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TR1 - NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

RNS Announcement

RNS Number : 1490E

Glencore Xstrata PLC

07 May 2013

For filings with the FCA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESⁱ

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ⁱⁱ		GLENCORE XSTRATA PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached			No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments			No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights			No
Other (please specify):			No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ	Qatar Holding LLC Qatar Investment Authority (as parent undertaking only)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv	Qatar Holding LLC
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	02 May 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	07 May 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares ^{viii, ix}

Class/type of
shares

if possible using
the ISIN CODE

Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number
of
Shares

Number
of
Voting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of voting rights ^x

Direct

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

USD 0.01 Ordinary Shares

JE00B4T3BW64

N/A

1,080,779,642

8.149%

N/A

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date ^xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period ^xiv

Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights

N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments ^{xv, xvi}

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date ^xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period ^xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}

Options on ordinary shares

N/A

Dates starting 28 May 2012

and ending

04 June 2013

N/A

6,147,849

(after delta adjustment)

Nominal

Delta

See section 13.

0.046%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

1,080,779,642

8.195%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi
Qatar Holding LLC is the beneficial holder of the specified shares and voting rights in Glencore Xstrata PLC. Qatar Holding LLC is established as a limited liability company in the Qatar Financial Centre and is licensed by the QFC Authority under License No. 00004. Qatar Holding LLC is wholly-owned by Qatar Investment Authority ("QIA") and makes this notification on behalf of itself and QIA.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:	As a result of the completion of the all share merger between Xstrata PLC ("Xstrata") and Glencore International PLC ("Glencore"), Qatar Holding LLC received 1,080,779,642 shares in the merged company Glencore Xstrata PLC in exchange for its holding of 354,353,981 shares in Xstrata. On a nominal basis the voting rights underlying the options on ordinary shares total 17,079,941. The voting rights underlying the options on ordinary shares have been re-calculated on a delta-adjusted basis, as permitted by the Financial Conduct Authority's (the "FCA") Disclosure and Transparency Rules (the "DTRs"). As required under the FCA DTRs, this notification has been prepared using the total voting rights figure of 13,263,405,466 as set out in the public announcement made by Glencore Xstrata PLC dated 02 May 2013.
14. Contact name:	Mr. Ahmad Al-Sayed, Managing Director & CEO of Qatar Holding LLC
15. Contact telephone number:	+974.4499.5806

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RNS metadata

Title: TR1 - NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
Time: 15:35:27
Date: 7 May 2013
Category: Holding(s) in company
ID: 1490E