Invitation to non-US and US bond holders

RNS Number : 9757Z

Anglo American PLC

20 March 2017

 

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO OR TO ANY PERSON LOCATED OR RESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (INCLUDING ITS TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS) OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO DISTRIBUTE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT

Anglo American Capital plc announces Non-U.S. Tender Offers and U.S. Tender Offers for existing notes and potential New Issue of notes in the international capital markets

Anglo American Capital plc^[1] (the "Company"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Anglo American plc^[2], has today announced (i) its invitations to holders in respect of certain of its outstanding Euro and Sterling denominated notes maturing from 2018 to 2020 to tender their notes for purchase by the Company (the "Non-U.S. Tender Offers"), (ii) its invitations to holders in respect of certain of its outstanding U.S. dollar denominated securities maturing in 2020 to tender their notes for purchase by the Company (the "U.S. Tender Offers"), and (iii) that it intends to hold investor calls with a view to the potential issuance of U.S. dollar and/or Euro benchmark-sized notes in the international capital markets (the "New Issue"). The Non-U.S. Tender Offer and the U.S. Tender Offer are both conditional upon the successful completion of the New Issue.

The Non-U.S. Tender Offers, U.S. Tender Offers and the New Issue are being made by the Company as part of the Company's ongoing pro-active capital management and are aimed at extending the Company's debt maturity profile.

The Non-U.S. Tender Offers and U.S. Tender Offers are each subject to the terms and conditions of detailed tender offer memoranda as referred to in the separate announcements published in relation to them today. Those announcements also contain offer and distribution restrictions.  

In relation to the Non-U.S. Tender Offers and any Euro denominated notes under the New Issue, Citigroup Global Markets Limited and Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc have been appointed as the Global Coordinators and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A., Banco Santander, S.A. and Barclays Bank PLC together with Citigroup Global Markets Limited and Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc have been appointed as Joint Dealer Managers and bookrunners, as applicable.

In relation to the U.S. Tender Offers and any U.S. dollar denominated notes under the New Issue, Citigroup Global Markets Limited and Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc have been appointed as the Global Coordinators and Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and UBS Securities LLC together with Citigroup Global Markets Limited and Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc have been appointed as Joint Dealer Managers and bookrunners, as applicable.

DISCLAIMER

No offer or invitation to acquire any securities is being made pursuant to this announcement. The distribution of this announcement and any other documents relating to the Non-U.S. Tender Offers, the U.S. Tender Offers and the New Issue in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this announcement or any such other documents comes are required by each of the Company, the Global Coordinators, the Joint Dealer Managers and the bookrunners for the New Issue to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such restrictions.

Nothing in this announcement constitutes an offer of securities in the United States of America. The securities referred to above have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and may not be offered or sold within the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

For additional information and the applicable offer and distribution restrictions in relation to the Non-U.S. Tender Offers please refer to the tender offer memorandum dated 20 March 2017 which can be obtained by contacting the tender agent, Lucid Issuer Services Limited, at [phone] or by email at [e-mail].

For additional information and the applicable offer and distribution restrictions in relation to the U.S. Tender Offers please refer to the tender offer memorandum dated 20 March 2017 which can be obtained by contacting the tender agent, D.F. King & Co, at [phone] / [phone] or by email at [e-mail].

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[1]    (LEI TINT358G1SSHR3L3PW36)

[2]    (LEI 549300S9XF92D1X8ME43)

 

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