AngloGold Ashanti Annual Notice of annual general meeting 2009
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6. Ordinary resolution number 6
Appointment of Prof LW Nkuhlu as a member of the Audit and Corporate Governance
Committee of the company
“Resolved as an ordinary resolution that, subject to the passing of ordinary resolution number 4, Prof LW Nkuhlu be
and is hereby appointed as a member of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee, from the conclusion of the
annual general meeting until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the company.”
The reason for proposing ordinary resolutions numbers 5 and 6 is to appoint members of the audit and corporate
governance committee in accordance with the guidelines of King lll, which became effective on 1 March 2010 and the
requirements of the Companies Act, 2008, which is expected to become effective during 2010. In terms of the
aforementioned requirements, the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee (“Audit Committee”) should comprise of
a minimum three members, all of whom must be independent non-executive directors of the company and membership
of the Audit Committee may not include the chairman of the board. Mr RP Edey, who retires at the conclusion of this
annual general meeting, was the third member of the Audit Committee. The search for suitable candidates for
appointment to the board and the Audit Committee is underway and nominations will be considered in due course.
In terms of the requirements of the US Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the board is required to identify a financial expert from within
its ranks for appointment to the Audit Committee. The board has resolved that Prof Nkuhlu is the board’s financial expert.
The CVs of both Mr Arisman and Prof. Nkuhlu are disclosed in relation to ordinary resolutions numbers 3 and 4.
7. Ordinary resolution number 7
General authority to directors to allot and issue ordinary shares
“Resolved as an ordinary resolution that, subject to the provisions of the Companies Act, 1973, as amended, the
Companies Act, 2008 and the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited, from time to time, the directors of the
company be and are hereby, as a general authority and approval, authorised to allot and issue, for such purposes and
on such term as they may, in their discretion, determine, ordinary shares of R0.25 each in the authorised but unissued
share capital of the company, up to a maximum of 5% of the number of ordinary shares of R0.25 each in issue from
time to time.”
The reason for proposing ordinary resolution number 7 is to seek a general authority and approval for the directors of the
company to allot and issue ordinary shares, up to a maximum of 5% of the ordinary shares of the company in issue from
time to time, in order to enable the company to take advantage of business opportunities which might arise in the future.
8. Ordinary resolution number 8
General authority to directors to issue for cash, those ordinary shares placed under the
control of the directors in terms of ordinary resolution number 7
“Resolved as an ordinary resolution that, subject to ordinary resolution number 7 being passed, the directors of the
company be and are hereby authorised, in accordance with the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited (“JSE
Listings Requirements”) to allot and issue for cash, on such terms and conditions as they may deem fit, all or any of
the ordinary shares of R0.25 each (“ordinary shares”) in the authorised but unissued share capital of the company
which they shall have been authorised to allot and issue in terms of ordinary resolution number 7, subject to the
following conditions:
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this authority shall be limited to a maximum number of 5% of the number of ordinary shares in the issued share
capital of the company from time to time;
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this authority shall only be valid until the next annual general meeting of the company but shall not extend beyond
15 months;
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a paid press announcement giving full details, including the impact on net asset value and earnings per share of the
company, shall be published after any issue representing, on a cumulative basis within one financial year, 5% of the
number of ordinary shares in issue prior to the issue concerned;
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in determining the price at which an issue of ordinary shares for cash will be made in terms of this authority, the maximum
discount permitted shall be 10% of the weighted average traded price of the ordinary shares on the JSE Limited
(adjusted for any dividend declared but not yet paid or for any capitalisation award made to shareholders), over the 30
business days prior to the date that the price of the issue is determined or agreed by the directors of the company; and
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any issues of ordinary shares under this authority shall be made only to a public shareholder as defined in the JSE
Listings Requirements”