REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENT

Notification of transactions of directors, persons discharging managerial responsibility or connected persons

Zug, 21 December 2012

1. Name of the issuer

Xstrata plc

2. State whether the notification relates to
(i) a transaction notified in accordance with DTR 3.1.2R; or
(ii) a disclosure made in accordance with section 793 of the Companies Act 2006

Notification relates to a transaction notified in accordance with DTR 3.1.2R

3. Name of person discharging managerial responsibility

Peter Freyberg

4. State whether notification relates to a person connected with the person discharging managerial responsibility named in 3.

Notification relates to the person discharging managerial responsibility

5. Description of shares (including class)

Ordinary shares of US$0.50 each ("shares") in Xstrata plc

6. State the nature of the transaction

The exercise of 495,800 options granted on 12 March 2009 under the Xstrata Long Term Incentive Plan at the option price of £3.3475 per share and the sale of the shares resulting from the option exercise at the price of £10.5027 per share.

7. Date of sale referred to in 6 and place of transaction

20 December 2012, London

8. Date issuer informed of transactions

21 December 2012

9. Name of duly authorised officer of issuer responsible for making notification

Richard P Elliston

10. Date of Notification

21 December 2012

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2 | Xstrata plc Regulatory Announcement

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Xstrata contacts:

Claire Divver

Richard Elliston

Telephone Mobile Email

+44 20 7968 2871

+44 20 7785 964 340 cdivver@xstrata.com

Telephone Mobile Email

+44 20 7968 2885

+44 20 7759 924 576 relliston@xstrata.com

www.xstrata.com

Notes to editors About Xstrata plc

We are a major producer of a range of vital commodities used in everything from constructing buildings and delivering electricity, to developing jet engines and mobile phones. We are one of the top five global producers of copper, thermal and metallurgical coal, ferrochrome, zinc and nickel and we also produce silver, lead, platinum, gold, cobalt and vanadium.

Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Switzerland, we operate in over 20 countries and employ over

70,000 people at more than 100 operations and projects around the world. We work in a responsible and sustainable way, with an entrepreneurial spirit and dynamic approach. For more information, visit www.xstrata.com.

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