falconbridge/rightsissue

This webcast call does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to sell or issue, or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe for, any securities in Xstrata plc, nor shall it (or any part of it) form the basis of, or be relied on in connection with, any contract therefor.

This webcast call is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States. The securities of Xstrata plc referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and accordingly, may not be offered, sold, taken up, exercised, resold, renounced, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, within the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with state securities laws. No public offering in the United States is being undertaken.

This webcast call is an advertisement and not a prospectus and investors should not subscribe for or purchase any securities referred to in this webcast call except on the basis of the information in the prospectus relating to the Rights Issue. Copies of the prospectus will, following publication, be available from Xstrata plc's registered office.

The offer to acquire new ordinary shares in Xstrata plc pursuant to the proposed Rights Issue will be made solely on the basis of information that will be contained in the prospectus to be published in connection with the Rights Issue.