Re: Bonus Issue

19 Jun 2006 07:00

Antofagasta PLC19 June 2006 Antofagasta plc 4 for 1 Bonus Issue of Ordinary Shares London, 19 June 2006 Following shareholder approval at the Annual General Meeting and Class Meetingson 14 June 2006, Antofagasta plc (the "Company") confirms that it has issued, byway of a bonus issue, four new ordinary shares of 5p each for every one ordinaryshare held by shareholders of the Company at the close of business on Friday 16June 2006. Each new ordinary share will carry the same rights as an existingordinary share. Following this issue, the Company has 985,856,695 ordinaryshares in issue. As no similar bonus issue has taken place in respect of the 5% cumulativepreference shares in the capital of the Company, the rights of each preferenceshare have been amended so that each preference share now carries 100 votes on apoll at any general meeting of the Company. This amendment maintains the votingrights of each preference share as a proportion of the total votes entitled tobe exercised at a general meeting. ---------------------------- ------------------------Enquiries Issued byAntofagasta plc Bankside ConsultantsTel: +44 20 7808 0988 Tel: +44 20 7367 8873www.antofagasta.co.uk Desmond O'Conor Keith IronsEmail: doconor@antofagasta.co.uk Email: keith@bankside.com Hussein Barma Oliver WintersEmail: hbarma@antofagasta.co.uk Email: oliver.winters@bankside.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange