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First Reserve Completes £202 Million Sale of Remaining Shares in Glencore plc

06.12.15

The Firm has represented affiliates of First Reserve Corporation (“FR”) on the sale of 70,046,228 ordinary shares in Glencore plc (“Glencore”). 

The secondary offering, which was effected pursuant a combination of (i) a block trade by way of an accelerated book build; and (ii) an equity selling program (dribble), which, in aggregate, raised net sale proceeds of approximately £202 million. 

The sale was of all FR’s remaining shareholding in Glencore. 

The London-based Simpson Thacher team included Adam Signy and Charles Leeming (U.K. Corporate and Capital Markets) and Linn Mayhew (U.K. Credit).