Anglo American Plc Lists On The Botswana Stock Exc
Julian Ogilvie Thompson, chairman of Anglo American plc, announced today the
listing on the Botswana Stock Exchange of just under 1.47 billion Anglo
American plc shares.
The decision to list on both Botswana and Namibian stock exchanges has been
taken to ensure continuity of listing for the former holders of De Beers
linked units in both countries and to provide other investors and fund
managers the opportunity of investing in Anglo American ordinary shares.
Anglo American plc's primary listing is held on the London Stock Exchange
with secondary listings on the Johannesburg and Swiss stock exchanges and as
from Monday, 4 June, on the Botswana and Namibian stock exchanges.
The group is involved in the mining of diamonds at Debswana, nickel at Tati,
copper at BCL and the extraction of soda ash (sodium carbonate) at Botash.
Anglo American owns 43% of Tati, 23% of BCL and 21% of Botash. Following
the acquisition by DBI of De Beers, the company is now wholly owned by DBI.
DBI is, in turn, owned as to 45 percent by Anglo American, 45 percent by a
subsidiary of Central Holdings Limited and 10 percent by Debswana Diamond
Company (Proprietary) Limited.
Date: 1 June 2001
Distributed by: Corporate Communication Department
Contact: Marion Dixon
Tel: +27 11 638 3001
Fax: +27 11 638 3771
Mob: +27 82 775 5520
Notes to Editors:
Anglo American plc is a global leader in the mining and natural resource
sectors. It has significant and focused interests in gold, platinum,
diamonds, coal, base and ferrous metals, industrial minerals and forest
products, as well as financial and technological strength. The Group is
geographically diverse, with operations and developments in Africa, Europe,
South and North America and Australia. Anglo American represents a powerful
world of resources.
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