NEWS RELEASE | PURCHASE OF SHARES BY BATISS INVESTMENTS (CORRECTION)
Zug, 16 May 2005
Xstrata plc ("Xstrata") announces that it was advised by Batiss Investments Limited ("Batiss") on Friday that on 13 May, 2005 Batiss purchased 850,000 ordinary shares of USD 0.50 each in Xstrata at 907.1035 pence per share.
The purchase represents approximately 0.13 per cent. of Xstrata's issued ordinary share capital and brings the aggregate number of shares purchased to date by Batiss to 5,271,726 shares, representing 0.83 per cent of Xstrata's issued ordinary share capital.
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