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AngloGold Ashanti announces pricing of equity offering (the "offering")

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| Tuesday, September 01, 2009 |
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AngloGold Ashanti Limited ("AngloGold Ashanti") announces that its offering of 7,624,162 AngloGold Ashanti ordinary shares ("ordinary shares") in the form of ordinary shares or AngloGold Ashanti American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") has been priced at US$37.25 per ADS and ZAR288.32 per ordinary share. The price represents a discount of approximately 3% to the closing price on the New York Stock Exchange on 31 August 2009. The offering is scheduled to close on 8 September 2009. AngloGold Ashanti expects to receive proceeds of approximately US$284 million from the offering.
A final prospectus supplement for the offering will be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as soon as practicable. Copies of the final prospectus supplement and prospectus may be obtained from the offices of UBS Securities LLC, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019-6028, telephone: 1-888-827-7275.
UBS acted as Sole Bookrunner for the offering.
Johannesburg 1 September 2009
Sole bookrunner and JSE Sponsor : UBS
UBS Limited is acting for AngloGold Ashanti and no-one else in connection with the Offering and will not be responsible to anyone other than AngloGold Ashanti for providing the protections afforded to clients of UBS Limited nor for providing advice in connection with the Offering.
This announcement shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities, nor shall there be any sale of the securities described herein, in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.
The Offering described in this announcement will only be addressed to and directed at persons in member states of the European Economic Area, or EEA, who are "Qualified Investors" within the meaning of Article 2(1)(e) of the European Parliament and Council Directive 2003/71/EC, including any measure implementing such Directive in any member state of the EEA (the "Prospectus Directive"). In addition, in the United Kingdom, the offer will only be addressed to and directed at (1) Qualified Investors who are investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Order"), or high net worth entities falling within Article 49(2)(a)-(d) of the Order or (2) persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as "Relevant Persons"). The Shares will only be available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such securities will be engaged in only with, (1) in the United Kingdom, Relevant Persons and (2) in any member state of the EEA other than the United Kingdom, Qualified Investors. The Offering as described in this announcement will not be addressed to the public in South Africa (as defined in, and in accordance with the terms of, Chapter VI of the South African Companies Act, 1973 (as amended)).
This announcement includes "forward-looking information" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements, including, without limitation those concerning: the economic outlook for the gold mining industry; expectations regarding gold prices, production, costs and other operating results; growth prospects and outlook of AngloGold Ashanti's operations, individually or in the aggregate, including the completion and commencement of commercial operations at AngloGold Ashanti's exploration and production projects and the completion of announced mergers and acquisitions transactions (including AngloGold’s proposed acquisition of a 50% indirect interest in Moto Goldmines Limited); AngloGold Ashanti’s liquidity and capital resources and expenditure; and the outcome and consequences of any pending litigation proceedings. These forward-looking statements are not based on historical facts, but rather reflect AngloGold Ashanti's current expectations concerning future results and events and generally may be identified by the use of forward-looking words or phrases such as "believe", "aim", "expect", "anticipate", "intend", "foresee", "forecast", "likely", "should", "planned", "may", "estimated", "potential" or other similar words and phrases. Similarly, statements that describe AngloGold Ashanti's objectives, plans or goals are or may be forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the AngloGold Ashanti's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from the anticipated results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Although AngloGold Ashanti believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be given that such expectations will prove to have been correct.
For a discussion of such risk factors, shareholders should refer to the annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2008, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 5, 2009 and amended on May 6, 2009 and the prospectus supplement referenced above. These factors are not necessarily all of the important factors that could cause AngloGold Ashanti's actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Other unknown or unpredictable factors could also have material adverse effects on future results.
The prospectus and related documents are available here.
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Disclaimer
Certain statements made in this communication, including, without limitation, those concerning AngloGold Ashanti’s strategy to reduce its gold hedging position including the extent and effects of the reduction, the economic outlook for the gold mining industry, expectations regarding gold prices, production, cash costs and other operating results, growth prospects and outlook of AngloGold Ashanti’s operations, individually or in the aggregate, including the completion and commencement of commercial operations of certain of AngloGold Ashanti’s exploration and production projects and completion of acquisitions and dispositions, AngloGold Ashanti’s liquidity and capital resources, including its intentions and ability to refinance its $1 billion convertible bond, and expenditure and the outcome and consequences of any pending litigation proceedings, contain certain forward-looking statements regarding AngloGold Ashanti’s operations, economic performance and financial condition. Although AngloGold Ashanti believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be given that such expectations will prove to have been correct. Accordingly, results could differ materially from those set out in the forward-looking statements as a result of, among other factors, changes in economic and market conditions, success of business and operating initiatives, changes in the regulatory environment and other government actions, fluctuations in gold prices and exchange rates, and business and operational risk management. For a discussion of such factors, refer to AngloGold Ashanti's annual report for the year ended 31 December 2007, which was distributed to shareholders on 31 March 2008, and report to shareholders for the quarter and nine months ended 30 September 2008, which was distributed to shareholders on 30 October 2008. AngloGold Ashanti undertakes no obligation to update publicly or release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after today’s date or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to AngloGold Ashanti or any person acting on its behalf are qualified by the cautionary statements herein.
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