Company Announcement: Capital Group Disclosable Interests in Xstrata
Zug, 18 December 2003
Xstrata Plc ("Xstrata") announces that it was advised by Capital Group Companies Inc yesterday that Capital Guardian Trust Company, Capital International Limited and Capital International Inc have decreased and Capital International Limited SA have increased holdings in Xstrata to 17,920,769, 23,716,822, 943,735 and 4,402,470 ordinary shares respectively, representing 2.84%, 3.76%, 0.15% and 0.70% respectively of the Group's issued share capital (previously 2.86%, 3.99%, 0.52% and 0.69%).
The aggregate shareholding of the Capital Group is now 75,545,181 shares, which represents 11.96% of Xstrata's issued share capital.
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(For information, the previously disclosed shareholding of the Capital Group in Xstrata was 12.58%).