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Glencore International PLC
22 November 2012
22 November 2012
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Glencore International plc
Merger Update - EU Merger Control Clearance
Glencore notes today's announcement by the European Commission
confirming that it has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the
recommended all-share merger of equals between Glencore and Xstrata
in Phase I with the commitments referred to therein.
Completion of the Merger remains conditional upon the receipt of
the outstanding regulatory approvals in China and South Africa and
the completion of the Court process as further set out in the New
Scheme Document in connection with the Merger published by Xstrata
on 25 October 2012.
For enquiries about Glencore, please contact:
Paul Smith (Investors) Charles Watenphul (Media) John Burton (Company
t: +41 (0)41 709 t: +41 (0) 41 709 2462 Secretary)
2487 m: +41 (0) 79 904 33 t: +41 (0)41 709
m: +41 (0)79 947 20 charles.watenphul@glencore.com 2619
1348 m: +41 (0)79 944
e:paul.smith@glencore.com 5434
e:john.burton@glencore.com
Elisa Morniroli (Investors) Finsbury (Media)
t: +41 (0) 41 709 Guy Lamming
2818 Dorothy Burwell
m: +41 (0) 79 833 t: +44 (0)20 7251 3801
05 08 elisa.morniroli@glencore.com
Publication on Website
A copy of this announcement will be available on Glencore's
website (www.glencore.com) by no later than 12 noon (London time)
on the business day following the date of this announcement.
You may request a hard copy of this announcement, free of
charge, by contacting the Company Secretary of Glencore, John
Burton, at john.burton@glencore.com. You may also request that all
future documents, announcements and information to be sent to you
in relation to the Merger should be in hard copy form.
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