Total Voting Rights

RNS Number : 2238S

Anglo American PLC

06 September 2010

 

Anglo American plc (the "Company")

Total voting rights

In accordance with the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company announces that, at 6pm on 31 August 2010:


   · it had 1,342,931,288 issued ordinary shares of US$0.54945 each admitted to trading. Each ordinary 
     share carries the right to one vote in relation to all circumstances at general meetings of the 
     Company; 
  

   · it held 23,681,086 ordinary shares in treasury. The voting rights of treasury shares are automatically 
     suspended;

   · accordingly, it had total voting rights of 1,319,250,202. Of these 112,300,129 shares are held by Epoch 
     Investment Holdings Limited, Epoch Two Investment Holdings Limited and Tarl Investment Holdings 
     Limited, the independent companies which purchased shares as part of the Company's share buy   
     back programme. These independent companies have waived their right to vote all the shares they 
     hold or will hold in the Company.

The total voting rights figure (1,319,250,202) may be used by shareholders (and others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.


Andy Hodges 
Deputy Secretary 
Anglo American plc

6 September 2010 

 

 

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