20th Apr 2006 17:00
Anglo American PLC20 April 2006 News Release 20 April 2006 Anglo American plc announces completion of offering of AngloGold Ashanti ordinary shares Anglo American plc today announces that Anglo South Africa Capital (Proprietary)Limited ("ASAC"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Anglo American, has completed thesale of 19,685,170 ordinary shares ("ordinary shares") of AngloGold AshantiLimited, including 3,356,857 ordinary shares that were the subject of anoverallotment option granted to the underwriters. AngloGold Ashanti Limitedalso completed the sale of 9,970,732 ordinary shares. As a result of these transactions, Anglo American's percentage interest inAngloGold Ashanti Limited has been reduced to 41.8%. A final prospectus supplement for the combined offering was filed with the U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission on 12 April 2006. Copies of the finalprospectus supplement and prospectus may be obtained from the offices ofGoldman, Sachs & Co., 85 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004, telephone:1-866-471-2526 and from UBS Securities LLC, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, NewYork, New York 10019-6028, telephone: 1-888-827-7275. For further information: Investor InquiriesNick von SchirndingTel: +44 207 968 8540 Charles GordonTel: +44 207 968 8933 Anne DunnTel: +27 11 638 4730 Media InquiriesPamela BellTel: +44 207 968 8568 Daniel NgwepeTel: +27 11 638 2267 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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