31st May 2007 15:37
Anglo American PLC31 May 2007 Anglo American plc (the "Company") Anglo American plc has been informed that Tarl Investment Holdings Limited(Tarl), an independent company undertaking the share purchase programmeannounced by Anglo American plc on 4 August 2006 has purchased ordinary sharesin the issued share capital of Anglo American plc as outlined in more detailbelow. Tarl has waived its rights to vote all the shares it holds or will holdin Anglo American plc. TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying Anglo American plcissuer of existing shares to which voting rights --------------------are attached:------------------------------2. Reason for notification (yes/no)------------------------------------------------ --------An acquisition or disposal of voting rights Yes------------------------------------------ --------An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result inthe acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are --------attached------------------------------------------An event changing the breakdown of voting rights------------------------------------------ --------Other (please specify):______________------------------------------------------ --------3. Full name of person(s) subject to Tarl Investment Holdings Limitednotification obligation: --------------------------------------------------4. Full name of shareholder(s) (ifdifferent from 3): --------------------------------------------------5. Date of transaction (and date on which 30-March-2007the threshold is crossed or reached if ------------------------different):--------------------------6. Date on which issuer notified: 31 May 2007-------------------------- ------------------------7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or Holding more than 3% of the issued votingreached: share capital-------------------------- ------------------------ 8: Notified DetailsA: Voting rights attached to sharesClass/type of Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the triggering transactionshares triggering transactionIf possibleuse ISINcodeGB0004901517 Number of Number of Number of Number of voting Percentage of shares voting shares rights voting rights rights 44,342,151 44,342,151 44,667,765 Direct Indirect Direct Indirect 44,667,765 3.01% B: Financial InstrumentsResulting situation after the triggering transactionType of Expiration Exercise/ No. of voting rights that may Percentagefinancial date conversion be acquired (if the instrument of votinginstrument period/ exercised/converted) rights date Total (A+B)Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights44,667,765 3,01% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: Not applicable Proxy Voting:10. Name of proxy holder:11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: 13. Tarl is the independent company which has purchased these sharesAdditional pursuant to a US$4billion share purchase programme announced byinformation: Anglo American plc on 4 August 2006. Tarl has waived its rights to vote all the shares it holds or will hold in Anglo American plc. All share purchases made on any day have been notified timeously and in accordance with all regulatory requirements. All notifications disclose the total number of shares held by Tarl and in treasury pursuant to the share purchase programme as well as the percentage held in the issued share capital of Anglo American plc excluding treasury shares.14 Contact EM Southeyname:15. Contacttelephonename: +2711 530 5243 For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer Annex: Notification of major interests in shares A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notificationobligationFull name Tarl Investment Holdings Limited(including legal form of legalentities)Contact address 10 Fricker Road(registered office for legal entities) Illovo Boulevard Johannesburg South Africa 2196Phone number & email +27 11 530 5243 Ed Southey [email protected] useful information Ed Southey - director Tarl Investment Holdings Limited(at least legal representative forlegal persons) B: Identity of the notifier, if applicableFull nameContact addressPhone number & emailOther useful information(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to thenotification obligation) C: Additional informationTarl is the independent company which has purchased these shares pursuant to aUS$4billion share purchase programme announced by Anglo American plc on 4 August2006. Tarl has waived its rights to vote all the shares it holds or will hold inAnglo American plc. All share purchases made on any day have been notifiedtimeously and in accordance with all regulatory requirements. All notificationsdisclose the total number of shares held by Tarl and in treasury pursuant to theshare purchase programme as well as the percentage held in the issued sharecapital of Anglo American plc excluding treasury shares. N JordanCompany SecretaryAnglo American plc31 May 2007 ENDS This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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