Baar, Switzerland 7 September 2012
Merger Update -Adjournment of Glencore General Meeting
Glencore International plc announces that at today's General Meeting in connection with the proposed all share merger of equals with Xstrata, an ordinary resolution to adjourn the General Meeting to a time, date and place fixed by the directors and notified to the members was approved by shareholders.
Glencore has requested to temporarily suspend Glencore's shares on the London Stock Exchange and Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Glencore is considering its options and will update the market in due course.
For further information, please contact:
Paul Smith (Investors) t: +41 (0)41 709 2487 m: +41 (0)79 947 1348 |
Charles Watenphul (Media) t: +41 (0) 41 709 2462 m: +41 (0) 79 904 33 20 charles.watenphul@glencore.com
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Finsbury (Media) Guy Lamming Dorothy Burwell t: +44 (0 ) 20 7251 3801
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Elisa Morniroli (investors) t: +41 (0) 41 709 2818 m: +41 (0) 79 833 05 08 elisa.morniroli@glencore.com |
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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.