Glencore International Plc : Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)-Amendment

Amendment - due to the amendment of Option transactions, the disclosure made on 15 January for dealings on 14 January has been updated. Section 2(c) has been updated.

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 & CO. (PWM discretionary)
(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:	14 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:	5,958,410	0.08	0	0.00
(2) Derivatives (other than options):	0	0.00	0	0.00
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	3,754,000	0.05
TOTAL:	5,958,410	0.08	3,754,000	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:
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

Class of relevant security

Purchases/sales

Total number of securities

(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
USD 0.01 ordinary	Call Option	Purchasing	363,800	4.0000 GBP	EUROPEAN	16/01/2013	0.0075 GBP

(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:	17 January 2013
Contact name:	Audrey Malone and Darren Adam
Telephone number:	[phone] / [phone]

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 [e-mail].  The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on [phone].

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:	(GS) GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. (PWM discretionary)
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	475,000	4.1000 GBP	EUROPEAN	13/03/2013
USD 0.01 ordinary	Call Option	Selling	380,000	3.6500 GBP	EUROPEAN	16/04/2013
USD 0.01 ordinary	Call Option	Selling	363,800	3.9000 GBP	EUROPEAN	13/02/2013
USD 0.01 ordinary	Call Option	Selling	363,800	3.8000 GBP	EUROPEAN	13/03/2013
USD 0.01 ordinary	Call Option	Selling	723,000	3.7000 GBP	EUROPEAN	13/02/2013
USD 0.01 ordinary	Call Option	Selling	542,300	3.8000 GBP	EUROPEAN	13/03/2013
USD 0.01 ordinary	Call Option	Selling	363,800	4.0000 GBP	EUROPEAN	16/04/2013
USD 0.01 ordinary	Call Option	Selling	542,300	4.0000 GBP	EUROPEAN	16/04/2013

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 [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website

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