Total Voting Rights

RNS Number : 9907N

Anglo American PLC

01 November 2016

 

Anglo American plc

(the "Company")

Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AN

Registered number: 3564138

Total voting rights

In accordance with the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company announces that, at 6pm on 31 October 2016:

·     it had 1,405,465,332 issued ordinary shares of US$0.54945 each admitted to trading. Each ordinary share carries the right to one vote at general meetings of the Company;

·     it held 3,226,638 ordinary shares in treasury. The voting rights of treasury shares are automatically suspended; and

·     accordingly, it had total voting rights of 1,402,238,694. 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 of 1,402,238,694 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 FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

John Mills                                                                          

Group Company Secretary                                                                   

Anglo American plc

1 November 2016

 

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