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RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN, INTO
OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A
VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH
JURISDICTION
25 April 2024
Anglo American plc ("Anglo
American")
Registered office:
17 Charterhouse Street, London EC1N 6RA
Registered number:
3564138 (incorporated in England and Wales)
Legal
Entity Identifier: 549300S9XF92D1X8ME43
ISIN:
GB00B1XZS820
Rule 2.9 Announcement
In accordance with Rule 2.9 of the City Code on
Takeovers and Mergers (the "Code"), Anglo American confirms that,
as at the close of business on 24 April 2024, being the last
business day before the date of this announcement, it had
1,337,577,913 ordinary shares of US$0.54945 each in
issue.
Anglo American holds no ordinary shares in
treasury.
The total number of shares attracting voting
rights in Anglo American is therefore
1,337,577,913.(1)
This figure may be used by shareholders to
determine the percentage of issued share capital they hold in Anglo
American for the purposes of the Code, including to consider their
disclosure requirements under Rule 8 of the Code.
Anglo American has a sponsored American
Depositary Receipts ("ADR")
programme for which The Bank of New York Mellon acts as the
sponsored Depositary. 1 ADR represents one half of an ordinary
share of Anglo American. The ADRs trade on OTCBB Pink Sheets. The
trading symbol for these ADRs is NGLOY and the ISIN is US03485P3001.
Footnote
1. Of these 112,300,129 ordinary
shares are held by Epoch Investment Holdings (RF) Proprietary
Limited, Epoch Two Investment Holdings (RF) Proprietary Limited and
Tarl Investment Holdings (RF) Proprietary Limited, the independent
companies which purchased ordinary shares as part of the Company's
2006 share buyback programme. These independent companies have
agreed not to vote the shares they hold or will hold in the Company
(including the 112,300,129 ordinary shares referred to above).
Therefore, please note that, although the ordinary shares held by
the independent companies are not considered treasury shares under
UK company law, the voting rights attached to those ordinary shares
held by the independent companies have never been exercised by
them.
Enquiries:
Anglo
American
Media
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Investors
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UK
James Wyatt-Tilby
james.wyatt-tilby@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8759
Marcelo Esquivel
marcelo.esquivel@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8891
Rebecca Meeson-Frizelle
rebecca.meeson-frizelle@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 1374
South
Africa
Nevashnee Naicker
nevashnee.naicker@angloamerican.com
Tel: +27 (0)11 638 3189
Sibusiso Tshabalala
sibusiso.tshabalala@angloamerican.com
Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2175
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UK
Paul Galloway
paul.galloway@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8718
Tyler Broda
tyler.broda@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 1470
Emma Waterworth
emma.waterworth@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8574
Juliet Newth
juliet.newth@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8830
Michelle Jarman
michelle.jarman@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 1494
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Centerview
Partners UK LLP (Financial Adviser to Anglo
American)
James Hartop
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Tel: +44 (0) 20 7409
9700
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Edward Rowe
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Fiona McHardy
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Goldman Sachs
International (Financial Adviser to Anglo
American)
Mark Sorrell
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Tel: +44 (0) 20 7774
1000
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David Hammond
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Bertie Whitehead
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Morgan Stanley
& Co. International plc (Financial Adviser to Anglo
American)
Simon Smith
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Tel: +44 (0) 20 7425
8000
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Anthony Zammit
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Tom Perry
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IMPORTANT NOTICES
Disclosure requirements of
the Code
Under Rule
8.3(a) of the Code, any person who is interested in 1% or more of
any class of relevant securities of an offeree company or of any
securities exchange offeror (being any offeror other than an
offeror in respect of which it has been announced that its offer
is, or is likely to be, solely in cash) must make an Opening
Position Disclosure following the commencement of the offer period
and, if later, following the announcement in which any securities
exchange offeror is first identified. An Opening Position
Disclosure must contain details of the person's interests and short
positions in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant securities
of each of (i) the offeree company and (ii) any securities exchange
offeror(s). An Opening Position Disclosure by a person to whom Rule
8.3(a) applies must be made by no later than 3.30 pm (London time)
on the 10th business day following the commencement of the offer
period and, if appropriate, by no later than 3.30 pm (London time)
on the 10th business day following the announcement in which any
securities exchange offeror is first identified. Relevant persons
who deal in the relevant securities of the offeree company or of a
securities exchange offeror prior to the deadline for making an
Opening Position Disclosure must instead make a Dealing
Disclosure.
Under Rule
8.3(b) of the Code, any person who is, or becomes, interested in 1%
or more of any class of relevant securities of the offeree company
or of any securities exchange offeror must make a Dealing
Disclosure if the person deals in any relevant securities of the
offeree company or of any securities exchange offeror. A Dealing
Disclosure must contain details of the dealing concerned and of the
person's interests and short positions in, and rights to subscribe
for, any relevant securities of each of (i) the offeree company and
(ii) any securities exchange offeror(s), save to the extent that
these details have previously been disclosed under Rule 8. A
Dealing Disclosure by a person to whom Rule 8.3(b) applies must be
made by no later than 3.30 pm (London time) on the business day
following the date of the relevant dealing.
If two or
more persons act together pursuant to an agreement or
understanding, whether formal or informal, to acquire or control an
interest in relevant securities of an offeree company or a
securities exchange offeror, they will be deemed to be a single
person for the purpose of Rule 8.3.
Opening
Position Disclosures must also be made by the offeree company and
by any offeror and Dealing Disclosures must also be made by the
offeree company, by any offeror and by any persons acting in
concert with any of them (see Rules 8.1, 8.2 and
8.4).
Details of
the offeree and offeror companies in respect of whose relevant
securities Opening Position Disclosures and Dealing Disclosures
must be made can be found in the Disclosure Table on the Takeover
Panel's website at http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk,
including details of the number of relevant securities in issue,
when the offer period commenced and when any offeror was first
identified. You should
contact the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit on +44 (0)20 7638 0129
if you are in any doubt as to whether you are required to make an
Opening Position Disclosure or a Dealing
Disclosure.
Legal Entity Identifier:
549300S9XF92D1X8ME43