GLN - Transaction in own shares GLENCORE PLC (Incorporated in Jersey under the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991) (Registration number 107710) JSE Share Code: GLN LSE Share Code: GLEN HKSE Share Code: 805HK ISIN: JE00B4T3BW64 Baar, Switzerland 3rd September, 2014 TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES Glencore plc (“Glencore”) announces that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of US$0.01 each on the London Stock as part of the share repurchase programme announced on 20th August 2014: Date of purchase: 2nd September 2014 Number of ordinary shares purchased: 500,000 Highest price paid per share: 368.00p Lowest price paid per share: 363.00p The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above transaction, Glencore holds a total of 11,737,692 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 13,266,667,774 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). For further information please contact: Investor: Paul Smith Martin Fewings Elisa Morniroli t: +41 (0) 41 709 2487 t: +41 (0) 41 709 2880 t: +41 (0) 41 709 2818 m: +41 (0) 79 947 1348 m: +41 (0) 79 737 5642 m: +41 (0) 79 833 0508 e: paul.smith@glencore.com e: martin.fewings@glencore.com e: elisa.morniroli@glencore.com Media: Charles Watenphul Finsbury t: +41 (0) 41 709 2462 Guy Lamming / Dorothy Burwell m: +41 (0) 79 904 3320 t: +44 (0) 20 7251 3801 e: charles.watenphul@glencore.com Company secretarial: John Burton Nicola Barrett t: +41 (0) 41 709 2619 t: +41 (0) 41 709 2755 m: +41 (0) 79 944 5434 m: +41 (0) 79 735 3916 e: john.burton@glencore.com e: nicola.barrett@glencore.com www.glencore.com About Glencore Glencore is one of the world’s largest global diversified natural resource companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 90 commodities. The Group's operations comprise of over 150 mining and metallurgical sites, oil production assets and agricultural facilities. With a strong footprint in both established and emerging regions for natural resources, Glencore's industrial and marketing activities are supported by a global network of more than 90 offices located in over 50 countries. Glencore's customers are industrial consumers, such as those in the automotive, steel, power generation, oil and food processing. We also provide financing, logistics and other services to producers and consumers of commodities. Glencore employ around 200,000 people, including contractors. SPONSOR Absa Bank Limited (acting through its Corporate and Investment Banking Division) Date: 03/09/2014 08:00:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.