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:

28th 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

6,194,313

3.9400 GBP

3.9000 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

SALES

7,288,699

3.9400 GBP

3.9000 GBP

USD 0.01 ordinary

SALES

217,800

6.1730 USD

6.1730 USD

5% guaranteed convertible bonds due December 2014

PURCHASES

2,000,000

126.8800 USD

126.8800 USD

5% guaranteed convertible bonds due December 2014

SALES

2,000,000

127.0000 USD

127.0000 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

310

3.9078

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

6,554

3.9080

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

49,413

3.9080

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

1,860

3.9098

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

17,237

3.9101

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

21,350

3.9121

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

70,000

3.9124

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

8,014

3.9129

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

2,200

3.9134

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

90,120

3.9144

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

47,617

3.9150

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

6,100

3.9150

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

186,790

3.9151

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

8,366

3.9174

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

606,853

3.9181

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

4,100

3.9218

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

LONG

24,400

3.9294

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

SHORT

200

3.9021

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

SHORT

40

3.9021

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

SHORT

4,338

3.9080

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

SHORT

2,147

3.9080

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

SHORT

316

3.9091

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

SHORT

27,304

3.9123

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

SHORT

894

3.9139

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

SHORT

17,115

3.9144

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

SHORT

189,119

3.9162

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

SHORT

4,100

3.9202

USD 0.01 ordinary

CFD

SHORT

72,969

3.9212

(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:

29th January 2013

Contact name:

Tim Atkinson

Telephone number:

0207 425 1155

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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