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Anglo American PLC17 January 2005 News Release 17 January 2005 Anglo American plc notification: Anglo Platinum trading statement Anglo American plc wishes to draw attention to an announcement made by AngloPlatinum regarding a trading statement, attached hereto. Issuer Long Name : Anglo American Platinum Corporation Limited Registration No. : 1946/022452/06 Instrument Alpha Code/Ticker Symbol : AMS; AMSP ISIN : ZAE000013181; ZAE000054474 ("Anglo Platinum") Anglo Platinum trading statement This trading statement is issued in compliance with the revised ListingsRequirements (Section 3.4 (b)) of the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa,which became effective on 1 December 2004. Anglo Platinum wishes to advise shareholders that headline earnings for the yearended 31 December 2004 are expected to be R2,61bn, 24,9% higher than theheadline earnings of R2,09bn for the year ended 31 December 2003. Headlineearnings attributable to ordinary shareholders, which exclude dividends ofapproximately R153 million attributable to preference shareholders, are expectedto be R2,46bn, 17,7% higher than headline earnings attributable to ordinaryshareholders for the previous corresponding period. The forecast financial information on which this trading statement is based hasnot been reviewed and reported on by the Company's auditors. Anglo Platinumintends publishing its annual results on 14 February 2005. For further information please contact Trevor Raymond011 373 6462082 654 8467 Johannesburg 17 January 2005 Sponsor Merrill Lynch South Africa (Pty) Limited This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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