2007 Annual Report

Shareholder information

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
  20072006200520042003
JSE (Share code: ANG)      
Rands per share:      
Market price– high358.89387.00319.90319.00339.00
 – low254.00247.00187.00192.05191.00
 – year end293.00329.99314.00199.01313.99
Shares traded– 000216,717131,47688,946102,81188,025
London Stock Exchange (Share code: AGD)     
Pounds per share:      
Market price– high23.1534.7228.2526.4523.68
 – low18.4317.5011.0014.7716.58
 – year end21.2520.5526.0419.2526.42
Shares traded– 00064842125919,7691,187
Euronext Paris (Share code: VA)      
Euros per share:      
Market price– high37.9552.1542.0037.9241.23
 – low25.2128.0024.1824.9024.10
 – year end29.0535.4041.2926.6038.00
Shares traded– 0001,6091,2098551,552841
Ghana Stock Exchange (Share code: AGA)      
(listing commenced 27 April 2004)      
Cedis per share: (1)      
Market price– high30.0030.0030.0030.00
 – low30.0030.0030.0030.00
 – year end30.0030.0030.0030.00
Shares traded– 000114
Euronext Brussels (Share code: ANG)      
Euros per IDR:      
Market price– high37.5551.0041.3037.7840.50
 – low25.9028.1024.5025.0024.10
 – year end30.0036.0041.3027.0036.55
IDRs traded– 0007041,028711477973
Each IDR is equal to one ordinary share      
New York Stock Exchange (Share code: AU)     
US dollars per ADS:      
Market price– high49.8862.2049.8848.2549.95
 – low33.8035.5830.5029.9132.80
 – year end42.8147.0949.3336.3546.70
ADSs traded– 000352,041348,040191,698225,286249,791
Each ADS is equal to one ordinary share      
Australian Stock Exchange (Share code: AGG)     
Australian dollars per CDI:      
Market price– high12.3716.4013.6012.6013.55
 – low8.859.757.958.608.61
 – year end10.1011.9013.409.4012.80
CDIs traded– 00014,9935,42413,69187512,788
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: (1)      
Market price– high30.0031.0130.0630.06
 – low30.0030.0030.0030.00
 – year end30.0031.0130.0030.06
GhDSs traded– 0002062
Each GhDS is equal to one-hundredth of one ordinary share      
(1) Adjusted to address change in currency      

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 200831 December 200731 December 2006
 Number%Number%Number%
The Bank of New York*78,190,82328.1682,550,85429.7573,559,91626.63
Anglo American plc (AA plc)46,002,92916.5746,002,92916.58115,102,92941.67
Public Investment Corporation26,937,4769.7026,937,4769.71

* Shares held through various custodians in respect of ADSs issued by the Bank.

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 2007 were:
 Ordinary shares held
 Number%
Anglo American plc (though Anglo Capital SA (Pty) Ltd)46,002,92916.60
Allan Gray Ltd26,369,0339.51
Tradewinds Global Investors LLC22,858,4538.25
Public Investment Corporation22,090,1237.97
Sanlam Investment Management (Pty) Ltd9,608,3213.47
Government of Ghana9,031,6503.26
Old Mutual Investment Group (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd7,942,9752.87
Investec Asset Management (South Africa)6,935,5512.50
Oppenheimer Funds Inc5,330,5001.92
First State Investment Management (UK) Limited4,247,4541.53
Liberty Life Assurance Company4,093,5201.48
Cadiz African Harvest Asset Management (Pty) Ltd4,014,0201.45
Franklin Advisers Inc.3,686,7031.33
Northern Cross Investments Ltd2,794,8001.01
Newton Investment Management Ltd2,594,0770.94
Barclays Global Investors, N.A2,491,4400.90
STANLIB Asset Management2,295,2230.83
Duquesne Capital Management LLC2,253,8000.81
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd2,248,0800.81
Capital Research & Management Company2,093,0960.76
The above list of shareholders may not necessarily reflect the beneficial shareholders.  

Analysis of ordinary shareholdings at 31 December 2007

Size of shareholdingNumber of
shareholders
% of total
shareholders
Number of
shares
% of shares
issued
11003,21438.16225,6130.08
1015003,03836.07735,8870.27
5011,0006707.95505,1460.18
1,0015,0006717.971,596,3910.58
5,00110,0001732.051,222,6180.44
10,001100,0004705.5815,598,8945.62
Over 100,0001862.21257,572,92292.83
Total8,422100.00277,457,471100.00

Shareholder spread as at 31 December 2007

Pursuant to the Listings Requirements of the JSE, with the best knowledge of the directors and after reasonable enquiry, the spread ofshareholders was as follows:

 Number% ofNumber 
Classof sharesshares issuedof holders%

Ordinary shares

    
Non-public shareholders:    
– Directors30,1020.0140.02
– Strategic holdings55,035,57919.8420.01
Public shareholders222,391,79080.1519,24499.97
Total277,457,471100.0019,250100.00
Aredeemable preference shares}All shares are held by a wholly owned subsidiary company
Bredeemable preference shares

Shareholders’ diary

Financial year-end 31 December 2007
Annual financial statementsposting on or about
11:00 SA time
27 March 2008
Annual general meeting2 May 2008
   
   
Quarterly reports Released on or about
– Quarter ended 31 March 2008 2 May 2008
– Quarter ended 30 June 2008 31 July 2008
– Quarter ended 30 September 2008 30 October 2008
– Quarter ended 31 December 2008 To be advised

Dividends

    
Dividend numberDate
dividend
declared
Last date to trade
ordinary shares
cum dividend
PaymentPayment
date to
shareholders
Final – number 1036 February 200822 February 20087 March 200817 March 2008
Interim – number 10430 July 2008*15 August 2008*29 August 2008*September 2008*
Final – number 1054 February 2009*20 February 2009*6 March 2009*16 March 2009*

* Approximate dates.

Dividend policy: Dividends are proposed by, and approved by the board of directors of AngloGold Ashanti, based on the interim and year-end financial statements. Dividends are recognised when declared by the board of directors of AngloGold Ashanti. AngloGold Ashanti expects to continue to pay dividends, although there can be no assurance that dividends will be paid in the future or as to the particular amounts that will be paid from year to year. The payments of future dividends will depend upon the Board’s ongoing assessment of AngloGold Ashanti’s earnings, after providing for long term growth and cash/debt resources, the amount of reserves available for dividend using going concern assessment and restrictions placed by the conditions of line convertible bond and other factors.

Annual general meeting: Shareholders on the South African register who have dematerialised their shares in the company (other than those shareholders whose shareholding is recorded in their own names in the sub-register maintained by their CSDP) and who wish to attend the annual general meeting in person, will need to request their CSDP or broker to provide them with the necessary authority in terms of the custody agreement entered into between them and the CSDP or broker.

Change of details: Shareholders are reminded that the onus is on them to keep the company, through its nominated share registrars, apprised of any change in their postal address and personal particulars. Similarly, where shareholders received dividend payments electronically (EFT), they should ensure that the banking details which the share registrars and/or CSDPs have on file are correct.

Election to receive summary or electronic documents: In terms of legislation, all shareholders are entitled to receive the company’s annual report, unless such shareholders have, in writing, elected not to receive same. AngloGold Ashanti wishes to offer to its shareholders, the opportunity of receiving the company’s financial results in a more user-friendly form, either as a hard-copy summary document which would highlight relevant information, or by way of a full report on CD, or to receive the information electronically. In order to achieve this, the onus is on the shareholder to notify the company (either directly or through its share registrars), in writing, that they wish to receive a summary or electronic document going forward. Make a difference – save paper. Send written confirmation to: The Company Secretary, PO Box 62117, Marshalltown, South Africa, or email companysecretary@anglogoldashanti.com or fax to +27 11 636 6677.

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