Director / PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5006O
Glencore Xstrata PLC
20 September 2013
 

Baar, Switzerland                                                                       20, September 2013

 

Glencore Xstrata plc

 

Notification of transaction by connected person of Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities

 

Pursuant to the Company's obligations under Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1, Glencore Xstrata plc (Glencore or the Company) notifies that on 19 September 2013 FR Galaxy Holdings S.a.r.l. (FR) notified the Company that:

 

1.         on 19 September 2013, FR entered into a financing arrangement with Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (Deutsche Bank) pursuant to which FR granted security over 149,159,999 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company (the Shares) in favour of Deutsche Bank. The arrangement involves the absolute transfer of the Shares to Deutsche Bank with a right of redelivery of the same number of Shares to maintain FR's commercial exposure to the Shares.  The Shares transferred to Deutsche Bank may intermittently be transferred in and out of the relevant security account and, on redelivery to the account, will be subject to the security arrangement. To the extent any relevant distribution from the Company is (or is elected to be) in specie, the resultant shares will also form part of this security arrangement;

 

2.         the arrangement provides for FR to control the voting rights attaching to the Shares, subject to customary limited exceptions;

 

3.         the transaction constitutes a notifiable transaction under DTR 3.1.2;

 

4.         the transaction took place in London; and

 

5.         FR is a "connected person" of Mr William Macaulay, a Director and "person

            discharging managerial responsibilities" of Glencore.

 

Details of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification:

 

John Burton

Company Secretary

Glencore Xstrata plc

 

Company Secretarial enquiries: 

 

John Burton

 

Nicola Barrett


t: +41 (0) 41 709 2619

t: +41 (0) 41 709 2755


m: +41 (0) 79 944 5434

m: +41 (0) 79 735 3916


e: john.burton@glencore.com

e: nicola.barrett@glencore.com


 

 

Investor enquiries:

 

Paul Smith

Elisa Morniroli

Martin Fewings

t: +41 (0) 41 709 2487

t: +41 (0) 41 709 2818

t: +41 (0) 41 709 2880

m: +41 (0) 79 947 1348

m: +41 (0) 79 833 0508

m: +41 (0) 79 737 5642

e: paul.smith@glencore.com

e: elisa.morniroli@glencore.com

e: martin.fewings@glencore.com

 

Media enquiries:

 

Charles Watenphul

 

Finsbury


t: +41 (0) 41 709 2462

Guy Lamming / Dorothy Burwell


m: +41 (0) 79 904 3320

t: +44 (0) 20 7251 3801


e:charles.watenphul@glencore.com



 

 

 

About Glencore Xstrata

 

Glencore Xstrata is one of the world's largest global diversified natural resource companies. As a leading integrated producer and marketer of commodities with a well-balanced portfolio of diverse industrial assets, we are strongly positioned to capture value at every stage of the supply chain, from sourcing materials deep underground to delivering products to an international customer base.

 

The Group's industrial and marketingactivities are supported by a global network of more than 90 offices located in over 50 countries. Our diversified operations comprise over 150 mining and metallurgical sites, offshore oil production assets, farms and agricultural facilities. We employ approximately 190,000 people, including contractors.

 


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