Anglo American completes placing of Exxaro shares
05 September, 2007
Successful placing of 19 million Exxaro shares
Anglo American plc successful placing of 19,000,000 Exxaro shares
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE OR FORM AN OFFER OF SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
Anglo American plc is pleased to announce that, following agreement between its subsidiary, Anglo South Africa Capital (Proprietary) Limited, RMB Morgan Stanley (the “Bookrunner”), Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc (“Morgan Stanley”) and Rand Merchant Bank, a division of FirstRand Bank Limited (“RMB”), (the “Joint Financial Advisors”) 19,000,000 ordinary shares in Exxaro Resources Limited (“Exxaro”), representing in aggregate approximately 5% of the issued share capital of Exxaro (the “Placing”), have been placed at a price of 73 Rands per ordinary share raising gross proceeds of R1,387 million.
Settlement of the Placing is expected to take place on 12 September 2007.
The Placing price of 73 Rands represents a discount of 2.2% to the daily volume weighted average price of Exxaro shares on the JSE Limited at the closing of the Placing, being 74.67 Rands.
The arrangements of the Placing provide that following completion of the Placing, Anglo American will not, for a period of 60 days, sell or issue, where applicable, further shares of Exxaro.
Notes to Editors:
Anglo American plc is one of the world's largest mining and natural resource groups. With its subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates, it is a global leader in platinum group metals, gold and diamonds, with significant interests in coal, base and ferrous metals, and industrial minerals. The Group is geographically diverse, with operations in Africa, Europe, South and North America, Australia and Asia. (www.angloamerican.co.uk)