General text amendment

News Type : Official Announcement

Anglo - general text amendment

The following amendment has been made to the `Issue of USD Senior Notes due 2014/2019' announcement released on 9 April 2009 at 16.46 under RNS No 4717Q.
"USD1 250 000 9.375% Senior Notes due 2014" has been changed to
"USD1 250 000 000 9.375% Senior Notes due 2014."
All other details remain unchanged.
The full amended text is shown below:
Pursuant to DTR 6.1.11, Anglo American plc announces that the USD notes issued by Anglo American Capital plc guaranteed by Anglo American plc listed below were issued on 8 April 2009 and have been admitted to listing on the official List of the U.K. listing authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange, a regulated market:
USD1 250 000 000 9.375% Senior Notes due 2014
USD750 000 000 9.375% Senior Notes due 2019
The notes were sold in the United States to qualified institutional buyers under rule 144A of the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and outside the United States to non-US persons in reliance on regulations of the Securities Act. The notes listed above have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act, or under the securities legislation of any state of the United States, and may not be offered or sold in the United States, other than pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.