Form 8.3 - AngloGold Ashanti plc

D E Shaw & Co LP
13 September 2024
 

 

FORM 8.3

 

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

1.         KEY INFORMATION

 

(a) Full name of discloser:

D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.

(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

     The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient.  For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.


(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

AngloGold Ashanti plc

(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:


(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:

     For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure

September 12, 2024

(f)  In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

     If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

Yes, the discloser has previously made disclosures in respect of Centamin plc

 

2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

 

(a)        Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

 

Class of relevant security:

 

common stock

 

 

Interests

Short positions

 

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

21,084

0.00%

883,500

0.21%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

15,324

0.00%

86,062

0.02%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:

100

0.00%

118,700

0.02%

TOTAL:

36,508

0.00%

1,088,262

0.25%

 

 

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

 

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

 

(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)

 

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:

 

Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

 

 

 

3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

 

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

 

(a)        Purchases and sales

 

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

 

Number of securities

Price per unit

 

 

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

 

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. CFD

Nature of dealing

e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

110

ZAR 479.84

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

50

ZAR 479.91

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

153

ZAR 479.94

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

119

ZAR 479.95

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

35

ZAR 479.96

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

11

ZAR 480.02

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

27

ZAR 480.14

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

27

ZAR 480.18

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

1

ZAR 480.31

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

290

ZAR 480.44

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

224

ZAR 480.78

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

93

ZAR 480.80

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

18

ZAR 480.85

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

70

ZAR 481.08

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

191

ZAR 481.10

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

257

ZAR 481.17

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

1

ZAR 481.18

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

43

ZAR 481.22

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

1

ZAR 481.28

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

66

ZAR 481.43

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

100

ZAR 481.50

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

46

ZAR 481.74

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

34

ZAR 481.85

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

15

ZAR 481.99

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

254

ZAR 482.11

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

51

ZAR 482.30

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

100

ZAR 482.37

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

85

ZAR 482.53

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

15

ZAR 483.00

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

94

ZAR 483.01

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

78

ZAR 483.06

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

24

ZAR 483.22

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

16

ZAR 483.36

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

103

ZAR 483.53

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

3

ZAR 483.79

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

303

ZAR 483.83

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

44

ZAR 483.85

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

160

ZAR 483.86

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

43

ZAR 483.98

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

257

ZAR 484.00

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

140

ZAR 484.13

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

51

ZAR 484.30

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

79

ZAR 484.45

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

73

ZAR 484.52

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

54

ZAR 484.68

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

167

ZAR 484.83

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

76

ZAR 485.81

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

1

ZAR 485.89

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

10

ZAR 486.26

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

98

ZAR 486.27

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

57

ZAR 486.41

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

1

ZAR 486.49

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

119

ZAR 486.95

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

81

ZAR 486.96

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

5

ZAR 488.79

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

106

ZAR 488.80

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

171

ZAR 489.81

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

12

ZAR 489.88

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

17

ZAR 489.89

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

146

ZAR 492.11

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

35

ZAR 493.92

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

18

ZAR 496.49

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

40

ZAR 497.07

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

40

ZAR 497.08

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

764

ZAR 497.42

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

90

ZAR 497.48

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

1

ZAR 497.55

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

142

ZAR 497.68

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

101

ZAR 498.09

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

45

ZAR 498.36

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

393

ZAR 498.44

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

41

ZAR 499.59

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

214

ZAR 499.62

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

65

ZAR 499.76

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

174

ZAR 499.80

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

37

ZAR 499.81

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

23

ZAR 499.92

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

17

ZAR 500.40

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

41

ZAR 500.42

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

113

ZAR 500.67

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

90

ZAR 501.28

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

1

ZAR 501.35

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

103

ZAR 501.42

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

90

ZAR 501.45

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Increasing a short position

2

ZAR 501.64

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Reducing a short position

58

ZAR 481.34

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Reducing a short position

3

ZAR 483.42

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Reducing a short position

67

ZAR 485.46

USD 1 ordinary

Swap

Reducing a short position

33

ZAR 485.48

 

 

(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

 

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

 

(ii)        Exercise

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

 

 

 



 

 

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealing

e.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.         OTHER INFORMATION

 

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

 

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included.  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

 

none

 

 

(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

 

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:

(i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

(ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

 

none

 

 

(c)        Attachments

 

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

YES

 

 

Date of disclosure:

September 13, 2024

Contact name:

Kevin Krist (Compliance Department)

Telephone number*:

+44 (0) 20 7409 4420

 

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

 

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit.

 

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)

 

DETAILS OF OPEN STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVE (INCLUDING OPTION) POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

 

1.         KEY INFORMATION

 

Full name of person making disclosure:

D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:

AngloGold Ashanti plc

 

 

2.         STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVES (INCLUDING OPTIONS)

 

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Written or purchased

Number of securities to which option or derivative relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

USD 1 ordinary

Listed Call Option

Purchased

 100

USD 30.00

American

20241018

USD 1 ordinary

Listed Put Option

Purchased

 100,000

USD 22.00

American

20250321

USD 1 ordinary

Listed Put Option

Purchased

 400

USD 26.00

American

20241018

USD 1 ordinary

Listed Put Option

Purchased

 2,600

USD 27.00

American

20241018

USD 1 ordinary

Listed Put Option

Purchased

 100

USD 28.00

American

20240920

USD 1 ordinary

Listed Put Option

Purchased

 15,600

USD 29.00

American

20240920

 

3.         AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

 

Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form (Open Positions) with regard to cash-settled derivatives.

 

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

 

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

 

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