

 

Are any Supplemental Forms attached?

 

Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions)

NO

Supplemental Form 8 (SBL)

NO

 

 

Date of disclosure:

26 April 2013

Contact name:

John Burton

Telephone number:

+41 41 709 2619

 

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.

 


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