FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE
BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES
REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the
"Code")
1.
KEY INFORMATION
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(a) Identity of the person whose
positions/dealings are being disclosed:
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State Street
Global Advisors & Affiliates
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(b) Owner or controller of interests and short
positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is
insufficient
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(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to
whose relevant securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for each
offeror/offeree
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Xstrata Plc
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(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an
offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
offeror/offeree:
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(e) Date position held/dealing
undertaken:
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14-June-2012
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(f) Has the discloser previously
disclosed, or are they today disclosing, under the
Code in respect of any other party to this
offer?
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Yes - Glencore International Plc
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2.
POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)
Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of
the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates
following the dealing (if any)
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Class of relevant security:
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USD 0.5 ordinary
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Interests
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Short positions
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Number
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%
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Number
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%
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(1) Relevant securities owned and/or
controlled:
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55,214,808
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1.83884
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(2) Derivatives (other than options):
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(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell:
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TOTAL:
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55,214,808
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1.83884
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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)
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Class of relevant security in relation to which
subscription right exists:
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Details, including nature of the rights
concerned and relevant percentages:
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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(c), copy table 2(a) or
(b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant
security.
3.
DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE
DISCLOSURE
(a)
Purchases and sales
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Class of relevant security
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Purchase/sale
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Number of securities
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Price per unit
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USD 0.5 ordinary
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Purchase
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2,282
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9.00
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USD 0.5 ordinary
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Purchase
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11,451
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9.00
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USD 0.5 ordinary
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Sale
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8,798
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9.00
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USD 0.5 ordinary
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Sale
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1,940
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9.00
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USD 0.5 ordinary
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Sale
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3,171
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9.00
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(b)
Derivatives transactions (other than options)
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Class of relevant security
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Product description
e.g. CFD
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Nature of dealing
e.g. opening/closing a long/short position,
increasing/reducing a long/short position
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Number of reference securities
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Price per unit
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(c) Options
transactions in respect of existing securities
(i)
Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
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Class of relevant security
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Product description e.g. call
option
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Writing, purchasing, selling, varying
etc.
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Number of securities to which option
relates
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Exercise price per unit
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Type
e.g. American, European etc.
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Expiry date
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Option money paid/ received per unit
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(ii)
Exercising
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Class of relevant security
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Product description
e.g. call option
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Number of securities
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Exercise price per unit
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(d) Other
dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
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Class of relevant security
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Nature of dealing
e.g. subscription, conversion
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Details
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Price per unit (if applicable)
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USD 0.5 ordinary
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SSgA transfer of shares to Client
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233,259
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N/A
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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(c), 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
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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 person 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"
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None
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(b)
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to
options or derivatives
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Details of any agreement, arrangement or
understanding, formal or informal, between the person
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"
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None
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(c)
Attachments
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions)
attached?
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No
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Date of disclosure:
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15-June-2012
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Contact name:
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Chetan Shah
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Telephone number:
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020 3395 6564
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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 monitoring@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.