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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - XSTRATA PLC

15th Apr 2013 10:48

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

XSTRATA 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:

12 April 2013

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

YES:

GLENCORE INTL 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: 8,623,011 0.29% 849,489 0.03%
(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 573,067 0.02% 27,554,069 0.92%
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 22,260,583 0.74% 850,000 0.03%
(4) TOTAL:
31,456,661 1.05% 29,253,558 0.97%

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

(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant Purchase/sale Number of Price per unit
security securities
ORD Purchase 98 10.4262 GBP
ORD Purchase 102 10.4200 GBP
ORD Purchase 173 10.5328 GBP
ORD Purchase 870 10.4289 GBP
ORD Purchase 1,253 10.5102 GBP
ORD Purchase 5,626 10.4436 GBP
ORD Purchase 6,514 10.4940 GBP
ORD Purchase 9,591 10.5375 GBP
ORD Purchase 12,000 10.4488 GBP
ORD Purchase 12,439 10.4225 GBP
ORD Purchase 22,374 10.4763 GBP
ORD Purchase 30,891 10.4726 GBP
ORD Purchase 45,350 10.4300 GBP
ORD Purchase 47,491 10.5185 GBP
ORD Purchase 52,874 10.4196 GBP
ORD Purchase 67,863 10.4968 GBP
ORD Purchase 81,520 10.4549 GBP
ORD Purchase 114,312 10.4625 GBP
ORD Sale 619 10.4200 GBP
ORD Sale 985 10.4344 GBP
ORD Sale 1,422 10.4550 GBP
ORD Sale 1,780 10.4270 GBP
ORD Sale 2,724 10.5270 GBP
ORD Sale 2,828 10.3994 GBP
ORD Sale 2,879 10.4785 GBP
ORD Sale 3,089 10.4300 GBP
ORD Sale 3,420 10.4250 GBP
ORD Sale 4,895 10.4961 GBP
ORD Sale 6,818 10.4219 GBP
ORD Sale 10,042 10.3945 GBP
ORD Sale 12,286 10.4355 GBP
ORD Sale 16,739 10.5586 GBP
ORD Sale 18,170 10.5038 GBP
ORD Sale 23,689 10.3860 GBP
ORD Sale 25,784 10.3776 GBP
ORD Sale 34,939 10.3891 GBP
ORD Sale 37,883 10.5029 GBP
ORD Sale 42,862 10.4583 GBP
ORD Sale 60,663 10.4483 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 1,000 10.3791 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 1,000 10.3858 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 3,484 10.5416 GBP
ORD SWAP Short 8,516 10.4111 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:
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 [email protected]. 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:

XSTRATA 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 Call Options Purchased 168,000 11.0346 European 16 May 2013
ORD Call Options Purchased 167,900 11.8862 European 24 Sep 2013
ORD Put Options Written -250,000 7.2000 American 14 Apr 2013
ORD Put Options Written -600,000 8.2000 American 14 Apr 2013
ORD Equity Forward Purchased 21,924,683 20.5248 17 Jun 2013

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.

Copyright Business Wire 2013


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