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Stock exchange listings

The primary listing of the company's ordinary shares is on the JSE Limited (JSE). Its ordinary shares are also listed on stock exchanges in London, Paris and Ghana, as well as being quoted in Brussels in the form of International Depositary Receipts (IDRs), in New York in the form of American Depositary Shares (ADSs), in Australia, in the form of Clearing House Electronic Subregister System Depositary Interests (CDIs) and in Ghana, in the form of Ghanaian Depositary Shares (GhDSs).

Stock exchange information at 31 December


		2006	2005	2004	2003	2002
JSE (Share code: ANG)
Rands per share:
Market price	– high	387.00	319.90	319.00	339.00	347.00
	– low	247.00	187.00	192.05	191.00	200.00
	– year end	329.99	314.00	199.01	313.99	290.50
Shares traded	– 000	131,476	88,946	102,811	88,025	117,543
London Stock Exchange (Share code: AGD)
Pounds per share:
Market price	– high	34.72	28.25	26.45	23.68	23.26
	– low	17.50	11.00	14.77	16.58	4.20
	– year end	20.55	26.04	19.25	26.42	10.54
Shares traded	– 000	421	259	19,769	1,187	8,643
Euronext Paris (Share code: VA)
Euros per share:
Market price	– high	52.15	42.00	37.92	41.23	37.73
	– low	28.00	24.18	24.90	24.10	18.78
	– year end	35.40	41.29	26.60	38.00	33.00
Shares traded	– 000	1,209	855	1,552	841	1,917
Ghana Stock Exchange (Share code: AGA)
(listing commenced 27 April 2004)
Cedis per share:
Market price	– high	300,000	300,000	300,000	–	–
	– low	300,000	300,000	300,000	–	–
	– year end	300,000	300,000	300,000	–	–
Shares traded	– 000	1	–	14	–	–
Euronext Brussels (Share code: ANG)
Euros per IDR:
Market price	– high	51.00	41.30	37.78	40.50	37.50
	– low	28.10	24.50	25.00	24.10	32.00
	– year end	36.00	41.30	27.00	36.55	32.05
IDRs traded	– 000	1,028	711	477	973	3,138
Each IDR is equal to one ordinary share
New York Stock Exchange (Share code: AU)
US dollars per ADS:
Market price	– high	62.20	49.88	48.25	49.95	35.33
	– low	35.58	30.50	29.91	32.80	17.62
	– year end	47.09	49.33	36.35	46.70	34.26
ADSs traded	– 000	348,040	191,698	225,286	249,791	210,933
Each ADS is equal to one ordinary share
Australian Stock Exchange (Share code: AGG)
Australian dollars per CDI:
Market price	– high	16.40	13.60	12.60	13.55	12.00
	– low	9.75	7.95	8.60	8.61	7.00
	– year end	11.90	13.40	9.40	12.80	12.00
CDIs traded	– 000	5,424	13,691	875	12,788	6,758
Each CDI is equal to one-fifth of one ordinary share
Ghana Stock Exchange (Share code: AADS)
(listing commenced 27 April 2004)
Cedis per GhDS:
Market price	– high	3,101	3,006	3,006	–	–
	– low	3,000	5,000	3,000	–	–
	– year end	3,101	3,000	3,006	–	–
GhDSs traded	– 000	3,019	20	62	–	–
Each GhDS is equal to one-hundredth of one ordinary share


Major shareholders
According to information available to the directors, the following are the only shareholders beneficially holding, directly or indirectly, in excess of 5% of the ordinary share capital of the company:
			Ordinary shares held
	31 January 2007		31 December 2006		31 December 2005
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Anglo American plc (AA plc)	115,102,929	41.67	115,102,929	41.67	134,788,099	50.88
The Bank of New York*	72,504,931	26.25	73,559,916	41.67	48,702,313	18.38
* Shares held through various custodians in respect of ADSs issued by the Bank.
In April 2006 AA plc sold $1 billion worth of ordinary shares it held in AngloGold Ashanti. On 21 February 2007, AA plc stated that it intends to reduce and ultimately to exit its gold company holdings and that it will continue to explore all available options to exit AngloGold Ashanti in an orderly manner. Voting rights The articles of association provide that every member present at a meeting in person or, in the case of a body corporate, represented, is entitled to one vote only on a show of hands. Upon a poll, members present or any duly appointed proxy shall have one vote for every share held. There are no limitations on the right of non-South African shareholders to hold or exercise voting rights attaching to any shares of the company. CDI holders are not entitled to vote in person at meetings, but may vote by way of proxy.
Options granted in terms of share incentive schemes do not carry a right to vote.

Top 20 shareholders

The 20 largest holders of the ordinary share capital of the company as at 31 December 2006 were:
					Ordinary shares held
Top 20 shareholders as at 31 December 2006					Number	%
Anglo American plc (Main Holdings and other related funds)					115,246,230	43.58
Bank of New York Unrestricted Depositary Receipts					52,979,776	20.03
JP Morgan Chase (Custodian)					12,705,393	4.80
Bank of New York (Custodian)					11,466,616	4.34
ANZ Nominees Limited					11,140,663	4.21
Government of Ghana					9,031,650	3.41
Public Investment Corporation					5,732,659	2.17
Old Mutual Group					4,259,424	1.61
Sanlam					4,026,619	1.52
Soges Fiducem SA					3,015,166	1.14
State Street Bank & Trust Co (Custodian)					2,683,280	1.01
Investors Bank & Trust Company (Custodian)					2,278,859	0.86
Citibank (Custodian)					2,088,625	0.79
Northern Trust (Custodian)					1,959,154	0.74
National Nominees Limited					1,951,582	0.74
Liberty Group					1,457,277	0.55
Euroclear SA					1,440,034	0.54
Engineering Industries Pension Fund					1,329,001	0.50
Mellon Bank (Custodian)					1,208,368	0.46
HSBC International Trustee Ltd					965,589	0.37
The above list of shareholders may not necessarily reflect the beneficial shareholders.

Analysis of ordinary shareholdings at 31 December 2006

			Number of	% of total	Number of	% of shares
Size of shareholding			shareholders	shareholders	shares	issued
1	–	100	8,939	46.44	476,529	0.18
101	–	500	7,129	37.03	1,674,136	0.63
501	–	1,000	1,383	7.18	1,013,177	0.38
1,001	–	5,000	1,168	6.07	2,494,575	0.94
5,001	–	10,000	196	1.02	1,395,472	0.53
10,001	–	100,000	342	1.78	9,728,938	3.68
Over 100,000			93	0.48	247,689,866	93.65
Total			19,250	100.00	264,472,694	100.00
Shareholder spread as at 31 December 2006 Pursuant to the Listings Requirements of the JSE, with the best knowledge of the directors and after reasonable enquiry, the spread of shareholders was as follows:
			Number	% of	Number
Class			of shares	shares issued	of holders	%
Ordinary shares
Non-public shareholders:			16	0.08	143,904,254	54.41
Directors and Associates of the company holdings			9	0.05	64,627	0.02
Strategic Holdings (more than 10%)			2	0.01	143,819,749	54.38
Pension Fund			2	0.01	11,860	0.00
Share Trusts			3	0.02	8,018	0.00
Public shareholders			19,234	99.92	120,568,440	45.59
Total			19,250	100.00	264,472,694	100.00

A redeemable preference shares	}	All shares are held by a wholly-owned subsidiary company
B redeemable preference shares


Shareholders’ diary
Financial year-end				31 December 2006
Annual financial statements		posting on or about		26 March 2006
Annual general meeting		11:00 SA time		4 May 2007

Quarterly reports				Released on or about
– Quarter ended 31 March 2007				5 May 2007
– Quarter ended 30 June 2007				31 July 2007
– Quarter ended 30 September 2007				1 November 2007
– Quarter ended 31 December 2007				*1 February 2008

Dividends
		Last date
		to trade
	Date	ordinary	Payment	Payment
	dividend	shares	date to	date to
Dividend number	declared	cum dividend	shareholders	ADS holders
Final – number 101	12 February 2007	2 March 2007	16 March 2007	26 March 2007
Interim – number 102	30 July 2007*	17 August 2007*	31 August 2007*	10 September 2007*
Final – number 103	31 January 2008*	15 February 2008*	29 February 2008*	10 March 2008*

* Approximate dates.

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