Significant shareholders
As of 16 February 2012, the Company was aware of the following interests in 3% or more of the Company's ordinary share capital:
| Company |
Number
of shares |
Percentage of
common stocks |
| BlackRock, Inc. |
78,986,629 |
5.97 |
| Epoch Two Investment Holdings Limited1 |
42,166,686 |
3.19 |
| Legal & General plc |
53,328,155 |
4.03 |
| Public Investment Corporation (PIC) |
77,592,603 |
5.86 |
| Tarl Investment Holdings Limited1 |
47,275,613 |
3.57 |
1Epoch Two Investment Holdings Ltd (Epoch 2) and Tarl Investment Holdings Limited (Tarl) are two of the independent companies which have purchased shares as part of Anglo American’s share buy back programme. Epoch 2 and Tarl have waived their right to vote all the shares they hold or will hold in Anglo American plc.