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:

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, 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:

7,156,215

0.101

5,670,332

0.080

(2) Derivatives (other than options):



2,528,147

0.036

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:





TOTAL:

7,156,215

0.101

8,198,479

0.116

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

1,200,000

0.052

(2) Derivatives (other than options):





(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell:





TOTAL:

0

0

1,200,000

0.052

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

5,965

3.8970

Ordinary shares

Purchase

1,512

3.8980

Ordinary shares

Purchase

650

3.8985

Ordinary shares

Purchase

25,895

3.8995

Ordinary shares

Purchase

18,154

3.9000

Ordinary shares

Purchase

51,000

3.9003

Ordinary shares

Purchase

29,683

3.9005

Ordinary shares

Purchase

17,267

3.9010

Ordinary shares

Purchase

16,917

3.9015

Ordinary shares

Purchase

15,665

3.9020

Ordinary shares

Purchase

16,249

3.9025

Ordinary shares

Purchase

17,699

3.9030

Ordinary shares

Purchase

13,625

3.9035

Ordinary shares

Purchase

8,045

3.9040

Ordinary shares

Purchase

5,733

3.9045

Ordinary shares

Purchase

2,420

3.9050

Ordinary shares

Purchase

128,199

3.9052

Ordinary shares

Purchase

6,230

3.9055

Ordinary shares

Purchase

3,564

3.9060

Ordinary shares

Purchase

8,667

3.9065

Ordinary shares

Purchase

16,258

3.9070

Ordinary shares

Purchase

2,574

3.9072

Ordinary shares

Purchase

9,400

3.9075

Ordinary shares

Purchase

20,150

3.9080

Ordinary shares

Purchase

35,982

3.9085

Ordinary shares

Purchase

12,154

3.9090

Ordinary shares

Purchase

11,538

3.9095

Ordinary shares

Purchase

150,000

3.9099

Ordinary shares

Purchase

31,358

3.9100

Ordinary shares

Purchase

320,000

3.9100

Ordinary shares

Purchase

9,753

3.9105

Ordinary shares

Purchase

469,532

3.9106

Ordinary shares

Purchase

10,740

3.9110

Ordinary shares

Purchase

9,197

3.9115

Ordinary shares

Purchase

820

3.9120

Ordinary shares

Purchase

11,513

3.9130

Ordinary shares

Purchase

2,394

3.9135

Ordinary shares

Purchase

192

3.9140

Ordinary shares

Purchase

2,235

3.9145

Ordinary shares

Purchase

4,090

3.9150

Ordinary shares

Purchase

241

3.9160

Ordinary shares

Purchase

3,869

3.9165

Ordinary shares

Purchase

4,192

3.9170

Ordinary shares

Purchase

379,409

3.9175

Ordinary shares

Sale

600

3.8965

Ordinary shares

Sale

4,240

3.8975

Ordinary shares

Sale

800

3.8980

Ordinary shares

Sale

2,820

3.8985

Ordinary shares

Sale

2,462

3.8990

Ordinary shares

Sale

41,712

3.8995

Ordinary shares

Sale

134,717

3.9000

Ordinary shares

Sale

27,091

3.9005

Ordinary shares

Sale

22,046

3.9010

Ordinary shares

Sale

27,334

3.9015

Ordinary shares

Sale

12,997

3.9020

Ordinary shares

Sale

20,029

3.9025

Ordinary shares

Sale

36,303

3.9030

Ordinary shares

Sale

36,990

3.9035

Ordinary shares

Sale

17,985

3.9040

Ordinary shares

Sale

26,739

3.9045

Ordinary shares

Sale

14,804

3.9050

Ordinary shares

Sale

73,841

3.9051

Ordinary shares

Sale

4,064

3.9055

Ordinary shares

Sale

9,557

3.9060

Ordinary shares

Sale

16,110

3.9065

Ordinary shares

Sale

19,501

3.9070

Ordinary shares

Sale

19,710

3.9075

Ordinary shares

Sale

18,405

3.9080

Ordinary shares

Sale

37,778

3.9083

Ordinary shares

Sale

19,995

3.9085

Ordinary shares

Sale

19,086

3.9090

Ordinary shares

Sale

37,343

3.9095

Ordinary shares

Sale

609,752

3.9100

Ordinary shares

Sale

49,662

3.9105

Ordinary shares

Sale

17,767

3.9105

Ordinary shares

Sale

44,684

3.9110

Ordinary shares

Sale

50,423

3.9115

Ordinary shares

Sale

22,277

3.9116

Ordinary shares

Sale

130,689

3.9120

Ordinary shares

Sale

36,883

3.9125

Ordinary shares

Sale

15,223

3.9130

Ordinary shares

Sale

4,108

3.9135

Ordinary shares

Sale

10,427

3.9140

Ordinary shares

Sale

4,669

3.9145

Ordinary shares

Sale

3,599

3.9150

Ordinary shares

Sale

900

3.9160

Ordinary shares

Sale

3,236

3.9165

Ordinary shares

Sale

2,942

3.9170

Ordinary shares

Sale

80,017

3.9175

Ordinary shares

Sale

3,544

3.9180

Ordinary shares

Sale

1,439

3.9185

Ordinary shares

Sale

1,000

3.9190

Ordinary shares

Sale

471

3.9195

Ordinary shares

Sale

2,100

3.9200

Ordinary shares

Sale

400

3.9210

Ordinary shares

Sale

819

3.9215

Total Buy - 1,910,730

Total Sell - 1,802,090

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

275,914

3.9050

Ordinary Shares

SWAP

Long

207,310

3.9063

Ordinary Shares

SWAP

Long

45,159

3.9131

Ordinary Shares

SWAP

Short

300

3.9030

Ordinary Shares

SWAP

Short

277,660

3.9052

Ordinary Shares

SWAP

Short

1,000

3.9090

Ordinary Shares

SWAP

Short

1,900

3.9109

(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:

15/01/2013

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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