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Intention to commence a cash tender offer for convertible bonds due in 2014
AngloGold Ashanti Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa \ Reg. No. 1944/017354/06)
ISIN No. ZAE000043485 – JSE share code: ANG \ CUSIP: 035128206 – NYSE share code: AU
Website: www.anglogoldashanti.com
News Release
24 July 2013
AngloGold Ashanti Holdings plc Announces its Intention to Commence a Cash Tender Offer
for Any and All of the 3.50% Guaranteed Convertible Bonds Due 2014 of
AngloGold Ashanti Holdings Finance plc
AngloGold Ashanti Holdings plc (the “Company”) today announced its intention to commence a cash
tender offer to purchase any and all of the outstanding 3.50% Guaranteed Convertible Bonds Due
2014 (CUSIP/ISIN Nos. 03512QAA5/US03512QAA58 and G03791AA1/ XS0430548056) (the
“Bonds”) of AngloGold Ashanti Holdings Finance plc at a purchase price of $1,015 for each $1,000
principal amount of Bonds validly tendered. In addition, holders will receive, in respect of their Bonds
that are accepted for purchase, accrued and unpaid interest on such Bonds up to, but excluding, the
settlement date of the tender offer. Completion of the tender offer will be conditioned upon, among
other things, the completion of one or more financing transactions, including the Company’s
separately announced offering of notes, that result in net proceeds to the Company in an amount that
is no less than the amount required to purchase all of the Bonds tendered pursuant to the tender offer
on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Company. The tender offer will not be subject to any minimum
tender condition.
Title of Security ISIN CUSIP Principal Amount Purchase
Outstanding Price(1)
3.50% Guaranteed US03512QAA58/ 03512QAA5/ U.S.$732,500,000 U.S.$1,015
Convertible Bonds XS0430548056 G03791AA1
due 2014
(1) Per U.S.$1,000 in principal amount of Bonds accepted for purchase.
As of July 24, 2013, there was $732,500,000 aggregate principal amount of Bonds outstanding. The
tender offer will be subject to the terms and conditions described in the offer to purchase and other
related documents that will be distributed to holders and filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Forward Looking Statements
This announcement is for information purposes only and shall not constitute an offer to
purchase, a solicitation of an offer to purchase, or a solicitation of an offer to sell securities
nor an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to purchase new securities. The tender offer may
be made only pursuant to the terms and conditions of the offer to purchase and the other
related materials. A tender offer statement on Schedule TO, including the offer to purchase,
describing the tender offer will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Holders of the Bonds must read the Schedule TO and its exhibits (including the offer to
purchase) carefully before making any decision with respect to the tender offer because it
contains important information. The Schedule TO, the offer to purchase and other related
materials will be available free of charge at the website of the Securities and Exchange
Commission at www.sec.gov. In addition, the Company will provide copies of the Schedule
TO and related Offer materials upon request free of charge to holders of the Bonds.
JSE Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Limited
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Contacts
Media Tel: E-mail:
Alan Fine +27-11 637- 6383 / +27 (0) 83 250 0757 afine@anglogoldashanti.com
Chris Nthite +27 (0) 11 637 6388/+27 (0) 83 301 2481 cnthite@anglogoldashanti.com
Stewart Bailey +1 646 338 4337/ +1 212 858-7702 / +27 83 253 2021 sbailey@anglogoldashanti.com
General inquiries media@anglogoldashanti.com
Investors
Stewart Bailey +1 646 338 4337/ +1 212 858-7702 / +27 83 253 2021 sbailey@anglogoldashanti.com
Sabrina Brockman (US & Canada) +1 212 858 7702 / +1 646 379 2555 sbrockman@anglogoldashanti.com
Mike Bedford (UK & Europe) +44 779 497 7881 / +44 1225 93 8483 mbedford@anglogoldashanti.com
General inquiries investors@anglogoldashanti.com
Certain statements contained in this news release, other than statements of historical fact, including,
without limitation, those concerning the economic outlook for the gold mining industry, expectations
regarding gold prices, production, cash costs and other operating results, return on equity,
productivity improvements, growth prospects and outlook of the Company and its affiliates’
operations, individually or in the aggregate, including the achievement of project milestones, the
completion and commencement of commercial operations of certain of the Company and its affiliates’
exploration and production projects and the completion of acquisitions and dispositions, the Company
and its affiliates’ liquidity and capital resources, the results of financing transactions and capital
expenditures and the outcome and consequence of any potential or pending litigation or regulatory
proceedings or environmental issues, are forward-looking statements regarding the Company and its
affiliates’ operations, economic performance and financial condition.
These forward-looking statements or forecasts involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
other factors that may cause the Company and its affiliates’ actual results, performance or
achievements to differ materially from the anticipated results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements. Although the Company and its affiliates
believe that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, no
assurance can be given that such expectations will prove to have been correct. Accordingly, results
and forecasts could differ materially from those set out in the forward-looking statements as a result
of among other factors, changes in economic, social and political and market conditions, success of
business and operating initiative, changes in the regulatory environment and other government
actions, including environmental approval, fluctuations in gold prices and exchange rates, the
outcome of pending or future litigation proceedings and business and operational risk management
and other factors as determined in “Risk factors” in the Company’s Preliminary Prospectus
Supplement filed with the SEC on July 15, 2013. These factors are not necessarily all of the
important factors that could cause the Company or its affiliates’ actual results to differ materially from
those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Other unknown or unpredictable factors could
also have material adverse effects on future results. Consequently, readers are cautioned not to
place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates undertake any obligation to update publicly or release
any revisions to these forward-looking statements to events or circumstances after the date of the
offer to purchase or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except to the extent required by
applicable law. All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company
or its affiliates or any person acting on its behalf are qualified by the cautionary statements herein.
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