21st Mar 2007 15:50
Anglo American PLC21 March 2007 Anglo American plc(the "Company")Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5ANRegistered number: 3564138 Notification of a transaction in Ordinary Shares of US$0.50 each ("OrdinaryShares") of the Company pursuant to paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure andTransparency Rules and paragraph 22(c) of the Model Code (the "DisclosureRules"). The Company has been notified by Mr NF Oppenheimer and E Oppenheimer & SonHoldings Limited ("EO&S Holdings") of 9 rue Sainte Zithe, L-2763 Luxembourg, forthe purposes of discharging the obligations of Mr NF Oppenheimer and EO&SHoldings under the Disclosure Rules. The Company is the issuer in relation to whom this notice is made. Mr NFOppenheimer is a director of the Company and accordingly is a person dischargingmanagerial responsibilities in relation to the Company. EO&S Holdings isconnected with Mr NF Oppenheimer because Mr NF Oppenheimer is a director of EO&SHoldings and accordingly EO&S Holdings has a responsibility to notify certaintransactions to the Company. As already notified on 21 December 2005, on 20 December 2005 EO&S Holdings soldEuropean call options over 5,000,000 Ordinary Shares with a strike price of£21.3663 per Ordinary Share maturing on 20 March 2007. The Options provided foradjustment to the number of options whenever the Company paid dividends. As aconsequence of the dividends paid since 20 December 2005, Call Options over5,333,003 Ordinary Shares with a strike price of £20.0321 were outstanding forsettlement on 20 March 2007. ("the Call Options"). The Call Options outstanding for settlement on 20 March 2007 have been settledin London in cash on 20 March 2007 at a Settlement Price of £5.2079 per CallOption. At the time of the settlement of the Call Options, EO&S Holdings disposed of5,250,206, Ordinary Shares by means of sale in London on the London StockExchange at a price of £25.24 per Ordinary Share and with a trade date of 20March 2007. This notification was received by the Company on 21 March 2007. Andy HodgesDeputy Secretary21 March 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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