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Notification of major interest in shares
Anglo American plc
(Incorporated in England and Wales)
(Registration number: 3564138)
Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AN
ISIN: GBOOB1XZS820
JSE Share Code: AGL
NSX Share Code: ANM
("the Company")
Notification of major interest in shares
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
attached: ii
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 x
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying
financial instruments x
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation: iii Deutsche Bank AG
4. Full name of shareholder(s) Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch
(if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or 26/01/2016
reached: v
6. Date on which issuer notified: 28/01/2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or Above 5%
reached: vi, vii
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares to the triggering
transaction
if possible using Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting rights x
the ISIN CODE of of of shares rights
Shares Voting Direct Indirect
Rights Direct xi xii Direct Indirect
Below Below
GB00B1XZS820 notifiable notifiable 33,120,587 33,120,587 0 2.36% 0
threshold threshold
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/Conversion Period Number of voting % of voting
instrument date xiii xiv rights that may be rights
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
Right to Recall 1,907,869 0.14%
16-Dec-16
Put Option 3,336,083 0.24%
16-Dec-16
Call Option 5,500,000 0.39%
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Exercise Expiration Exercise/Conversion period Number of voting rights % of voting rights
instrument price date xvii xviii instrument refers to xix,xx
Nominal Delta
Swaps 16-06-2020 26,950,104 1.92% 1.92%
Call Option 09-Feb-16 471,466 0.03% 0.03%
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
71,286,109 5.09%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch – 5.09%
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:
14. Contact name: Stacy Otieno
15. Contact telephone number: 02075476268
29 January 2016
Sponsor
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)
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