GLEN: J.P. Morgan Securities plc.: Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Glencore International Plc

  GLEN: J.P. Morgan Securities plc.: Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Glencore
  International Plc

UK Regulatory Announcement

LONDON

                                                             FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

   PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED
           INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

                  Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:                J.P. Morgan Securities plc
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose
relevant securities this form relates:              Glencore International Plc

Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which       Xstrata Plc
exempt principal trader is connected:
(d) Date dealing undertaken:                        07 January 2013
(e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it
today disclosing, under the Code in respect of      Yes
any other party to this offer?

2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of    Purchases/   Total number    Highest price per      Lowest price
relevant    sales        of securities   unit paid/received     per unit
security                                                        paid/received
            Purchases    596,444         3.8000 GBP             3.7754 GBP
Ordinary
Shares                                                           

            Sales        2,797,339       3.8000 GBP             3.7580 GBP

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

                           Nature of dealing
Class of    Product                                       Number of     Price
relevant    description    e.g. opening/closing a         reference     per
security                   long/short position,           securities    unit
            e.g. CFD       increasing/reducing a
                           long/short position
                                                                        3.7674
                           Long                           10,675        GBP
Ordinary
Shares      Equity Swap                                                  

                           Short                          875,350       3.7812
                                                                        GBP

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

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

(ii) Exercising

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

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

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

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as
appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

3. 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”

(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”

Date of disclosure:   08 January 2013
Contact name:         Andrew Mhango
Telephone number:     0207 134 6114

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at
monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is
available for consultation in relation to the Code’s dealing disclosure
requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

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

Contact:

J.P. Morgan Securities plc.