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Anglo American Plc - Directors` Interests - Bonus Share Plan (`Bsp`)
Anglo American plc
(Incorporated in the United Kingdom)
Registration number: 3564138
Share code: AGL
ISIN: GB0004901517
(the `Company`)
DIRECTORS` INTERESTS - BONUS SHARE PLAN (`BSP`)
The Company announces that on 10 March 2005, the Company was advised that on 8
March 2005, the following awards of ordinary shares of US$0.50 in the capital of
the Company (`Shares`) were made for nil consideration pursuant to the BSP . The
awards were based on a share price of GBP12.96 per Share, being the mid-market
price per Share on the pricing date of 25 February 2005. In accordance with the
determination of the Remuneration Committee, and in accordance with the rules of
the BSP, the Company awarded, on Tuesday 8 March 2005, the number of Shares
under the BSP specified below, conditional on continued employment, subject to
the rules of the BSP, until 31 December 2007:
Director Shares
Mr B E Davison 15,013
Mr A W Lea 16,527
Mr A J Trahar 46,354
In accordance with the determination of the Remuneration Committee, and in
accordance with the rules of the BSP, the Company also awarded, on Tuesday 8
March 2005, the number of enhancement Shares specified below, conditional upon
the attainment of a stretching earnings per share performance condition during a
three-year performance period ending on 31 December 2007:
Director Shares
Mr B E Davison 11,259
Mr A W Lea 12,395
Mr A J Trahar 34,765
DIRECTORS` SHARE INTERESTS
The following table provides details of all the directors` current interests
(excluding share options) in the ordinary shares of the Company following the
above transactions:
As at 10 March 2005
Bene-
ficial Conditional Non bene-
ficial(6)
SIP(1) Deferred bonus share match(2) LTIP(3)
BSP Bonus Shares(4) BSP Enhancement Shares(5)
A J Trahar(6) 108,482 357 32,219 295,286 95,924 71,943 767,778
B E Davison 35,311 - 5,267 129,820 27,718 20,788 -
A W Lea(7) 77,473 357 12,803 142,164 33,441 25,081 -
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart(8) 19,814 - - - - - -
D J Challen 2,000 - - - - - -
Dr C E Fay 5,853 - - - - - -
R M Godsell(6) 92 - - - - - 767,778
G Lindahl 11,735 - - - - - -
R J Margetts(9) 9,259 - - - - - -
Dr M S B Marques 752 - - - - - -
N F Oppenheimer(6)(10) 59,126,043 - - - - -
767,778
F T M Phaswana 9,103 - - - - - -
Sir David Scholey 11,392 - - - - - -
Prof K A L M Van Miert 500 - - - - - -
(1) The award of these Shares is conditional upon the participant`s continued
employment by the Group until three years after the conditional grant date.
(2) The award of these Shares is conditional upon the participant`s continued
employment by the Group until three years after the grant date.
(3) The award of Shares under the LTIP is conditional upon the satisfaction of
performance conditions.
(4) The award of Bonus Shares under the BSP is conditional upon the
participant`s continued employment by the Group until three years after the
conditional grant date.
(5) The award of Enhancement Shares under the BSP is conditional upon the
satisfaction of performance conditions as well as continued employment.
(6) Messrs Godsell and Oppenheimer are deemed to be interested in The Ernest
Oppenheimer Memorial Trust`s holding of 767,778 shares of virtue of being
Trustees and Mr A J Trahar is also deemed to be interested by virtue of his wife
being a Trustee. None of them is a beneficiary of the Trust.
(7) A W Lea`s beneficial interest includes 200 Shares arising as a result of
his son`s interest in these Shares.
(8) Sir Mark Moody-Stuart`s beneficial interest includes 12,500 Shares arising
as a result of his interest in a family trust.
(9) R J Margetts` beneficial interest in 9,259 Shares arises as a result of
his wife`s interest in these Shares.
(10) N F Oppenheimer`s beneficial interest in 59,125,951 of these Shares arises
as a result of his interest in a discretionary trust which is treated as
interested in 52,250,206 Shares in which E Oppenheimer & Son Holdings Limited is
treated as interested and 6,870,745 Shares in which Central Holdings Limited is
treated as interested. The 6,870,745 Shares referred to above are Shares held by
Debswana Diamond Company (Pty) Limited, in which N F Oppenheimer and Central
Holdings Limited have no economic interest. His interest in 5,000 of these
Shares arises as a result of his wife`s interest in a trust which has an
indirect economic interest in those Shares.
N Jordan
Company Secretary
10 March 2005
Sponsor
JP Morgan
Date: 11/03/2005 08:57:18 AM
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