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Glencore International PLC
01 May 2013
1 May 2013
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Glencore International plc
Merger Update - Court Order confirming Reduction of Capital
Glencore notes today's announcement by Xstrata that the Court of
Justice in England and Wales has today issued an order confirming
the reduction of Xstrata's share capital to be effected as part of
the Merger of Glencore and Xstrata.
The Reduction Court Order is expected to be delivered to and
registered by the Registrar of Companies on 2 May 2013, at which
time the New Scheme and Merger will become effective.
Admission of the New Glencore Shares to the premium listing
segment of the Official List and to trading on the London Stock
Exchange's main market for listed securities is expected to occur
with effect from 8.00 a.m. (London time) on 3 May 2013. The Hong
Kong Admission is expected to occur with effect from 9.30 a.m.
(Hong Kong time) on 6 May 2013.
The cancellation of the listing and trading of Xstrata Shares on
the London Stock Exchange is expected to take place by no later
than 8.00 a.m. (London time) on 3 May 2013 and the official
cancellation of the secondary listing of Xstrata Shares on the SIX
Swiss Stock Exchange is expected to take effect on, and including,
6 May 2013.
Capitalised terms used in this announcement, unless defined
herein, have the same meanings as set out in the prospectus
published by Glencore dated 31 May 2012, as supplemented by the
Supplementary Prospectuses.
For enquiries about Glencore, please contact:
Paul Smith (Investors) Charles Watenphul (Media) John Burton (Company
T:+41 (0)41 709 2487 t: +41 (0) 41 709 2462 Secretary)
m: +41 (0)79 947 1348 m: +41 (0) 79 904 33 t: +41 (0)41 709 2619
e: paul.smith@glencore.com 20 charles.watenphul@glencore.com m: +41 (0)79 944 5434
e:john.burton@glencore.com
Finsbury (Media)
Elisa Morniroli (Investors) Guy Lamming
t: +41 (0) 41 709 Dorothy Burwell
2818 t: +44 (0)20 7251 3801
m: +41 (0) 79 833
05 08 elisa.morniroli@glencore.com
Publication on Website
A copy of this announcement will be available on Glencore's
website (www.glencore.com) by no later than 12 noon (London time)
on the business day following the date of this announcement.
You may request a hard copy of this announcement, free of
charge, by contacting the Company Secretary of Glencore, John
Burton, at john.burton@glencore.com. You may also request that all
future documents, announcements and information to be sent to you
in relation to the Merger should be in hard copy form.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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