ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI SIGNS NEW THREE-YEAR US$700 MILL
ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI SIGNS NEW THREE-YEAR US$700 MILLION REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY
ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI LIMITED
(formerly AngloGold Limited
(Registration number 1944/017354/06)
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(`AngloGold` or `the Company`)
ISIN: ZAE000043485 JSE Share code: ANG
ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI SIGNS NEW THREE-YEAR US$700 MILLION REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY
AngloGold Ashanti today announced the signing of a new three-year, US$700
million revolving credit facility to replace the US$600 million facility which
matures in February this year. The facility will be used to repay the maturing
facility and for general corporate purposes. The new facility will reduce the
group`s cost of borrowing, with the borrowing margin over Libor reducing from 70
basis points to 40 basis points. The facility was arranged with a number of
AngloGold Ashanti`s local and international relationship banks. The 20 banks
involved are as follows:
Mandated Lead Arrangers: Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.; Bank
of Montreal Ireland plc; Barclays Capital; The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd;
Calyon Corporate and Investment Bank; Citibank NA; Deutsche Bank AG London;
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein; HSBC Bank plc; JP Morgan Chase Bank NA; Mizuho
Corporate Bank Ltd; The Royal Bank of Scotland plc; Societe Generale; Sumitomo
Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe Ltd.; and UBS AG, London branch.
Lead Arrangers: Goldman Sachs Credit partners LP; RMB International (Dublin)
Ltd; Royal Bank of Canada Europe Ltd; Standard Bank London Ltd; and Westpac
Banking Corporation.
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Johannesburg
27 January 2005
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