Glencore PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2015

Nov 30, 2015

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RNS Number : 4232H

Glencore PLC

30 November 2015

Glencore plc

Baar, Switzerland

30 November 2015

TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares

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):	Baseline notification required as a result of the implementation of changes to the transparency directive			X
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		26 November, 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:		30 November, 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Baseline notification required as a result of the implementation of changes to the transparency directive; BlackRock Inc. shares and voting rights remain above the previously disclosed threshold of 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	657,753,254			657,753,254			N/A		N/A		661,953,496	N/A			4.59%
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
Securities Lending										157,303,301				1.09%
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								17,835,881					Nominal			Delta
0.12%			0.12%
Total Return Swaps								1,132,246					0.00%			0.00%
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
838,224,924								5.82%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
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:	Gareth Slade
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7743 3650

For further information please contact:

Investors
Paul Smith	t: +41 41 709 24 87	m: +41 79 947 13 48	paul.smith@glencore.com
Martin Fewings	t: +41 41 709 28 80	m: +41 79 737 56 42	martin.fewings@glencore.com
Elisa Morniroli	t: +41 41 709 28 18	m: +41 79 833 05 08	elisa.morniroli@glencore.com
Media
Charles Watenphul	t: +41 41 709 24 62	m: +41 79 904 33 20	charles.watenphul@glencore.com
Pam Bell	t: +44 20 7412 3471	m: +44 77 3031 9806	pam.bell@glencore.co.uk
Company secretarial:
John Burton	t: +41 41 709 2619	m: +41 79 944 5434	john.burton@glencore.com
Nicola Barrett	t: +41 41 709 2755	m: +41 79 735 3916	nicola.barrett@glencore.com

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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 181,000 people, including contractors.

Glencore is proud to be a member of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights and the International Council on Mining and Metals. We are an active participant in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.

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