22nd Feb 2006 07:03
Anglo American PLC22 February 2006 News Release 22 February 2006 Anglo American announces proposed public secondary offering of ordinary shares of AngloGold Ashanti Anglo American plc ("Anglo American") today announces its intention to sellthrough a registered offering a portion of its ordinary shares of AngloGoldAshanti in the form of ordinary shares or American depositary shares, as onemeans of reducing its shareholding in AngloGold Ashanti. The offering would bemade simultaneously in the US, South Africa and Europe. The offering isanticipated to occur at some time over the coming months, subject to marketconditions. Anglo American currently intends to remain a significant shareholder inAngloGold Ashanti in the medium term. This communication does not constitute or form part of an offer to sell or thesolicitation of an offer to buy securities or otherwise engage in any investmentactivity, nor will there be any sale of the securities in any jurisdiction inwhich such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registrationor qualification. Certain statements contained herein may constitute "forward-looking statements"within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Actof 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performanceor achievements of the Company to be materially different from any futureresults, performance or achievements expressed or implied by suchforward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, risks associatedwith the transactions described above. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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