The first is to approve the Glencore offer subject to the revised management structure being passed.
The shareholder vote follows after Glencore increased how much it would pay for each Xstrata share.
My Glencore takeaway is that the super cycle in commodities has run its course.
He points out that Glencore and Xstrata would not be the biggest company of its type.
Indeed, Glencore's rise will be strongly felt in Asia, which has demonstrated ravenous demand for commodities.
True, you cannot purchase Glencore shares on US markets (the company is traded in London).
Xstrata's shareholders - other than Glencore - would have a 45% stake in the new firm.
Before Glencore, he worked for five years for BP in its crude oil department.
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Glencore is one of the largest of them and is very big in wheat.
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Glencore also owns shares of mines beyond Prodeco, although some are of dubious quality.
Xstrata was, after all, born out of coal mining assets spun off from Glencore a decade ago.
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"The strategic rationale for combining Xstrata and Glencore remains highly compelling, " said Xstrata's chief executive Mick Davis.
As soon as sanctions were put in place that made this process illegal, Glencore stopped it entirely.
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And he promises that he will never sell a Glencore share as long as he works there.
Tuesday also brought a deal, with Glencore International agreeing to a long-anticipated merger with mining firm Xstrata.
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Shareholders will now vote on whether to accept the offer of 3.05 Glencore shares for every Xstrata share.
Glencore raised its offer to 3.05 of its shares for each Xstrata share, from the 2.8 previously offered.
China, for example, buys a lot of commodities from Glencore and Xstrata, and may fear prices will rise.
Glencore already gets 15% of its revenues just from China, the largest consumer of commodities in the world.
Ivan Glasenberg joined Glencore in April 1984 and has been Chief Executive Officer of Glencore since January 2002.
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Glencore's acquisition will ensure that it reaps the benefit from the deregulation of Canada's export market for wheat.
The board of mining group Xstrata has recommended that shareholders back the merger terms offered by commodities trader Glencore.
To help secure this, there are unconfirmed reports that Glencore has offered to sell part of Xstrata's German operations.
Glasenberg as the brains (and brawn) behind the big commodities trading house, Glencore.
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Where Hayward may be especially useful is in helping Glencore sort out its investment in Russian oil producer Russneft.
Glencore has offered 3.05 of its shares for each Xstrata share, up from its original offer of 2.8 shares.
But with many of Glencore's customers happy with the way it operates, there may be no problem here, either.
He is also currently a director of various companies within the Glencore Group.
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Shares of Glencore were down 4.8% in London, while Xstrata rose 7% to trade slightly below the offer price.
If Glencore does choose to go public, it will be subject to much more onerous reporting and disclosure rules.
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