Rule 8.3 Anglo American Plc

FORM
 8.3
 DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR
                                MORE
                   (Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code)
 
1.         KEY INFORMATION
 
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| Name of person dealing   | Boussard & Gavaudan Asset Management   |
|  (Note 1)                | LP and Boussard & Gavaudan Gestion     |
|                          | acting on behalf of SARK Master Fund   |
|                          | limited, Boussard & Gavaudan Long Term |
|                          | Value and Boussard & Gavaudan Long     |
|                          | Term & Alternative                     |
|--------------------------+----------------------------------------|
| Company dealt in         | Anglo American plc                     |
|--------------------------+----------------------------------------|
| Class of relevant        | Ordinary share US$ 0.54945             |
| security to which the    |                                        |
| dealings being disclosed |                                        |
| relate (Note 2)          |                                        |
|--------------------------+----------------------------------------|
| Date of dealing          | 14 October 2009                        |
|                          |                                        |
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2.         INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE
 
(a)       Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the
class of relevant security dealt in (Note 3)
 
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|               |           Long           |                     Short                      |
|               |                          |                                                |
|---------------+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------|
|               |Number                    |Number                                          |
|               |                (%)       |  (%)                                           |
|---------------+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------|
|(1) Relevant   |                          |                                                |
|securities     |                          |                                                |
|NSI :          |                          |                                                |
|1,316,493,628  |                          |                                                |
|---------------+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------|
|(2) Derivatives|                          |1,407,556                             0.11%     |
|(other than    |                          |                                                |
|options)       |                          |                                                |
|               |                          |                                                |
|---------------+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------|
|(3) Options and|                          |                                                |
|agreements to  |                          |                                                |
|purchase/sell  |                          |                                                |
|               |                          |                                                |
|---------------+--------------------------+------------------------------------------------|
|Total          |                          |1,407,556                             0.11%     |
|               |                          |                                                |
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(b)        Interests and short positions in relevant securities of
the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3)
 
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|Class of       |            Long            |            Short            |
|relevant       |                            |                             |
|security:      |                            |                             |
|               |                            |                             |
|---------------+----------------------------+-----------------------------|
|               |Number                      |Number                       |
|               |              (%)           |                      (%)    |
|---------------+----------------------------+-----------------------------|
|(1) Relevant   |                            |                             |
|securities     |                            |                             |
|               |                            |                             |
|---------------+----------------------------+-----------------------------|
|(2) Derivatives|US$ 55,000,000              |                             |
|(other than    |               3.23%        |                             |
|options)       |                            |                             |
|ISIN           |                            |                             |
|Convertible    |                            |                             |
|Bond :         |                            |                             |
|XS0424806734   |                            |                             |
|               |                            |                             |
|---------------+----------------------------+-----------------------------|
|(3) Options and|                            |                             |
|agreements to  |                            |                             |
|purchase/sell  |                            |                             |
|               |                            |                             |
|---------------+----------------------------+-----------------------------|
|Total          |US$                         |                             |
|               |55,000,000                  |                             |
|               |3.23%                       |                             |
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(c)        Rights to subscribe (Note 3)
 
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              | Class of relevant security: | Details |
              |                             |         |
              |-----------------------------+---------|
              |                             |         |
              +---------------------------------------+
 
3.         DEALINGS (Note 4)
 
(a)       Purchases and sales
 
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 | Purchase/sale | Number of securities | Price per unit (Note 5) |
 |               |                      |                         |
 |---------------+----------------------+-------------------------|
 |               |                      |                         |
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(b)      Derivatives transactions (other than options)
 
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| Product  | Long/short | Number of securities     | Price per unit |
| name,    | (Note 6)   | (Note 7)                 | (Note 5)       |
| e.g. CFD |            |                          |                |
|----------+------------+--------------------------+----------------|
| CFD      | Long       | 570                      | 2,316.23p      |
|----------+------------+--------------------------+----------------|
| CFD      | Long       | 167                      | 2,315.73p      |
|----------+------------+--------------------------+----------------|
| CFD      | Long       | 16                       | 2,315.25p      |
|----------+------------+--------------------------+----------------|
| CFD      | Long       | 323                      | 2,315.23p      |
|----------+------------+--------------------------+----------------|
| CFD      | Long       | 49                       | 2,315.22p      |
|----------+------------+--------------------------+----------------|
| CFD      | Long       | 15                       | 2,315.20p      |
|----------+------------+--------------------------+----------------|
| CFD      | Long       | 570                      | 2,242.72p      |
|----------+------------+--------------------------+----------------|
| CFD      | Short      | 570                      | 2,310.77p      |
|----------+------------+--------------------------+----------------|
| CFD      | Short      | 10,000                   | 2,265.32p      |
|----------+------------+--------------------------+----------------|
| CFD      | Short      | 10,000                   | 2,258.32p      |
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(c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i)        Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
 
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|Product  |Writing,    |Number of          |Exercise|Type, e.g.|Expiry|Option money  |
|name,    |selling,    |securities to which|price   |American, |date  |paid/received |
|e.g. call|purchasing, |the option relates |        |European  |      |per unit (Note|
|option   |varying etc.|(Note 7)           |        |etc.      |      |5)            |
|         |            |                   |        |          |      |              |
|---------+------------+-------------------+--------+----------+------+--------------|
|         |            |                   |        |          |      |              |
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(ii)       Exercising
 
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| Product name, e.g. | Number of securities | Exercise price per    |
| call option        |                      | unit (Note 5)         |
|                    |                      |                       |
|--------------------+----------------------+-----------------------|
|                    |                      |                       |
|                    |                      |                       |
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(d)       Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)
 
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| Nature of transaction | Details | Price per unit (if applicable)  |
| (Note 8)              |         | (Note 5)                        |
|                       |         |                                 |
|-----------------------+---------+---------------------------------|
|                       |         |                                 |
|                       |         |                                 |
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4.         OTHER INFORMATION
 
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or
derivatives
 
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| Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding       |
| between the person disclosing and any other person relating to    |
| the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option     |
| referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or      |
| future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to      |
| which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced.  If  |
| none, this should be stated.                                      |
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|                                                                   |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note
9)                                                             NO
 
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| Date of disclosure                           | 15 October 2009    |
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| Contact name                                 | Gewinner Deborah   |
|----------------------------------------------+--------------------|
| Telephone number                             | 0033 1 44 90 47 65 |
|----------------------------------------------+--------------------|
| If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror  |                    |
| with which connected                         |                    |
|----------------------------------------------+--------------------|
| If a connected EFM, state nature of          |                    |
| connection (Note 10)                         |                    |
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Notes
 
The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website
at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
 
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