Glencore PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2014

Sep 23, 2014

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RNS Number : 3387S

Glencore PLC

23 September 2014

Glencore plc

Baar, Switzerland

23rd September, 2014

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			Glencore PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		BlackRock, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		19th September 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:		22nd September 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Holding has gone above 5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction							Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares				Number of Voting Rights			Number of shares		Number of voting rights			% of  voting rights x
Direct		Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct			Indirect
JE00B4T3BW64	N/A				N/A			N/A		N/A		660,503,011	N/A			4.99%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date xiii			Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv					Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.				% of voting rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date xvii			Exercise/ Conversion period xviii			Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights xix, xx
CFD										3,869,738				Nominal			Delta
0.03%			0.03%
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights									Percentage of voting rights
664,372,749									5.02%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 664,372,749 (5.02%)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:	BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team
14. Contact name:	Tim Dudley
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7743 1540

For further information please contact:

Investor:

Paul Smith t: +41 (0) 41 709 2487 m: +41 (0) 79 947 1348 e: paul.smith@glencore.com	Martin Fewings t: +41 (0) 41 709 2880 m: +41 (0) 79 737 5642 e: martin.fewings@glencore.com	Elisa Morniroli t: +41 (0) 41 709 2818 m: +41 (0) 79 833 0508 e: elisa.morniroli@glencore.com

Media:

Charles Watenphul t: +41 (0) 41 709 2462 m: +41 (0) 79 904 3320 e: charles.watenphul@glencore.com	Finsbury Guy Lamming / Dorothy Burwell t: +44 (0) 20 7251 3801

Company secretarial:

John Burton t: +41 (0) 41 709 2619 m: +41 (0) 79 944 5434 e: john.burton@glencore.com	Nicola Barrett t: +41 (0) 41 709 2755 m: +41 (0) 79 735 3916 e: nicola.barrett@glencore.com

www.glencore.com

About Glencore

Glencore is one of the world's largest global diversified natural resource companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 90 commodities. The Group's operations comprise of over 150 mining and metallurgical sites, oil production assets and agricultural facilities.

With a strong footprint in both established and emerging regions for natural resources, Glencore's industrial and marketing activities are supported by a global network of more than 90 offices located in over 50 countries.

Glencore's customers are industrial consumers, such as those in the automotive, steel, power generation, oil and food processing. We also provide financing, logistics and other services to producers and consumers of commodities. Glencore's companies employ around 200,000 people, including contractors.

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