Company Announcement: Capital Group Disclosable Interests in Xstrata
Zug, 19 December 2003
Xstrata Plc ("Xstrata") announces that it was advised by Capital Group Companies Inc yesterday that Capital Guardian Trust Company, and Capital International SA have decreased and Capital International Limited have increased holdings in Xstrata to 17,880,769, 4,386,370 and 24,273,408 ordinary shares respectively, representing 2.83%, 0.69% and 3.84% respectively of the Group's issued share capital (previously 2.84%, 0.7% and 3.76%).
The aggregate shareholding of the Capital Group is now 76,045,667 shares, which represents 12.04% of Xstrata's issued share capital.
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(For information, the previously disclosed shareholding of the Capital Group in Xstrata was 11.96%)