Zug, 29 May 2009
Xstrata plc ("Xstrata") announces that it was notified by Capital Research and Management Company yesterday that the Capital Research and Management Company has decreased its holding by 2,133,350 voting rights/shares of the issued share capital.
As a consequence, the current total shareholding in Xstrata of Capital Research and Management Company is 145,466,653 voting rights, representing 4.9596% of Xstrata's ordinary issued share capital.
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