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Form 8.5 Xstrata AMENDMENTS

23rd Mar 2012 18:16

RNS Number : 0148A
BNP Paribas London
23 March 2012
 

Amendment

 

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:

BNP Paribas

(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:

Glencore plc

(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken:

21.02.2012

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

Yes

 

 

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:

 

USD 0.5 ordinary

 

 

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

1,531,540

0.05

n/a

(2) Derivatives (other than options):

n/a

n/a

n/a

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:

335,000

0.00

590,000

0.02

 

TOTAL:

1,531,875

0.05

590.000

0.02

 

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:

n/a

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(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 security

Purchase/sale

 

Number of securities

Price per unit

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

1,008

12.14

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

961

12.13

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

396

12.12

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

6,434

12.10

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

944

12.09

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

869

12.08

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

700

12.06

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

1,480

12.05

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

599

11.98

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

768

11.97

USD 0.5 ordinary

Total

14,149

 

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

2,936

12.15

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

191

12.14

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

2,714

12.12

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,999

12.10

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

725

12.09

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,915

12.08

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

2,429

12.07

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

7,250

12.06

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

2,091

12.05

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,762

12.04

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

6,713

12.03

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,194

12.02

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

268

12.00

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

599

11.99

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

323

11.98

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

422

11.97

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

23

11.96

USD 0.5 ordinary

Total

33,554

 

 

(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

None

 

 

 

(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

n/a

 

 

 

(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)

n/a

 

 

 

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:

23.03.2012

Contact name:

Dirk Young

Telephone number:

0207 595 4871

 

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:

BNP Paribas

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:

Xstrata plc

 

2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES

 

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Written or purchased

Number of securities to which option or derivative relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

12.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

11.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

15.000.00

11.0000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

50,000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

10.000.00

12.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

11.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

300,000.00

13.0000

E

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

300,000.00

13.0000

E

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

125,000.00

15.0000

A

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

90,000.00

14.0000

A

19/12/2014

 

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.

 

 

 

Amendment

 

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:

BNP Paribas

(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:

Glencore plc

(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken:

28.02.2012

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

Yes

 

 

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:

 

USD 0.5 ordinary

 

 

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

1,273,615

0.04

n/a

0.00

(2) Derivatives (other than options):

n/a

n/a

n/a

0.00

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:

372,000

0.01

645,000

0.02

 

TOTAL:

1,645,615

0.04

645,000

0.02

 

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:

n/a

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(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 security

Purchase/sale

 

Number of securities

Price per unit

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

8,713

12.05

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

3,105

12.04

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

34,280

12.03

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

4,553

12.02

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

3,319

12.01

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

5,393

12.00

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

2,511

11.99

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

5,817

11.98

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

2,011

11.97

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

4,092

11.96

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

1,527

11.95

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

3,398

11.94

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

6,190

11.93

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

4,631

11.92

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

4,744

11.91

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

5,694

11.90

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

3,438

11.89

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

968

11.88

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

1,791

11.87

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

3,018

11.86

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

5,832

11.85

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

29

11.84

 

Total

115, 054

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,510

12.06

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

5,465

12.05

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

56,018

12.03

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

42

12.02

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

730

12.01

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

10,163

12.00

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

3,003

11.99

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

2,598

11.98

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

196

11.97

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

676

11.96

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

2,823

11.95

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

6,456

11.94

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

14,905

11.93

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

13,407

11.92

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

12,419

11.91

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

10,379

11.90

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

4,386

11.89

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

6,142

11.88

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

8,020

11.87

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

3,129

11.86

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

2,795

11.85

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

5,464

11.84

 

Total

170, 726

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(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

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

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

7.000.00

12.5000

A

20/04/2012

46.00

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

25,000.00

12.0000

A

15/06/2012

96.00

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

30.000.00

11.0000

A

15/06/2012

157.00

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

5.000.00

11.0000

A

15/06/2012

159.25

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

25,000.00

12.0000

A

15/06/2012

96.00

 

(ii) Exercising

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

n/a

 

 

 

(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)

n/a

 

 

 

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:

23.03.2012

Contact name:

Dirk Young

Telephone number:

0207 595 4871

 

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:

BNP Paribas

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:

Xstrata plc

 

2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES

 

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Written or purchased

Number of securities to which option or derivative relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

17.000.00

12.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

11.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

15.000.00

11.0000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

50,000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

60.000.00

12.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

5.000.00

11.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

45.000.00

11.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

300,000.00

13.0000

E

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

300,000.00

13.0000

E

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

125,000.00

15.0000

A

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

90,000.00

14.0000

A

19/12/2014

 

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.

 

 

Amendment

 

 

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:

BNP Paribas

(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:

Glencore plc

(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken:

29.02.2012

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

Yes

 

 

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:

 

USD 0.5 ordinary

 

 

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

1,155,519

0.03

n/a

0.00

(2) Derivatives (other than options):

n/a

 

n/a

 

n/a

n/a

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:

402,000

0.00

650,000

0.02

 

TOTAL:

1,557,519

0.05

650,000

0.02

 

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:

n/a

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(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 security

Purchase/sale

 

Number of securities

Price per unit

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

28

12.37

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

3,376

12.36

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

1,204

12.35

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

2,813

12.34

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

5,839

12.33

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

4,623

12.32

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

595

12.31

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

9,222

12.30

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

1,683

12.29

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

4,265

12.28

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

14,059

12.27

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

2,872

12.26

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

12,949

12.25

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

7,640

12.24

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

474

12.22

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

6,291

12.21

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

2,651

12.20

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

2,558

12.14

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

4,636

12.13

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

571

12.11

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

1,154

12.10

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

102

12.09

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

2,629

12.07

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

879

12.06

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

1,809

12.04

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

1,435

12.03

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

74,823

12.00

Total

171,180

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

258

12.38

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

2,116

12.37

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,662

12.36

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

5,237

12.34

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,448

12.33

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

21,673

12.32

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

3,334

12.31

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

3,307

12.30

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

9,646

12.29

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

4,914

12.28

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

12,811

12.27

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

15,300

12.26

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

18,324

12.25

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

7,018

12.24

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

12,483

12.23

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

8,279

12.22

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

4,343

12.21

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

3,663

12.20

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,414

12.17

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

4,462

12.16

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

3,107

12.15

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

990

12.13

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

505

12.12

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

3,508

12.07

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

7,355

12.05

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

6,633

12.04

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

10,205

12.03

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

733

12.02

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

65,601

12.00

 

Total

240,329

 

 

(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

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

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

12.0000

A

15/06/2012

98.00

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

14.0000

A

18/05/2012

17.00

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

5.000.00

13.0000

A

15/06/2012

51.50

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

5.000.00

13.0000

A

15/06/2012

99.00

 

(ii) Exercising

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

n/a

 

 

 

(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)

n/a

 

 

 

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:

23.03.2012

Contact name:

Dirk Young

Telephone number:

0207 595 4871

 

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:

BNP Paribas

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:

Xstrata plc

 

2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES

 

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Written or purchased

Number of securities to which option or derivative relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

17.000.00

12.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

11.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

15.000.00

11.0000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

14.0000

A

18/05/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

50,000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

60.000.00

12.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

5.000.00

11.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

12.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

45.000.00

11.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

5.000.00

13.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

5.000.00

13.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

300,000.00

13.0000

E

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

300,000.00

13.0000

E

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

125,000.00

15.0000

A

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

90,000.00

14.0000

A

19/12/2014

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.

 

Amendment

 

 

 

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:

BNP Paribas

(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:

Glencore plc

(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken:

01.03.2012

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

Yes

 

 

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:

 

USD 0.5 ordinary

 

 

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

1,694,663

0.06

n/a

0.00

(2) Derivatives (other than options):

n/a

n/a

501,931

0.02

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:

437,000

0.00

712,000

0.02

 

TOTAL:

2, 131,663

0.07

1,213,931

0.04

 

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:

n/a

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(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 security

Purchase/sale

 

Number of securities

Price per unit

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

2,000

12.22

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

7,860

12.20

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

11,520

12.19

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

7,660

12.18

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

12,164

12.17

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

269,891

12.16

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

55,349

12.15

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

19,222

12.14

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

170,867

12.13

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

119,728

12.12

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

3,120

12.11

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

323

12.10

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

14,836

12.09

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

291

12.08

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

795

12.07

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

913

12.06

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

717

12.05

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

2,460

12.04

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

747

12.03

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

589

12.02

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

2,597

11.96

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

1,419

11.95

 

Total

705,068

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

7,860

12.20

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,614

12.19

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,040

12.18

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

10,853

12.17

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

14,662

12.16

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

19,389

12.15

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

8,817

12.14

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

7,551

12.13

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

50,835

12.12

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

838

12.11

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

4,647

12.10

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

6,887

12.09

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

864

12.08

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

6,348

12.07

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

3,619

12.06

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,292

12.05

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,160

12.04

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

4,245

12.03

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

2,844

12.01

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

2,903

12.00

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

2,953

11.98

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

3,956

11.96

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

747

11.94

Total

165,924

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(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

USD 0.5 ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

25,1931

12.15

USD 0.5 ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

100, 000

12.11

USD 0.5 ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

150, 000

12.12

 

(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

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

10.000.00

13.0000

A

15/06/2012

45.00

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

5.000.00

12.0000

A

15/06/2012

88.00

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

10.000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

20.50

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

5.000.00

12.0000

A

15/06/2012

86.50

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

13.0000

A

15/06/2012

44.00

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

19.50

 

(ii) Exercising

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

n/a

 

 

 

(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)

n/a

 

 

 

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:

23.03.2012

Contact name:

Dirk Young

Telephone number:

0207 595 4871

 

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:

BNP Paribas

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:

Xstrata plc

 

2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES

 

 

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Written or purchased

Number of securities to which option or derivative relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

17.000.00

12.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

11.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

15.000.00

11.0000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

25.000.00

14.0000

A

18/05/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

50,000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

72.000.00

12.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

5.000.00

11.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

12.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

45.000.00

11.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

13.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

15.000.00

13.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

40.000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

300,000.00

13.0000

E

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

300,000.00

13.0000

E

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

125,000.00

15.0000

A

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

90,000.00

14.0000

A

19/12/2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amendment

 

 

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:

BNP Paribas

(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:

Glencore plc

(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken:

02.03.2012

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

Yes

 

 

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:

 

USD 0.5 ordinary

 

 

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

2,345,174

0.08

n/a

0.00

(2) Derivatives (other than options):

n/a

n/a

501,931

0.02

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:

442,000

0.01

717,000

0.03

 

TOTAL:

2,787,174

0.09

1,218,931

0.05

 

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:

n/a

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(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 security

Purchase/sale

 

Number of securities

Price per unit

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

60

12.16

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

1,975

12.06

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

1,762

12.05

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

608

12.04

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

811

12.03

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

587

12.02

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

3,371

12.01

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

1,069

12.00

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

13,549

11.99

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

15,589

11.98

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

89,110

11.97

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

217,967

11.96

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

515,808

11.95

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

1,042

11.94

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

338

11.93

 

Total

863,646

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

185

12.07

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,666

12.06

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

550

12.05

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,379

12.04

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

84

12.03

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

2,714

12.00

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

6,037

11.99

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

21,488

11.98

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

88,648

11.97

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

37,619

11.96

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

32,347

11.95

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

9,519

11.94

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

10,899

11.93

Total

213,135

 

(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

None

 

(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

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

5.000.00

13.0000

A

15/06/2012

38.00

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

5.000.00

13.0000

A

15/06/2012

39.00

 

(ii) Exercising

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

n/a

 

 

 

(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)

n/a

 

 

 

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:

23.03.2012

Contact name:

Dirk Young

Telephone number:

0207 595 4871

 

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:

BNP Paribas

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:

Xstrata plc

 

2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES

 

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Written or purchased

Number of securities to which option or derivative relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

17.000.00

12.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

11.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

15.000.00

11.0000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

25.000.00

14.0000

A

18/05/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

50,000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

72.000.00

12.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

5.000.00

11.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

12.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

45.000.00

11.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

20.000.00

13.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

20.000.00

13.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

40.000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

300,000.00

13.0000

E

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

300,000.00

13.0000

E

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

125,000.00

15.0000

A

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

90,000.00

14.0000

A

19/12/2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amendment

 

 

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:

BNP Paribas

(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:

Glencore plc

(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken:

05.03.2012

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

Yes

 

 

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:

 

USD 0.5 ordinary

 

 

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

3,527,932

0.12

n/a

0.00

(2) Derivatives (other than options):

n/a

n/a

501,931

0.02

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:

502,000

0.01

727,000

0.02

 

TOTAL:

4,029,932

0.13

1,228,931

0.04

 

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:

n/a

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(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 security

Purchase/sale

 

Number of securities

Price per unit

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

63,880

11.99

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

405

11.86

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

790

11.84

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

2,139

11.83

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

1,725

11.82

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

12,414

11.81

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

25,693

11.80

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

29,964

11.79

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

13,377

11.78

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

7,080

11.77

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

25,3091

11.76

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

14,672

11.75

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

8,059

11.74

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

13,666

11.73

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

8,682

11.72

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

16,638

11.71

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

8,448

11.70

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

305

11.68

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

4,255

11.67

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

9,517

11.66

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

6,743

11.65

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

6,282

11.64

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

6,578

11.63

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

12,066

11.62

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

263,766

11.61

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

23,264

11.60

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

12,727

11.59

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

17,313

11.58

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

22,152

11.57

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

13,387

11.56

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

10,369

11.55

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

10,962

11.54

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

56,485

11.53

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

2,851

11.52

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

9,844

11.51

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

722

11.50

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

2,999

11.48

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

3,557

11.46

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

325

11.45

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

490

11.44

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

3,293

11.43

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

8,166

11.42

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

22,794

11.41

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

22,118

11.40

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

8,448

11.39

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

278,038

11.38

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

128,731

11.37

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

97,223

11.36

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

39,339

11.35

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

50,128

11.34

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

5,040

11.29

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

2,140

11.28

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

6,519

11.27

Total

1,649,659

 

 

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

2,389

11.87

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

567

11.84

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

5,357

11.83

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

4,084

11.82

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

5,376

11.81

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

18,898

11.80

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

22,921

11.79

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

4,235

11.78

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

14,170

11.77

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

7,228

11.76

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

3,467

11.75

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

7,452

11.74

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

4,992

11.73

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

6,518

11.72

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

4,266

11.71

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,495

11.67

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

3,901

11.62

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

11,635

11.61

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

11,634

11.60

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

3,288

11.59

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

7,379

11.58

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

31,039

11.57

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

27,095

11.56

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

3,885

11.55

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

9,748

11.54

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,899

11.53

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

5,325

11.51

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

684

11.44

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,208

11.43

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

16,285

11.42

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

6,003

11.41

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

17,399

11.40

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

24,706

11.39

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

111,384

11.38

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

23,213

11.37

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

8,625

11.36

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

9,812

11.35

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,2934

11.34

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

2,091

11.25

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

2,314

11.24

Total

466,901

 

 (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

None

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(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

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

13.0000

A

18/05/2012

23.50

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

10.000.00

12.0000

A

20/04/2012

86.00

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

13.5000

A

20/04/2012

6.50

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

13.0000

A

20/04/2012

13.50

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

13.0000

A

18/05/2012

23.00

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

13.50

 

(ii) Exercising

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

n/a

 

 

 

(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)

n/a

 

 

 

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:

23.03.2012

Contact name:

Dirk Young

Telephone number:

0207 595 4871

 

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:

BNP Paribas

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:

Xstrata plc

 

2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES

 

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Written or purchased

Number of securities to which option or derivative relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

17.000.00

12.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

11.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

15.000.00

11.0000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

13.0000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

10.000.00

12.0000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

 

Call

B

15.000.00

13.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

25.000.00

14.0000

A

18/05/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

13.0000

A

18/05/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

13.0000

A

18/05/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

50,000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

72.000.00

12.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

5.000.00

11.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

12.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

45.000.00

11.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

20.000.00

13.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

20.000.00

13.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

40.000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

300,000.00

13.0000

E

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

300,000.00

13.0000

E

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

125,000.00

15.0000

A

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

90,000.00

14.0000

A

19/12/2014

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amendment

 

 

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:

BNP Paribas

(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:

Glencore plc

(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken:

07.03.2012

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

Yes

 

 

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:

 

USD 0.5 ordinary

 

 

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

4,070,195

0.14

n/a

0.00

(2) Derivatives (other than options):

n/a

n/a

501,931

0.02

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:

522,000

0.01

1,242,000

0.03

 

TOTAL:

4,592,195

0.15

1,743,931

0.05

 

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:

n/a

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(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 security

Purchase/sale

 

Number of securities

Price per unit

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

374

11.34

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

1,635

11.33

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

1,876

11.32

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

1,172

11.31

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

6,293

11.30

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

11,880

11.29

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

3,077

11.28

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

34,783

11.27

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

3,408

11.26

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

1,981

11.25

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

11,548

11.24

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

20,901

11.23

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

11,987

11.22

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

15,002

11.21

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

115,036

11.20

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

3,256

11.19

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

5,670

11.18

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

13,268

11.17

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

5,521

11.16

 

Total

268,668

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

571

11.36

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

480

11.35

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

743

11.34

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

2,290

11.33

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

3,633

11.31

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

5,198

11.30

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

675

11.29

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

13,412

11.28

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

101,191

11.27

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

13,474

11.26

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

28,395

11.25

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

24,023

11.24

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

24,523

11.23

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

11,836

11.22

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

25,054

11.21

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

10,756

11.20

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

15,206

11.19

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

8,528

11.18

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

22,642

11.17

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

8,144

11.16

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

12,447

11.15

Total

333,221

 

 (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

None

 

(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

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

11.5000

A

20/04/2012

43.00

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

15.000.00

11.5000

A

20/04/2012

67.00

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

12.0000

A

18/05/2012

39.00

 

 

(ii) Exercising

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

n/a

 

 

 

(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)

n/a

 

 

 

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:

23.03.2012

Contact name:

Dirk Young

Telephone number:

0207 595 4871

 

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:

BNP Paribas

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:

Xstrata plc

 

2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES

 

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Written or purchased

Number of securities to which option or derivative relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

17.000.00

12.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

11.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

15.000.00

11.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

11.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

15.000.00

11.0000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

13.0000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

10.000.00

12.0000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

13.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

25.000.00

14.0000

A

18/05/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

12.0000

A

18/05/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

13.0000

A

18/05/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

13.0000

A

18/05/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

50,000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

72.000.00

12.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

5.000.00

11.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

12.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

45.000.00

11.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

20.000.00

13.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

20.000.00

13.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

40.000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

300,000.00

13.0000

E

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

300,000.00

13.0000

E

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

125,000.00

15.0000

A

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

500,000.00

12.0000

A

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

90,000.00

14.0000

A

19/12/2014

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amendment

 

 

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:

BNP Paribas

(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:

Glencore plc

(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken:

08.03.2012

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

Yes

 

 

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:

 

USD 0.5 ordinary

 

 

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

3,781,879

0.13

n/a

0.00

(2) Derivatives (other than options):

n/a

n/a

501,931

0.02

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:

593,500

0.02

1,372,000

0.04

 

TOTAL:

4,375,379

0.15

1,873,931

0.06

 

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:

n/a

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(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 security

Purchase/sale

 

Number of securities

Price per unit

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

147

11.51

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

9,579

11.50

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

13,480

11.49

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

8,917

11.48

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

122,990

11.47

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

22,275

11.46

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

10,680

11.45

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

14,247

11.44

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

8,940

11.43

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

2,640

11.42

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

6,175

11.41

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

6,737

11.40

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

4,675

11.39

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

4,506

11.38

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

3,995

11.37

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

2,477

11.36

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

7,681

11.35

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

3,579

11.34

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

604

11.33

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

1,840

11.31

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

48

11.30

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

1,289

11.29

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

21

11.28

 

Total

257,522

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

5,019

11.50

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

4,632

11.49

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

51,963

11.48

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

277,898

11.47

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

109,013

11.46

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

14,619

11.45

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

31,233

11.44

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

5,128

11.43

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

8,757

11.42

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

6,008

11.41

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

765

11.40

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

11,031

11.39

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,231

11.38

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

15,209

11.37

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

269

11.36

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,841

11.34

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

632

11.33

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

590

11.30

Total

545,838

 

 (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

None

 

(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

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

11.5000

A

20/04/2012

52.50

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

12.5000

A

20/04/2012

16.50

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

40.000.00

11.5000

A

20/04/2012

54.00

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

25.000.00

12.0000

A

20/04/2012

31.00

 

(ii) Exercising

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

n/a

 

 

 

(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)

n/a

 

 

 

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:

23.03.2012

Contact name:

Dirk Young

Telephone number:

0207 595 4871

 

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:

BNP Paribas

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:

Xstrata plc

 

2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Written or purchased

Number of securities to which option or derivative relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

32.000.00

12.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

25.000.00

11.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

55.000.00

11.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

11.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

15.000.00

11.0000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

13.0000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

12.0000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

40.000.00

11.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

10.000.00

12.0000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

 

Call

B

15.000.00

13.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

25.000.00

14.0000

A

18/05/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

30.000.00

13.0000

A

18/05/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

12.0000

A

18/05/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

13.0000

A

18/05/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

13.0000

A

18/05/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

50,000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

72.000.00

12.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

5.000.00

11.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

12.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

45.000.00

11.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

20.000.00

13.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

20.000.00

13.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

50.000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

40.000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

300,000.00

13.0000

E

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

300,000.00

13.0000

E

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

125,000.00

15.0000

A

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

500,000.00

12.0000

A

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

90,000.00

14.0000

A

19/12/2014

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amendment

 

 

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:

BNP Paribas

(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:

Glencore plc

(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken:

15.03.2012

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

Yes

 

 

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:

 

USD 0.5 ordinary

 

 

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

3,807,722

0.13

n/a

0.00

(2) Derivatives (other than options):

n/a

n/a

501,931

0.02

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:

592,000

0.02

1,372,000

0.04

 

TOTAL:

4,399,722

0.15

1,873,931

0.06

 

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:

n/a

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(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 security

Purchase/sale

 

Number of securities

Price per unit

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

6,601

11.64

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

4,056

11.63

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

7,280

11.62

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

8,032

11.61

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

4,123

11.60

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

5,127

11.59

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

17,461

11.58

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

9,051

11.57

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

11,171

11.56

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

26,392

11.55

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

10,921

11.54

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

3,478

11.53

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

13,265

11.52

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

3,382

11.51

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

6,546

11.50

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

7,885

11.49

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

88,654

11.48

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

217,427

11.47

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

25,652

11.46

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

13,083

11.45

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

8,531

11.44

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

16,108

11.43

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

19,779

11.42

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

14,917

11.41

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

10,705

11.40

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

12,581

11.39

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

9,675

11.38

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

13,147

11.37

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

4,494

11.36

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

3,957

11.35

 

Total

603,481

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

5,809

11.63

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

4,536

11.62

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

9,7243

11.61

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

10,451

11.60

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

10,365

11.59

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,965

11.58

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

11,086

11.57

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

5,778

11.56

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,105

11.55

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

4,055

11.54

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

2,028

11.53

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

407

11.52

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,789

11.51

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

5,703

11.50

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

13,834

11.49

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

4,360

11.48

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

21,7942

11.47

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

11,128

11.45

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

7,890

11.44

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

13,620

11.43

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

2,212

11.42

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

4,217

11.41

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

6,929

11.40

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,400

11.39

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

2,092

11.38

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,008

11.37

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

7,335

11.36

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

330

11.35

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

30

11.34

Total

456,647

 

 (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

None

 

 

 

(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

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

12.0000

A

20/04/2012

25.50

 

(ii) Exercising

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

n/a

 

 

 

(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)

n/a

 

 

 

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:

23.03.2012

Contact name:

Dirk Young

Telephone number:

0207 595 4871

 

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:

BNP Paribas

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:

Xstrata plc

 

2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES

 

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Written or purchased

Number of securities to which option or derivative relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

32.000.00

12.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

25.000.00

11.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

55.000.00

11.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

11.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

15.000.00

11.0000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

13.0000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

30.000.00

12.0000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

40.000.00

11.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

10.000.00

12.0000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

 

Call

B

15.000.00

13.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

25.000.00

14.0000

A

18/05/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

12.0000

A

18/05/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

13.0000

A

18/05/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

13.0000

A

18/05/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

50,000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

72.000.00

12.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

5.000.00

11.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

12.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

45.000.00

11.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

20.000.00

13.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

20.000.00

13.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

50.000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

300,000.00

13.0000

E

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

300,000.00

13.0000

E

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

125,000.00

15.0000

A

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

500,000.00

12.0000

A

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

90,000.00

14.0000

A

19/12/2014

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amendment

 

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:

BNP Paribas

(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:

Glencore plc

(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken:

16.03.2012

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

Yes

 

 

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:

 

USD 0.5 ordinary

 

 

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

5,879,846

0.20

n/a

0.00

(2) Derivatives (other than options):

n/a

n/a

501,931

0.02

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:

612,000

0.00

1,807,000

0.06

 

TOTAL:

6,491,846

0.00

2,308,931

0.08

 

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:

n/a

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(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 security

Purchase/sale

 

Number of securities

Price per unit

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

641

11.77

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

584

11.76

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

5,820

11.75

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

1,177

11.74

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

67

11.73

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

83

11.71

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

2,290

11.70

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

8,865

11.69

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

4,511

11.68

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

49,567

11.67

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

2,533

11.66

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

40

11.65

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

9,021

11.64

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

203

11.63

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

4,078

11.61

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

21,989

11.60

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

8,456

11.59

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

4,974

11.58

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

2,996

11.55

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

1,013

11.53

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

5,735

11.52

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

1,172,743

11.51

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

147,455

11.50

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

53,957

11.49

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

16,689

11.48

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

6,440

11.47

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

4,901

11.46

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

99

11.45

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

800

11.44

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

50,000

11.00

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

30,000

10.50

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

269,0000

10.00

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

10,000

9.60

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

20,000

8.80

 

Total

4,337,727

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

100,000

14.00

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

30,000

13.00

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

610,000

12.00

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

30

11.79

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,771

11.78

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

5,018

11.77

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

9,703

11.76

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

2,220

11.75

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

390

11.74

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

90

11.73

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,092

11.72

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

34

11.71

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,364

11.70

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,123

11.69

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

2,834

11.68

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

185,650

11.67

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

2,666

11.66

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,362

11.65

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

27,442

11.64

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

27,101

11.63

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

847

11.61

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

109,044

11.60

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

57,817

11.59

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

30,669

11.57

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,310

11.56

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

2,010

11.55

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

685

11.54

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

4,480

11.53

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

296

11.52

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,442

11.51

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

5,045

11.50

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

11,983

11.49

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

2,272

11.48

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

7,184

11.47

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

629

11.46

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,000,000

11.00

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

20,000

8.40

Total

2,265,603

 

 (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

None

 

(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

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

500.000.00

11.0000

A

20/04/2012

14.00

 

(ii) Exercising

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

n/a

 

 

 

(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)

n/a

 

 

 

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:

23.03.2012

Contact name:

Dirk Young

Telephone number:

0207 595 4871

 

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:

BNP Paribas

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:

Xstrata plc

 

2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES

 

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Written or purchased

Number of securities to which option or derivative relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

32.000.00

12.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

25.000.00

11.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

55.000.00

11.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

11.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

500.000.00

11.0000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

13.0000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

30.000.00

12.0000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

10.000.00

12.0000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

 

Call

B

15.000.00

13.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

40.000.00

11.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

25.000.00

14.0000

A

18/05/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

30.000.00

13.0000

A

18/05/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

12.0000

A

18/05/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

13.0000

A

18/05/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

13.0000

A

18/05/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

50,000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

72.000.00

12.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

5.000.00

11.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

12.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

45.000.00

11.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

20.000.00

13.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

20.000.00

13.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

40.000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

300,000.00

13.0000

E

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

300,000.00

13.0000

E

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

125,000.00

15.0000

A

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

500,000.00

12.0000

A

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

90,000.00

14.0000

A

19/12/2014

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amendment

 

 

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:

BNP Paribas

(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:

Glencore plc

(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken:

19.03.2012

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

Yes

 

 

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:

 

USD 0.5 ordinary

 

 

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

5,835,192

0.19

n/a

0.00

(2) Derivatives (other than options):

n/a

n/a

501,931

0.02

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:

1,612,000

0.06

3,082,000

0.10

 

TOTAL:

7,447,192

0.25

3,583,931

0.12

 

* Updated positions as of 20/03/2012.

 

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:

n/a

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(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 security

Purchase/sale

 

Number of securities

Price per unit

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

18,746

11.77

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

796

11.76

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

867

11.75

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

12,862

11.74

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

3,266

11.73

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

4,823

11.72

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

15,312

11.71

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

5,392

11.70

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

3,108

11.69

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

4,334

11.68

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

5,962

11.67

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

7,018

11.66

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

3,061

11.65

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

2,695

11.64

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

384

11.63

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

758

11.60

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

1,433

11.59

USD 0.5 ordinary

Purchase

815

11.58

 

Total

91,632

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,300

11.80

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

2,508

11.79

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

392

11.78

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

2,094

11.77

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

761

11.76

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,287

11.74

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

10,875

11.73

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

19,508

11.72

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

59,825

11.71

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

4,190

11.70

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,290

11.69

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,959

11.68

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

3,559

11.67

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

5,310

11.66

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

11,094

11.65

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

3,360

11.64

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

994

11.63

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,435

11.62

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

178

11.61

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

1,640

11.60

USD 0.5 ordinary

Sale

2,727

11.56

Total

136,286

 

 (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

None

 

(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

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

250.000.00

12.0000

A

21/12/2012

183.00

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

500.000.00

11.0000

A

21/12/2012

200.00

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

750.000.00

10.0000

A

21/12/2012

210.00

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

750.000.00

10.0000

A

21/12/2012

190.00

 

(ii) Exercising

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

n/a

 

 

 

(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)

n/a

 

 

 

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:

23.03.2012

Contact name:

Dirk Young

Telephone number:

0207 595 4871

 

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:

BNP Paribas

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:

Xstrata plc

 

2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES

 

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Written or purchased

Number of securities to which option or derivative relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

32.000.00

12.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

25.000.00

11.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

55.000.00

11.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

11.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

515.000.00

11.0000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

13.0000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

30.000.00

12.0000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

10.000.00

12.0000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

13.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

40.000.00

11.5000

A

20/04/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

25.000.00

14.0000

A

18/05/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

30.000.00

13.0000

A

18/05/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

12.0000

A

18/05/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

13.0000

A

18/05/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

13.0000

A

18/05/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

50,000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

72.000.00

12.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

5.000.00

11.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

15.000.00

12.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

45.000.00

11.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

20.000.00

13.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

20.000.00

13.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

50.000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

10.000.00

14.0000

A

15/06/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

300,000.00

13.0000

E

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

300,000.00

13.0000

E

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

125,000.00

15.0000

A

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

S

500,000.00

12.0000

A

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

750.000.00

10.0000

A

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

750.000.00

10.0000

A

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Call

B

250.000.00

12.0000

A

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

500.000.00

11.0000

A

21/12/2012

USD 0.5 ordinary

Put

B

90,000.00

14.0000

A

19/12/2014

 

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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