Morgan Stanley Securities Limited

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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:

Morgan Stanley Securities Limited

(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:

Glencore International Plc

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

7th 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?

No

2.         DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)        Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchases/ sales

Total number of securities

Highest price per unit paid/received

Lowest price per unit paid/received

USD 0.01 ordinary

PURCHASES

2,443,968

3.7990 GBP

3.7600 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

SALES

1,713,993

3.7985 GBP

3.7595 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

PURCHASES

42,000

6.1000 USD

6.1000 USD

5% guaranteed convertible bonds due December 2014

SALES

400,000

127.1250 USD

127.1250 USD

(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

(GBP)

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

70,000

3.7795

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

24,280

3.7681

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

16,748

3.7819

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

3,485

3.7819

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

11,400

3.7851

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

9,000

3.7851

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

1,200

3.7851

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

4,600

3.7851

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

5,300

3.7851

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

98,843

3.7856

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

6,713

3.7887

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

29,279

3.7907

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

654

3.7910

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

208

3.7910

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

14,404

3.7910

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

686

3.7910

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

11

3.7915

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

2

3.7915

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

270

3.7924

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

SHORT

95,649

3.7847

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

SHORT

1

3.7855

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

SHORT

3

3.7855

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

SHORT

32,200

3.7893

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

SHORT

14,404

3.7910

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

SHORT

686

3.7910

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

SHORT

208

3.7910

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

SHORT

654

3.7910

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

SHORT

100,000

3.7933

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

SHORT

73,583

3.7971

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

SHORT

300

3.7975

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

SHORT

330

3.7975

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

SHORT

7,960

3.7975

(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

(GBP)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

(ii)        Exercising       

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit (GBP)

N/A

N/A

N/A

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

N/A

N/A

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 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"

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

Date of disclosure:

8th January 2013

Contact name:

James Michael

Telephone number:

0207 677 2471

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 atmonitoring@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.


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