UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

AngloGold Ashanti Limited

 

(Name of registrant)

76 Jeppe Street
Newtown, 2001
(P.O. Box 62117, Marshalltown, 2107)
South Africa

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F þ Form 40-F

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Enclosure: Press release

ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI LTD ANNOUNCES EQUITY OFFERING TO FUND PROPOSED MOTO ACQUISITION

 

 

AngloGold Ashanti Limited \ (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Reg. No.1944/017354/06) \ ISIN Number: ZAE000043485 \ NYSE symbol: AU \ JSE share code: ANG

Corporate Affairs Department: \ 3rd Floor \ 76 Jeppe Street \ Johannesburg \ 2001 \ South Africa
Tel +27 (0)11 637 6317 \ Fax +27 (0)11 637 6399/6400 \ www.AngloGoldAshanti.com

news release

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ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI LTD ANNOUNCES EQUITY OFFERING TO FUND PROPOSED MOTO ACQUISITION

AngloGold Ashanti Limited (“AngloGold Ashanti”) has filed a preliminary prospectus supplement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with its intention to proceed with a global offering (the “Offering”) of approximately 7.8 million new ordinary shares. The Offering will be in the form of AngloGold Ashanti ordinary shares and American depositary shares representing ordinary shares.

AngloGold Ashanti intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering to fund its proposed acquisition of a 50% indirect interest in Moto Goldmines Limited (“Moto”), as announced on 16 July 2009, including AngloGold Ashanti’s 50% share of certain other liabilities and expenses directly related to the Moto transaction.

UBS Investment Bank is acting as sole bookrunner for the Offering.

The preliminary prospectus supplement and the prospectus relating to the Offering may be obtained free of charge from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s web site at www.sec.gov. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the prospectus may be obtained from UBS Securities LLC, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019-6028, telephone: 1-888-827-7275.

Johannesburg
31 August 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 preliminary 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.

Contacts

		Tel:		Mobile:		E-mail:
Alan Fine (Media)		+27 (0) 11 637 6383		+ 27 (0) 83 325 0757		afine@anglogoldAshanti.com
Sicelo Ntuli (Investors)		+27 (0) 11 637-6339		+27 (0) 71 608 0991		sntuli@anglogoldashanti.com
Stewart Bailey (Investors)		+1 212 836 4303		+1 646 338 4337		sbailey@anglogoldashanti.com

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.