Anglo American Sells ZAR9.6 Billion Stake in Platinum Unit Ahead of 2025 Demerger

Anglo American Sells ZAR9.6 Billion Stake in Platinum Unit Ahead of 2025 Demerger

(IN BRIEF) Anglo American South Africa Proprietary Limited (AASA), a subsidiary of Anglo American plc, has sold 17.5 million shares of Anglo American Platinum, representing 6.6% of its share capital, for ZAR9.6 billion (approximately USD 527 million) through an accelerated bookbuild offering. Settlement on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange is expected by December 2, 2024, with the remaining shares subject to a 90-day lock-up. The demerger of Anglo American Platinum remains on track for mid-2025, with no further market sell-down planned before then. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Rand Merchant Bank, and Investec Bank facilitated the transaction.

(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 28-Nov-2024 — /EuropaWire/ — Anglo American South Africa Proprietary Limited (AASA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Anglo American plc, has successfully sold 17.5 million ordinary shares of Anglo American Platinum Limited through an accelerated bookbuild offering. Representing approximately 6.6% of Anglo American Platinum’s total issued share capital, the shares were sold at ZAR548 each, generating gross proceeds of ZAR9.6 billion (around USD 527 million). Anglo American Platinum was not involved in the transaction and will not receive any of the proceeds.

The settlement of the shares is anticipated to take place on December 2, 2024, on a T+3 basis on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Post-transaction, AASA’s remaining stake in Anglo American Platinum will be subject to a 90-day lock-up period, with customary exceptions. Anglo American reaffirmed its intention to complete the demerger of Anglo American Platinum by mid-2025 and confirmed it has no plans for further market sell-downs of its holding before the demerger.

The transaction was facilitated by Goldman Sachs International, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, and Rand Merchant Bank, acting as joint bookrunners, with Investec Bank Limited serving as co-manager.

This strategic sale marks a significant step in Anglo American’s broader plans for the demerger, which aims to streamline its portfolio and focus on core operations while ensuring value creation for shareholders.

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In South Africa, the Placing is being made by way of separate private placing to: (i) selected persons falling within one of the specified categories listed in section 96(1)(a) of the South African Companies Act 71 of 2008 (the “South African Companies Act”); or (ii) selected persons, acting as principal, acquiring Placing Shares for a total acquisition cost of ZAR1,000,000 or more, as contemplated in section 96(1)(b) of the South African Companies Act (“South African Qualifying Investors”). The Placing is not being made to, and cannot be accepted by, any person that is not a South African Qualifying Investor or any person that is otherwise prohibited from participating in the Placing for any reason, including in South Africa. This announcement is only being made available to such South African Qualifying Investors. Accordingly: (i) the Placing is not an “offer to the public” as contemplated in the South African Companies Act; (ii) the information contained in this announcement does not, nor does it intend to, constitute a “registered prospectus” or an “advertisement” in relation to an “offer to the public”, as contemplated by the South African Companies Act and the South African Companies Regulations of 2011 (the “Companies Regulations”); and (iii) no prospectus has been filed with the South African Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (“CIPC”) in respect of the Placing. As a result, this announcement does not comply with the substance and form requirements for a prospectus set out in the South African Companies Act and the Companies Regulations, and has not been approved by, and/or registered with, the CIPC. The information contained in this announcement constitutes factual information as contemplated in Section 1(3)(a) of the South African Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, 37 of 2002, as amended, (the “South African FAIS Act”) and should not be construed as an express or implied recommendation, guide or proposal that any particular transaction in respect of the Placing Shares or in relation to the business or future investments of Anglo American, Anglo American Platinum or AASA is appropriate to the particular investment objectives, financial situations or needs of a prospective investor, and nothing in this announcement should be construed as constituting the canvassing for, or marketing or advertising of, financial services in South Africa. Neither Anglo American, Anglo American Platinum nor AASA is a financial services provider licensed as such under the South African FAIS Act.

The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. There is no intention to register any securities referred to herein in the United States or to make a public offering of the securities in the United States. The securities referred to herein have not been approved, disapproved or recommended by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any state securities commission in the United States or any other U.S. regulatory authority, nor have any of the foregoing authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the securities referred to herein.

In any EEA Member State, this communication is only addressed to and is only directed at “qualified investors” in that Member State within the meaning of Article 2(e) of the Prospectus Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the “Prospectus Regulation”)).

In the United Kingdom, this announcement and any other materials in relation to the securities described herein is only being distributed to, and is only directed at, and any investment or investment activity to which this announcement relates is available only to, and will be engaged in only with, “qualified investors” within the meaning of Article 2(e) of the UK version of the Prospectus Regulation as it forms part of domestic law in the United Kingdom by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and who are (i) persons having professional experience in matters relating to investments who fall within the definition of “investment professionals” in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the “Order”); or (ii) high net worth entities falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order or (iii) other persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as Relevant Persons”). Any investment or investment activity in connection with this announcement will be available to, and will only be engaged with, qualified investors in the EEA or Relevant Persons in the United Kingdom. Any person who is not a qualified investor or a Relevant Person should not act or rely on this announcement or any of its contents.

The Joint Bookrunners, the Co-Manager and their respective affiliates are acting solely for AASA and no one else in connection with the Placing and will not be responsible to anyone other than AASA for providing the protections afforded to its clients nor for providing advice in relation to the Placing and/or any other matter referred to in this announcement. Apart from the responsibilities and liabilities, if any, which may be imposed on the Joint Bookrunners, the Co-Manager or their respective affiliates by their respective regulatory regimes, neither the Joint Bookrunners, the Co-Manager, nor any of their respective affiliates accepts any responsibility whatsoever for the contents of the information contained in this announcement or for any other statement made or purported to be made by or on behalf of the Joint Bookrunners, the Co-Manager or any of their respective affiliates in connection with AASA, the Placing Shares or the Placing. The Joint Bookrunners, the Co-Manager and each of their respective affiliates accordingly disclaim all and any responsibility and liability whatsoever, whether arising in tort, delict, contract or otherwise (save as referred to above) in respect of any statements or other information contained in this announcement and no representation or warranty, express or implied, is made by the Joint Bookrunners, the Co-Manager or any of their respective affiliates as to the accuracy, completeness or sufficiency of the information contained in this announcement.

The distribution of this announcement and the offering of the Placing Shares in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. No action has been taken by AASA or the Joint Bookrunners or the Co-Manager that would permit an offering of such shares or possession or distribution of this announcement or any other offering or publicity material relating to such shares in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Persons into whose possession this announcement comes are required by AASA, the Joint Bookrunners and the Co-Manager to inform themselves about, and to observe, such restrictions. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

This announcement does not identify or suggest, or purport to identify or suggest, the risks (direct or indirect) that may be associated with an investment in the Placing Shares. Any investment decision to buy Placing Shares in the Placing must be made solely on the basis of publicly available information, which has not been independently verified by the Joint Bookrunners, the Co-Manager and/or AASA.

This announcement includes statements that may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the securities laws of certain jurisdictions. Such forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes”, “expects”, “may”, expects”, “intends”, “will”, “will continue”, “should”, “would be”, “seeks”, “anticipates” or similar expressions or the negative thereof or other variations thereof or comparable terminology. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. AASA explicitly disclaims any intention or obligation or undertaking publicly to release the result of any revisions to any forward-looking statements in this announcement that may occur due to any change in AASA’s expectations or to reflect events or circumstances after the date of it. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to either AASA or to persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements referred to above and contained elsewhere in this document.

The Placing Shares are admitted to listing and trading on the Main Board of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

Notes:

Anglo American is a leading global mining company focused on the responsible production of copper, premium iron ore and crop nutrients – future-enabling products that are essential for decarbonising the global economy, improving living standards, and food security. Our portfolio of world-class operations and outstanding resource endowments offers value-accretive growth potential across all three businesses, positioning us to deliver into structurally attractive major demand growth trends.

Our integrated approach to sustainability and innovation drives our decision-making across the value chain, from how we discover new resources to how we mine, process, move and market our products to our customers – safely, efficiently and responsibly. Our Sustainable Mining Plan commits us to a series of stretching goals over different time horizons to ensure we contribute to a healthy environment, create thriving communities and build trust as a corporate leader. We work together with our business partners and diverse stakeholders to unlock enduring value from precious natural resources for our shareholders, for the benefit of the communities and countries in which we operate, and for society as a whole. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives.

Anglo American is currently implementing a number of major structural changes to unlock the inherent value in its portfolio and thereby accelerate delivery of its strategic priorities of Operational excellence, Portfolio simplification, and Growth. This portfolio transformation will focus Anglo American on its world-class resource asset base in copper, premium iron ore and crop nutrients, once the sale of our steelmaking coal and nickel businesses, the demerger of our PGMs business (Anglo American Platinum), and the separation of our iconic diamond business (De Beers) have been completed.

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Nothing in this document should be interpreted to mean that future earnings per share of Anglo American will necessarily match or exceed its historical published earnings per share. Certain statistical and other information included in this document is sourced from third party sources (including, but not limited to, externally conducted studies and trials). As such it has not been independently verified and presents the views of those third parties, but may not necessarily correspond to the views held by Anglo American and Anglo American expressly disclaims any responsibility for, or liability in respect of, such information.

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