22 January 2013
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Glencore International plc
Merger Update - South African Competition Clearance
Glencore notes today's decision by the South African Competition Tribunal confirming that under the South African Competition Act it has cleared the recommended all-share merger of equals between Glencore and Xstrata.
Completion of the Merger remains conditional upon the receipt of the outstanding regulatory approval in China and completion of the Xstrata court process as further set out in the New Scheme Document in connection with the Merger published by Xstrata on 25 October 2012 and Glencore giving effect to the commitments required by the European Commission.
For enquiries about Glencore, please contact:
Paul Smith (Investors) Charles Watenphul (Media) John Burton (Company Secretary)
t: +41 (0)41 709 2487 t: +41 (0)41 709 2462 t: +41 (0)41 709 2619
m: +41 (0)79 947 1348 m:+41 (0)79 904 3320 m: +41 (0)79 944 5434
e: [email protected] e: [email protected] e: [email protected]
Elisa Morniroli (Investors) Finsbury (Media)
t: +41 (0)41 709 2818 Guy Lamming
m: +41 (0)79 833 0508 Dorothy Burwell
e: [email protected] t: +44 (0)20 7251 3801
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 [email protected]. 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.
