2006 Annual Report

Shareholders' 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

               
      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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AngloGold Ashanti Annual Report 2006 - Annual Financial Statements