Amendment

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:		Barclays Capital Securities Ltd
(b)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose		GLENCORE INTL PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt		Advisor to Offeree
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:		2 April 2012
(e)	Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it		YES:
	today disclosing, under the Code in respect
	of any other party to this offer?		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)

Class of relevant security:			ORD
			Interests				Short Positions
			Number		(%)		Number		(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:		1,228,920		0.02%		9,120,275		0.13%
(2)	Derivatives (other than
	options):		7,610,792		0.11%		604,483		0.01%
(3)	Options and agreements to
	purchase/sell:		250,000		0.00%		2,250,000		0.03%
(4)	TOTAL:		9,089,712		0.13%		11,974,758		0.17%

Class of relevant security:			Convertible Bond
			Interests				Short Positions
			Number		(%)		Number		(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:		1,800,000		0.08%		0		0.00%
(2)	Derivatives (other than
	options):		0		0.00%		0		0.00%
(3)	Options and agreements to
	purchase/sell:		0		0.00%		0		0.00%
(4)	TOTAL:
			1,800,000		0.08%		0		0.00%

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		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
ORD		Purchase		100		48.8000 HKD
ORD		Purchase		100		48.8500 HKD
ORD		Purchase		100		49.4500 HKD
ORD		Purchase		200		49.4000 HKD
ORD		Purchase		200		49.5000 HKD
ORD		Purchase		600		48.9000 HKD
ORD		Purchase		1,100		49.2000 HKD
ORD		Purchase		1,600		49.3000 HKD
ORD		Purchase		1,700		49.0000 HKD
ORD		Purchase		11,900		3.9707 GBP
ORD		Purchase		296		3.9365 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,000		3.9317 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,000		3.9777 GBP
ORD		Purchase		1,280		3.9781 GBP
ORD		Purchase		2,450		3.9677 GBP
ORD		Purchase		2,647		3.9703 GBP
ORD		Purchase		9,698		3.9639 GBP
ORD		Purchase		14,731		3.9458 GBP
ORD		Purchase		17,854		3.9591 GBP
ORD		Purchase		18,730		3.9712 GBP
ORD		Purchase		20,066		3.8935 GBP
ORD		Purchase		26,729		3.9115 GBP
ORD		Purchase		42,085		3.9501 GBP
ORD		Purchase		85,212		3.9195 GBP
ORD		Purchase		144,768		3.9519 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,637		3.9915 GBP
ORD		Sale		100		48.9500 HKD
ORD		Sale		200		48.8500 HKD
ORD		Sale		200		49.4000 HKD
ORD		Sale		400		49.1500 HKD
ORD		Sale		15		3.9069 GBP
ORD		Sale		100		3.8970 GBP
ORD		Sale		253		3.8985 GBP
ORD		Sale		293		3.9481 GBP
ORD		Sale		400		3.9240 GBP
ORD		Sale		517		3.9734 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,012		3.9363 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,013		3.9320 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,691		3.9699 GBP
ORD		Sale		1,781		3.9695 GBP
ORD		Sale		2,494		3.9530 GBP
ORD		Sale		4,200		49.1023 HKD
ORD		Sale		4,936		3.9683 GBP
ORD		Sale		4,975		3.9720 GBP
ORD		Sale		5,000		3.9395 GBP
ORD		Sale		15,811		3.9542 GBP
ORD		Sale		40,000		3.9632 GBP
ORD		Sale		50,647		3.9400 GBP
ORD		Sale		92,863		3.9341 GBP
ORD		Sale		16,800		4.0091 GBP
ORD		Sale		118,586		3.9496 GBP
ORD		Sale		145,023		3.9500 GBP

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of		Price per
relevant		description				reference		unit
security						securities
ORD		CFD		Long		63		3.8939 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		400		49.0878 HKD
ORD		CFD		Long		500		49.0261 HKD
ORD		CFD		Long		73,694		3.9365 GBP
ORD		CFD		Long		147,732		3.8940 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		63		3.8939 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		1,500		49.3257 HKD
ORD		CFD		Short		1,501		3.9401 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		2,209		3.9062 GBP
ORD		CFD		Short		147,732		3.8940 GBP

(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?

YES

Date of disclosure:		4 Apr 2012
Contact name:		Geoff Smith
Telephone number:		020 7116 2913

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.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

143221.01

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)

DETAILS OF OPEN OPTION AND DERIVATIVE POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1. KEY INFORMATION

Identity of the person whose positions/dealings		Barclays Capital Securities Ltd
are being disclosed:
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose		GLENCORE INTL PLC
relevant securities this from relates:

2. OPTIONS AND DERIVATIVES

Class

Product

Writing,

Number

Exercise

Type

Expiry

of

description

purchasing,

of

price

date

relevant

selling,

securities

per unit

security

varying etc

to which

option

relates

ORD

Call Options

Written

-75,900

4.3890

European

6 Jul 2012

ORD

Put Options

Purchased

250,000

4.4000

American

4 Apr 2012

ORD

Put Options

Written

-1,000,000

4.8000

American

4 Apr 2012

ORD

Call Options

Written

-250,000

4.6000

American

4 Apr 2012

ORD

Call Options

Written

-1,000,000

4.8000

American

4 Apr 2012

3. AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:

It is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form (Open Positions) with regard to contracts for differences ("CFDs") or spread bets.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

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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