Nomura International PLC (EPT)

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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:

Nomura International Plc

(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:

03 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, 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)

USD 0.01 ordinary

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

7,404,833

0.104

4,486,055

0.063

(2) Derivatives (other than options):



4,048,392

0.057

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:




Class of relevant security:

5% guaranteed convertible bonds due December 2014

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

0

0

200,000

0.009

(2) Derivatives (other than options):





(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:





TOTAL:

0

0

200,000

0.009

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

Ordinary shares

Purchase

867

3.7410

Ordinary shares

Purchase

853

3.7415

Ordinary shares

Purchase

2,552

3.7425

Ordinary shares

Purchase

853

3.7445

Ordinary shares

Purchase

1,510

3.7455

Ordinary shares

Purchase

1,042

3.7460

Ordinary shares

Purchase

1

3.7490

Ordinary shares

Purchase

852

3.7495

Ordinary shares

Purchase

1,652

3.7500

Ordinary shares

Purchase

1,937

3.7505

Ordinary shares

Purchase

3,860

3.7515

Ordinary shares

Purchase

6,980

3.7520

Ordinary shares

Purchase

3,971

3.7525

Ordinary shares

Purchase

3,969

3.7530

Ordinary shares

Purchase

4,014

3.7540

Ordinary shares

Purchase

3,173

3.7545

Ordinary shares

Purchase

10,512

3.7550

Ordinary shares

Purchase

7,168

3.7555

Ordinary shares

Purchase

4,435

3.7560

Ordinary shares

Purchase

9,446

3.7565

Ordinary shares

Purchase

883

3.7570

Ordinary shares

Purchase

6,579

3.7575

Ordinary shares

Purchase

762

3.7580

Ordinary shares

Purchase

3,175

3.7585

Ordinary shares

Purchase

4,128

3.7590

Ordinary shares

Purchase

2,495

3.7595

Ordinary shares

Purchase

8,387

3.7600

Ordinary shares

Purchase

2,851

3.7605

Ordinary shares

Purchase

2,232

3.7610

Ordinary shares

Purchase

853

3.7620

Ordinary shares

Purchase

853

3.7625

Ordinary shares

Purchase

853

3.7635

Ordinary shares

Purchase

6,615

3.7645

Ordinary shares

Purchase

1,694

3.7650

Ordinary shares

Purchase

5,106

3.7655

Ordinary shares

Purchase

983

3.7660

Ordinary shares

Purchase

730

3.7665

Ordinary shares

Purchase

6,879

3.7670

Ordinary shares

Purchase

11,656

3.7675

Ordinary shares

Purchase

5,053

3.7680

Ordinary shares

Purchase

15,581

3.7685

Ordinary shares

Purchase

16,406

3.7690

Ordinary shares

Purchase

15,646

3.7695

Ordinary shares

Purchase

15,169

3.7700

Ordinary shares

Purchase

19,264

3.7705

Ordinary shares

Purchase

21,032

3.7710

Ordinary shares

Purchase

1,750

3.7710

Ordinary shares

Purchase

10,167

3.7715

Ordinary shares

Purchase

4,651

3.7720

Ordinary shares

Purchase

19,727

3.7725

Ordinary shares

Purchase

10,108

3.7730

Ordinary shares

Purchase

6,037

3.7735

Ordinary shares

Purchase

47,897

3.7737

Ordinary shares

Purchase

50,731

3.7740

Ordinary shares

Purchase

6,903

3.7745

Ordinary shares

Purchase

38,244

3.7750

Ordinary shares

Purchase

18,644

3.7755

Ordinary shares

Purchase

40,000

3.7756

Ordinary shares

Purchase

12,109

3.7760

Ordinary shares

Purchase

16,916

3.7765

Ordinary shares

Purchase

40,927

3.7770

Ordinary shares

Purchase

13,765

3.7775

Ordinary shares

Purchase

6,787

3.7780

Ordinary shares

Purchase

20,665

3.7785

Ordinary shares

Purchase

19,645

3.7790

Ordinary shares

Purchase

785,592

3.7790

Ordinary shares

Purchase

13,209

3.7795

Ordinary shares

Purchase

9,664

3.7800

Ordinary shares

Purchase

7,878

3.7810

Ordinary shares

Purchase

848

3.7825

Ordinary shares

Purchase

848

3.7840

Ordinary shares

Sale

168

3.7415

Ordinary shares

Sale

2,850

3.7430

Ordinary shares

Sale

163

3.7435

Ordinary shares

Sale

1,159

3.7440

Ordinary shares

Sale

242

3.7480

Ordinary shares

Sale

2,125

3.7510

Ordinary shares

Sale

852

3.7515

Ordinary shares

Sale

3,397

3.7520

Ordinary shares

Sale

1,618

3.7525

Ordinary shares

Sale

882

3.7530

Ordinary shares

Sale

4,343

3.7535

Ordinary shares

Sale

135

3.7540

Ordinary shares

Sale

659

3.7545

Ordinary shares

Sale

4,551

3.7550

Ordinary shares

Sale

5,008

3.7555

Ordinary shares

Sale

4,202

3.7560

Ordinary shares

Sale

13,000

3.7563

Ordinary shares

Sale

8,382

3.7565

Ordinary shares

Sale

2,933

3.7570

Ordinary shares

Sale

1,650

3.7575

Ordinary shares

Sale

1,844

3.7585

Ordinary shares

Sale

1,789

3.7590

Ordinary shares

Sale

2,788

3.7595

Ordinary shares

Sale

5,278

3.7600

Ordinary shares

Sale

280

3.7605

Ordinary shares

Sale

7,742

3.7620

Ordinary shares

Sale

112

3.7625

Ordinary shares

Sale

2,337

3.7635

Ordinary shares

Sale

2,638

3.7655

Ordinary shares

Sale

431

3.7665

Ordinary shares

Sale

1,329

3.7670

Ordinary shares

Sale

1,500

3.7675

Ordinary shares

Sale

1,623

3.7680

Ordinary shares

Sale

43,847

3.7681

Ordinary shares

Sale

2,357

3.7685

Ordinary shares

Sale

1,299

3.7690

Ordinary shares

Sale

16,157

3.7695

Ordinary shares

Sale

6,736

3.7700

Ordinary shares

Sale

125,720

3.7700

Ordinary shares

Sale

26,411

3.7705

Ordinary shares

Sale

24,072

3.7710

Ordinary shares

Sale

7,826

3.7715

Ordinary shares

Sale

8,863

3.7720

Ordinary shares

Sale

17,464

3.7725

Ordinary shares

Sale

6,574

3.7730

Ordinary shares

Sale

5,438

3.7735

Ordinary shares

Sale

6,373

3.7740

Ordinary shares

Sale

22,327

3.7745

Ordinary shares

Sale

26,953

3.7750

Ordinary shares

Sale

16,977

3.7755

Ordinary shares

Sale

32,081

3.7760

Ordinary shares

Sale

26,764

3.7765

Ordinary shares

Sale

15,161

3.7770

Ordinary shares

Sale

16,986

3.7775

Ordinary shares

Sale

2,699

3.7775

Ordinary shares

Sale

32,204

3.7780

Ordinary shares

Sale

316,334

3.7785

Ordinary shares

Sale

135,095

3.7790

Ordinary shares

Sale

175,785

3.7795

Ordinary shares

Sale

11,880

3.7796

Ordinary shares

Sale

148,263

3.7800

Ordinary shares

Sale

23,510

3.7805

Ordinary shares

Sale

39,149

3.7810

Ordinary shares

Sale

10,385

3.7815

Ordinary shares

Sale

2,820

3.7820

Ordinary shares

Sale

4,530

3.7825

Total Buy - 1,449,224

Total Sell - 1,447,050

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit

(USD)





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

Ordinary Shares

SWAP

Long

83

3.7690

Ordinary Shares

SWAP

Long

370,529

3.7718

Ordinary Shares

SWAP

Long

6,461

3.7750

Ordinary Shares

SWAP

Short

27,565

3.7650

Ordinary Shares

SWAP

Short

368,733

3.7712

Ordinary Shares

SWAP

Short

83

3.7775

(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?

NO

Date of disclosure:

04/01/2013

Contact name:

Kyere Tabiri

Telephone number:

020 7102 1267

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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