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Company announcement: Glencore International AG disclosable interest in Xstrata

Zug, 12 December 2006

Xstrata plc ("Xstrata") announces that it was notified on 11 December 2006 by Glencore International AG and Finges Investment BV in relation to the ordinary shares of US$0.50 each in the capital of Xstrata plc (“the “Shares”) that they are party to agreements with Duchy Investments Sàrl, all dated 6 December 2006 (together the “Agreement”), to which section 204 of the Companies Act 2985 applies (the ”Act”). The notification stated that they were interested in 336,801,333 Shares (35.71%) in aggregate (the Relevant Shares”). Of the Relevant Shares they were interested in 151,560,600 Shares by virtue of the Agreement (the “s.204 Shares”). So far as was known at the date of notification, HSBC Bank plc is the registered holder of 185,240,733 Relevant Shares on behalf of Finges Investment BV, a wholly owned subsidiary of Glencore International AG and Hanmer BV is the registered holder of 151,560,600 Relevant Shares.

As of 11 December 2006, 943,150,383 Shares were in issue.

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