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Notification Of Major Interest In Shares
Anglo American plc
Incorporated in the United Kingdom
(Registration number: 3564138)
Short name JSE: Anglo
Share code JSE: AGL
Short name NSX: Anglo-AMRC NM
Share code NSX: ANM
ISIN number: GB00B1XZS820
(the "Company")
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are Anglo American PLC
ii
attached:
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights x
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares
already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
iii BlackRock, Inc.
notification obligation:
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
iv
(if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or 25 August, 2015
v
reached:
6. Date on which issuer notified: 26 August, 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
vi, vii Voting rights attached to shareholding has gone below 5%
reached:
8. Notified details:
viii, ix
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares to the triggering
transaction
x
if possible using Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting rights
the ISIN CODE of of of shares rights
Shares Voting xi xii
Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
Rights
GB00B1XZS820 70,129,625 70,129,625 N/A N/A 69,271,995 N/A 4.94%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
xiii xiv
instrument date Conversion Period rights that may be rights
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
xv, xvi
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
xix,
Type of financial Exercise Expiratio Exercise/ Number of voting rights % of voting rights
xvii xx
instrument price n date Conversion instrument refers to
xviii
period
Nominal Delta
CFD 1,206,133
0.08% 0.08%
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
70,478,128 5.02%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
xxi
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the 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. Additional information: BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team
14. Contact name: Gareth Slade
15. Contact telephone number: 020 7743 2536
27 August 2015
Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd
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