GLEN: BARCLAYS PLC: Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - GLENCORE INTL PLC

  GLEN: BARCLAYS PLC: Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - GLENCORE INTL PLC

UK Regulatory Announcement

LONDON

                                                         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       GLENCORE INTL PLC
      whose
      relevant securities this form relates:        
(c)   Name of the party to the offer with which    Advisor to Offeree
      exempt
      principal trader is connected                 
(d)   Date position held/dealing undertaken:       1 March 2013
(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                        ORD                                     
security:
                                Interests                Short          
                                                         Positions
                                Number           (%)     Number        (%)
(1)          Relevant
             securities owned
             and/or             3,886,444        0.05%   49,163,355    0.69%
             controlled:
                                                                        
(2)          Derivatives
             (other than
             options):          44,505,150       0.63%   2,055,455     0.03%
                                                                        
(3)          Options and
             agreements to
             purchase/sell:     0                0.00%   0             0.00%
                                                                        
(4)          TOTAL:
                                48,391,594       0.68%   51,218,810    0.72%
                                                                              
Class of                        Convertible
relevant                        Bond                                    
security:                       XS0475310396
                                Interests                Short          
                                                         Positions
                                Number           (%)     Number        (%)
(1)          Relevant
             securities owned
             and/or             6,900,000        0.30%   0             0.00%
             controlled:
                                                                        
(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:
                                6,900,000        0.30%   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        100          45.0500 HKD
ORD                 Purchase        679          3.7633 GBP
ORD                 Purchase        815          3.7882 GBP
ORD                 Purchase        3,536        3.7889 GBP
ORD                 Purchase        3,789        3.7478 GBP
ORD                 Purchase        4,930        3.7627 GBP
ORD                 Purchase        5,229        3.7199 GBP
ORD                 Purchase        8,465        3.7704 GBP
ORD                 Purchase        15,250       3.7167 GBP
ORD                 Purchase        15,916       3.7504 GBP
ORD                 Purchase        17,368       3.7575 GBP
ORD                 Purchase        39,663       3.7402 GBP
ORD                 Purchase        46,445       3.7213 GBP
ORD                 Purchase        63,418       3.7451 GBP
ORD                 Purchase        80,171       3.7555 GBP
ORD                 Purchase        88,538       3.7135 GBP
ORD                 Purchase        199,606      3.7407 GBP
ORD                 Purchase        354,250      3.7397 GBP
ORD                 Purchase        422,958      3.7569 GBP
ORD                 Sale            100          45.0500 HKD
ORD                 Sale            206          3.7640 GBP
ORD                 Sale            2,950        3.7633 GBP
ORD                 Sale            3,161        3.7969 GBP
ORD                 Sale            5,022        3.7375 GBP
ORD                 Sale            5,745        3.7663 GBP
ORD                 Sale            7,689        3.7342 GBP
ORD                 Sale            10,223       3.7303 GBP
ORD                 Sale            11,904       3.7378 GBP
ORD                 Sale            13,179       3.6988 GBP
ORD                 Sale            25,966       3.7369 GBP
ORD                 Sale            26,450       3.7799 GBP
ORD                 Sale            30,100       3.7138 GBP
ORD                 Sale            34,479       3.7481 GBP
ORD                 Sale            41,791       3.8616 GBP
ORD                 Sale            46,808       3.7508 GBP
ORD                 Sale            50,600       3.7376 GBP
ORD                 Sale            54,921       3.7173 GBP
ORD                 Sale            63,883       3.7459 GBP
ORD                 Sale            68,561       3.7695 GBP
ORD                 Sale            85,585       3.7466 GBP
ORD                 Sale            89,297       3.7340 GBP
ORD                 Sale            90,287       3.7344 GBP
ORD                 Sale            150,000      3.7242 GBP
ORD                 Sale            159,315      3.7366 GBP
ORD                 Sale            244,393      3.7329 GBP
ORD                 Sale            247,184      3.7769 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                20,746       3.7272 GBP
ORD        SWAP          Long                21,448       3.7443 GBP
ORD        SWAP          Long                40,462       3.7545 GBP
ORD        CFD           Long                51,332       3.7498 GBP
ORD        CFD           Long                63,883       3.7459 GBP
ORD        SWAP          Long                120,064      3.7470 GBP
ORD        CFD           Long                84,846       3.7274 GBP
ORD        SWAP          Short               753          3.7671 GBP
ORD        CFD           Short               46,672       3.7544 GBP
ORD        CFD           Short               331,885      3.7393 GBP

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

                         Writing,      Number of               Type                 Option
Class of   Product       purchasing,   securities   Exercise                        money
relevant   description   selling,      to which     price      e.g.        Expiry   paid/
security   e.g. call     varying       option       per unit   American,   date     received
           option        etc.          relates                 European             per unit
                                                               etc.

(ii) Exercising

                     Product
Class of relevant    description          Number of           Exercise price
security                                  securities          per unit
                     e.g. call option

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

                    Nature of dealing
Class of relevant                        Details   Price per unit (if
security            e.g. subscription,             applicable)
                    conversion

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?   NO

Date of disclosure:   4 Mar 2013
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.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

Contact:

BARCLAYS PLC