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Anglo American plc - Notification of a change in interest in shares
Anglo American plc
(Incorporated in the United Kingdom)
Registration number: 3564138
Share code: AGL
ISIN: GB0004901517
(the "Company")
The Company has today received the following notification from Maitland &
Co:"Notification of a change in interest in shares in Anglo American plc
("the Company") pursuant to the provisions of Sections 198(1), 202(3),
202(4) and Section 324 of the Companies Act 1985 ("the Act"), and
pursuant to paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure Rules and paragraph 22(c)
of the Model Code:
1. The entities concerned are:
1.1 E Oppenheimer & Son Holdings Limited ("EO&S Holdings") of 9 rue
Sainte Zithe, Luxembourg;
1.2 E Oppenheimer & Son International Limited ("EO&S International") of
9 Columbus Centre, Pelican Drive, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin
Islands;
1.3 Respite Holdings Limited ("Respite") of 9 Columbus Centre,
aforesaid;
1.4 E Oppenheimer & Son Group Holdings Limited ("EO&S Group Holdings") of
9 Columbus Centre, aforesaid;
1.5 Spectre Limited ("Spectre") of 9 Columbus Centre, aforesaid;
1.6 Theseus Trustees (Bermuda) Limited ("the Theseus Bermuda Trustees")
of Richmond House, 12 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton, Bermuda.
2. EO&S Holdings had a notifiable interest for the purposes of Sections
198(1), 202(3) and 202(4) of the Act (a "notifiable interest") in
52,250,206 Ordinary Shares of US$0.50 in the capital of the Company,
which prior to 10 November 2006 were registered as follows:
Company No of Ordinary Shares
Merrill Lynch International 5,000,000
EO&S Holdings 47,250,206
3. EO&S Group Holdings, Spectre, EO&S International, Respite and the
Theseus Bermuda Trustees all had a notifiable interest in 59,120,951
Ordinary Shares of US$0.50 in the capital of the Company, which prior to
10 November 2006 were registered as follows:
Company No of Ordinary Shares
EO&S Holdings 47,250,206
Merrill Lynch International 5,000,000
Debswana Diamond Company (Proprietary) Limited 6,870,745
4. I have been instructed to give notice to the Company pursuant to the
provisions of sections 198(1), 202(3) and 202(4) of the Act of the
matters referred to below. This notice is given in fulfilment of, and for
the express purpose of, discharging the obligations imposed on the
entities referred to above by the said sections and related provisions of
Part VI of the Act. The information is also given to you to discharge
the obligations of Mr NF Oppenheimer under Section 324 of the Act and the
obligations of Mr NF Oppenheimer and EO&S Holdings under paragraph 3.1.2
of the Disclosure Rules and the obligations of EO&S Holdings under
paragraph 22(c) of the Model Code.
5. As a result of the liquidation of Respite on 1 September 2006,
Respite ceased to have a notifiable interest in the capital of the
Company.
6. Mr NF Oppenheimer is a director of the Company and accordingly is a
person discharging managerial responsibilities in relation to the
Company. EO&S Holdings is connected with Mr NF Oppenheimer because Mr NF
Oppenheimer is a director of EO&S Holdings and a potential beneficiary of
trusts which have an interest in EO&S Holdings and accordingly EO&S
Holdings has a responsibility to notify certain transactions to the
Company. The Company is the issuer in relation to whom this disclosure
is made.
7. On 10 November 2006, EO&S Holdings disposed of 17,000,000 Ordinary
Shares ("Ordinary Shares") of US$0.50 in the Company by means of an off-
market sale in London at a price of GBP23.3686 per Ordinary Share ("the
Transaction").
8. Following the Transaction, EO&S Holdings, EO&S International, EO&S
Group Holdings, Spectre, and the Theseus Bermuda Trustees ceased to have
a notifiable interest in the capital of the Company for the purposes of
Section 198 of the Act.
9. As a result of the Transaction, Mr NF Oppenheimer ceased to be
interested in 17,000,000 Ordinary Shares in the Company.
Anthony H Markham
Maitland & Co"
N Jordan
Company Secretary
14 November 2006
Sponsor: J.P.Morgan Equities Limited
Date: 14/11/2006 02:22:08 PM Produced by the JSE SENS Department
