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RNS Number : 4150L  Anglo American PLC  22 April 2024

 22 April 2024
 Anglo American to oppose any appeal relating to misconceived Kabwe claim

Anglo American notes the decision by the High Court of South Africa on 19
April 2024 to grant the claimants the right to appeal against the prior High
Court judgment that dismissed the application for certification of a class
action brought against Anglo American South Africa Limited ("AASA"), by law
firms Leigh Day and Mbuyisa Moleele, on behalf of certain Zambian claimants in
respect of the effects of lead pollution in the town of Kabwe, Zambia.

 

The High Court dismissed the certification application in December 2023 after
almost a year of deliberation, clearly highlighting the claim's multiple legal
and factual flaws and deeming it not in the interest of justice for the class
action to proceed.

 

The grant of the right to appeal is simply a recognition by the High Court
that an appeal to another Court is a viable option for the claimants to follow
in the South African legal process. It does not undermine the High Court
decision that dismissed the application in December 2023.

 

Anglo American will oppose any appeal that may follow. As Anglo American has
stated throughout, it has every sympathy for the situation in Kabwe, but is
not responsible for it. Anglo American has stated from the outset that this
claim is entirely misconceived.

 

More detailed information relating to this legal claim can be found on Anglo
American's website, here LINK
(https://www.angloamerican.com/media/our-position-on-kabwe)

 

 

For further information, please contact:

 

 Media                                                                              Investors

 UK                                                                                 UK

 James Wyatt-Tilby                                                                  Paul Galloway

 james.wyatt-tilby@angloamerican.com                                                paul.galloway@angloamerican.com (mailto:paul.galloway@angloamerican.com)
 (mailto:james.wyatt-tilby@angloamerican.com)

                                                                                  Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8718
 Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8759

                                                                                  Tyler Broda
 Marcelo Esquivel

                                                                                  tyler.broda@angloamerican.com (mailto:tyler.broda@angloamerican.com)
 marcelo.esquivel@angloamerican.com (mailto:marcelo.esquivel@angloamerican.com)

                                                                                  Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 1470
 Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8891

                                                                                  Emma Waterworth
 Rebecca Meeson-Frizelle                                                            emma.waterworth@angloamerican.com (mailto:emma.waterworth@angloamerican.com)

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7968 8574
 rebecca.meeson-frizelle@angloamerican.com

 (mailto:rebecca.meeson-frizelle@angloamerican.com)

 Tel: + 44 (0)20 7968 1374                                                          Juliet Newth

                                                                                    juliet.newth@angloamerican.com (mailto:juliet.newth@angloamerican.com)

 South Africa                                                                       Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8830

 Nevashnee Naicker

 nevashnee.naicker@angloamerican.com                                                Michelle Jarman

 Tel: +27 (0)11 638 3189                                                            michelle.jarman@angloamerican.com (mailto:michelle.jarman@angloamerican.com)

                                                                                  Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 1494
 Sibusiso Tshabalala

 sibusiso.tshabalala@angloamerican.com
 (mailto:sibusiso.tshabalala@angloamerican.com)

 Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2175

Notes:

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