ANGLO AMERICAN
MARQUEE TRANSACTIONS
Members of Our Team Have Been Integral to Many of the Metals & Mining Sector’s Industry Forming Transactions
$200,000,000
Yellow Cake plc
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IPO Adviser
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July 2018
IPO Adviser to Innovative
Vehicle
Founded and IPO'd one of the largest recent mining offerings on the AIM
$147,400,000,000
Defence against Unsolicited Offer by BHP Billiton
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Joint Financial Adviser
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November 2007
Largest Public M&A Offer in Global Mining Sector
Lead defence adviser to Rio Tinto against BHP Billiton's unsolicited hostile offer, the largest ever proposed transaction in the mining sector
C$5,062,000,000
Acquisition of Inmet Mining Corporation
Joint Financial Adviser
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December 2012
Lead Hostile Buyside Adviser to First Quantum
Lead adviser to First Quantum on its acquisition of Inmet in the largest hostile mining transaction in the last six years
$3,700,000,000
Convertible & Senior Notes Offering
Joint Bookrunner
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April 2009
Recapitalisation
of
Anglo American
Refinancing in the face of a hostile approach from Xstrata through a $2.0Bn senior notes offering and $1.7Bn convertible notes offering
$25,900,000,000
Sale to Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold
Joint Financial Adviser
November 2006
Sellside Adviser to Phelps Dodge
Advised Phelps Dodge on its sale to Freeport to create the world's largest publicly traded copper company
$2,050,000,000
Senior Notes Offering
Joint Bookrunner
August 2006
Adviser to Fortescue Metals Group
Record high-yield bond offering to finance greenfield rail, port and mining project in Western Australia
$7,736,000,000
Sale to
BHP Billiton
Joint Financial Adviser
March 2005
Lead Defence Adviser to WMC Resources
Defence against unsolicited offer from Xstrata and ultimate sale to BHP: Australia’s largest cash offer
$4,700,000,000
Attempted Acquisition of Noranda Aluminium
Joint Financial Adviser
November 2004
IPO Adviser to Innovative
Vehicle
Ground-breaking offer for Canada’s Noranda: largest outbound Chinese public takeover offer