GoldmanSachs International

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:

(GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL

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

Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

GLENCORE INTERNATIONAL PLC

(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:

XSTRATA PLC

(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken:

07 January 2013

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

YES - disclosed previously for XSTRATA PLC

2.         POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

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

Class of relevant security:

USD 0.01 ordinary


Interests

Short positions


Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

16,000,000

0.22

171,859

0.00

(2) Derivatives (other than options):

0

0.00

0

0.00

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00

11,540,000

0.16

TOTAL:

16,000,000

0.22

11,711,859

0.16

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open derivative or option positions, or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

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

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


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


If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)        Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit

USD 0.01 ordinary

Purchase

100

3.7870 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Purchase

100

3.7870 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sale

340

3.7845 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sale

346

3.7860 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sale

2,764

3.7885 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sale

674

3.7885 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sale

100

3.7920 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sale

100

3.7930 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sale

100

3.7935 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sale

100

3.7935 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sale

100

3.7935 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sale

121

3.7940 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sale

300

3.7940 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sale

500

3.7945 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sale

300

3.7945 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sale

300

3.7950 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sale

300

3.7950 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sale

500

3.7950 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sale

100

3.7950 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sale

300

3.7950 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sale

56

3.7950 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sale

100

3.7955 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sale

300

3.7960 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sale

100

3.7960 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sale

300

3.7965 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sale

400

3.7965 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sale

100

3.7965 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sale

146

3.7970 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sale

300

3.7970 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sale

100

3.7970 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sale

6,198

3.7975 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sale

500

3.7980 GBP

Class of relevant security

Purchases/sales

Total number of securities

USD 0.01 ordinary

Purchases

200

USD 0.01 ordinary

Sales

15,945

(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

(c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)        Exercising

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

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

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealing

e.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)




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

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

4.         OTHER INFORMATION

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

NONE

(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to:

(i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

(ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

NONE

(c)        Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

YES

Date of disclosure:

08 January 2013

Contact name:

Audrey Malone and Darren Adam

Telephone number:

+44(20) 7552 3836 / +44(20) 7051 4224

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.

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:

(GS) GOLDMAN, SACHS INTERNATIONAL

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

GLENCORE INTERNATIONAL 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 0.01 ordinary

Call Option

Selling

570,000

3.9500 GBP

EUROPEAN

10/01/2013

USD 0.01 ordinary

Call Option

Selling

600,000

3.9500 GBP

EUROPEAN

10/01/2013

USD 0.01 ordinary

Call Option

Selling

1,200,000

3.9500 GBP

EUROPEAN

10/01/2013

USD 0.01 ordinary

Call Option

Selling

400,000

3.7500 GBP

EUROPEAN

18/01/2013

USD 0.01 ordinary

Call Option

Selling

1,000,000

3.8000 GBP

EUROPEAN

26/02/2013

USD 0.01 ordinary

Call Option

Selling

400,000

3.8000 GBP

EUROPEAN

26/02/2013

USD 0.01 ordinary

Call Option

Selling

600,000

3.8000 GBP

EUROPEAN

26/02/2013

USD 0.01 ordinary

Call Option

Selling

570,000

3.8000 GBP

EUROPEAN

26/02/2013

USD 0.01 ordinary

Call Option

Selling

600,000

3.7000 GBP

EUROPEAN

15/02/2013

USD 0.01 ordinary

Call Option

Selling

1,200,000

3.7000 GBP

EUROPEAN

15/02/2013

USD 0.01 ordinary

Call Option

Selling

400,000

3.7000 GBP

EUROPEAN

15/02/2013

USD 0.01 ordinary

Call Option

Selling

800,000

3.7000 GBP

EUROPEAN

15/02/2013

USD 0.01 ordinary

Call Option

Selling

800,000

3.8500 GBP

EUROPEAN

20/03/2013

USD 0.01 ordinary

Call Option

Selling

800,000

3.8500 GBP

EUROPEAN

20/03/2013

USD 0.01 ordinary

Call Option

Selling

400,000

3.8500 GBP

EUROPEAN

20/03/2013

USD 0.01 ordinary

Call Option

Selling

1,200,000

3.8500 GBP

EUROPEAN

20/03/2013

3.         AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:

It is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form (Open Positions) with regard to contracts for differences ("CFDs") or spread bets.

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

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website


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