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

X

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

Harris Associates L.P.

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

BNY Mellon

Brown Brothers Harriman

JPMorgan Chase

National Australia Bank

Northern Trust Company

Pershing LLC

State Street Bank

U.S. Trust

Wells Fargo

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

16 September 2015

6. Date on which issuer notified:

18 September 2015

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

5%

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

JE00B4T3BW64

Common Stock

737,513,291

737,513,291

N/A

5.12%

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

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

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

737,513,291

5.12%

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

BNY Mellon

Brown Brothers Harriman

JPMorgan Chase

National Australia Bank

Northern Trust Company

Pershing LLC

State Street Bank

U.S. Trust

Wells Fargo

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:

14. Contact name:

Kim Colwell

15. Contact telephone number:

312-646-3489

Investors

Paul Smith

t: +41 41 709 24 87

m: +41 79 947 13 48

[email protected]

Martin Fewings

t: +41 41 709 28 80

m: +41 79 737 56 42

[email protected]

Elisa Morniroli

t: +41 41 709 28 18

m: +41 79 833 05 08

[email protected]

Media

Charles Watenphul

t: +41 41 709 24 62

m: +41 79 904 33 20

[email protected]

Pam Bell

t: +44 20 7412 3471

m: +44 77 9962 6715

[email protected]

Company secretarial:

John Burton

t: +41 41 709 2619

m: +41 79 944 5434

[email protected]

Nicola Barrett

t: +41 41 709 2755

m: +41 79 735 3916

[email protected]