Notification of Major Interest in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii

GLENCORE XSTRATA PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

Yes

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

No

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

No

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

No

Other (please specify):

No

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii

Qatar Holding LLC

Qatar Investment Authority (as parent undertaking only)

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv

Qatar Holding LLC

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v

28 April 2014

6. Date on which issuer notified:

30 April 2014

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii

Holding is above 9%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

USD 0.01 Ordinary Shares

JE00B4T3BW64

N/A

N/A

1,154,700,474

1,154,700,474

1,154,700,474

8.696%

N/A

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/Conversion Period xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Options on ordinary shares

N/A

Dates starting 09 Oct 2012

and ending

12 Feb 2013

N/A

43,880,330

(after delta adjustment)

Nominal

Delta

See section 13.

0.330%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

1,198,580,804

9.027%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Qatar Holding LLC is the beneficial holder of the specified shares and voting rights in Glencore Xstrata PLC. Qatar Holding LLC is established as a limited liability company in the Qatar Financial Centre and is licensed by the QFC Authority under License No. 00004. Qatar Holding LLC is wholly-owned by Qatar Investment Authority ("QIA") and makes this notification on behalf of itself and QIA.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights:

13. Additional information:

On a nominal basis the voting rights underlying the options on ordinary shares total 124,279,214. The voting rights underlying the options on ordinary shares have been re-calculated on a delta-adjusted basis, as permitted by the Financial Conduct Authority's (the "FCA") Disclosure and Transparency Rules (the "DTRs").

As required under the FCA DTRs, this notification has been prepared using the total voting rights figure of 13,278,405,466 as set out in the public announcement made by Glencore Xstrata plc.

14. Contact name:

Mr. Ahmad Al-Sayed, Managing Director & CEO of Qatar Holding LLC

15. Contact telephone number:

+974.4499.5806