4th Aug 2005 07:02
Anglo American PLC04 August 2005 PART 2 ANGLO AMERICAN plc (Incorporated in England and Wales - Registered number 3564138) ('the Company') Notice of Interim Dividend Notice is hereby given that an interim dividend on the Company's ordinary share capital in respect ofthe year to 31 December 2005 will be payable as follows: Amount (United States currency) 28 cents per ordinary share (notes 1 and 2) Currency conversion date Monday 1 August 2005 Last day to trade on the JSE Securities Exchange SouthAfrica ('JSE') to qualify for the dividend Friday 12 August 2005 Ex-dividend on the JSE from the commencement of trading on Monday 15 August 2005 Ex-dividend on the London Stock Exchange from thecommencement of trading on Wednesday 17 August 2005 Record date (applicable to both the United Kingdom principalregister and South African branch register) Friday 19 August 2005 Last day for receipt of Dividend Reinvestment Plan ('DRIP')Mandate Forms by Central Securities Depository Participants('CSDPs') (notes 4 and 5) Tuesday 30 August 2005 Last day for receipt of DRIP Mandate Forms by the UKRegistrars or the South African Transfer Secretaries (notes4 and 5) Thursday 1 September 2005 Dividend warrants posted Monday 19 September 2005 Payment date of dividend Tuesday 20 September 2005 Notes: 1. Shareholders on the United Kingdom register of members with an address in the United Kingdomwill be paid in pounds sterling and those with an address in a country in the European Union which hasadopted the euro, will be paid in euros. Such shareholders may, however, elect to be paid theirdividends in US dollars provided the UK Registrar receives such election by Friday 19 August 2005.Shareholders with an address elsewhere (except in South Africa) will be paid in US dollars. Theequivalent of the dividend in sterling will be 15.8508 pence per ordinary share based on an exchangerate of US$1 = £0.5661. The equivalent of the dividend in euros will be 22.9124 euro cents perordinary share based on an exchange rate of US$1 = €0.8183. 2. Shareholders on the South African branch register will be paid in South African Rand at R1.8346per ordinary share based on an exchange rate of US$1 = R6.5522. 3. Dematerialisation and rematerialisation of registered share certificates in South Africawill not be effected by CSDPs during the period Monday 15 August 2005 to Friday 19 August 2005 (bothdays inclusive). 4. Those shareholders who already participate in the DRIP need not complete a DRIP mandate formfor each dividend as such forms provide an on-going authority to participate in the DRIP untilcancelled in writing. Shareholders who wish to participate in the DRIP should obtain a mandate formfrom the UK Registrars, the South African Transfer Secretaries or, in the case of those who hold theirshares through the STRATE system, their CSDP. 5. In terms of the DRIP, and subject to the purchase of shares in the open market, sharecertificates/Crest notifications are expected to be mailed and CSDP investor accounts credited/updatedon Tuesday 4 October 2005. 6. Copies of the terms and conditions of the DRIP are available from the UK Registrars or theSouth African Transfer Secretaries. By order of the BoardN Jordan Secretary3 August 2005 Registered office UK Registrars South African Transfer Secretaries20 Carlton House Terrace Lloyds TSB Registrars Ultra Registrars (Proprietary) LimitedLondon The Causeway 11 Diagonal StreetSW1Y 5AN Worthing Johannesburg 2001England West Sussex PO Box 4844, Johannesburg 2000 BN99 6DA South Africa England Appendix Pro forma IAS 32 and IAS 39 financial information Pro forma IFRS consolidated income statements including the effects of applyingIAS 32 and 39 for the period ended 30 June 2004 and the year ended 31 December2004 and balance sheet for the period ended 30 June 2004 have been providedbelow. The full adoption of both these standards was not mandatory untilJanuary 2005. The restated opening balance sheet as at 1 January 2005 ispresented in note 24 to this report. The basis of presentation of these pro forma results is that IAS 32 and 39 havenot been applied to 2004 transactions within entities that were fully disposedof in 2004, or to contracts containing embedded derivatives that no longerexisted as at 1 January 2005. In accordance with the transition rules applicablefor first-time adopters, documentation and effectiveness calculations requiredfor hedge accounting were put in place as at 1 January 2005. Where hedgeaccounting has been applied with effect from 1 January 2005, 2004 pro formafinancial information has been stated on the same basis as if necessarydocumentation had been in place. AngloGold Ashanti, a Rand functional currency entity, issued a US dollarconvertible bond in February 2004. The pro forma financial informationclassifies the equity conversion option within this debt as a derivative withinliabilities, marked to market through the income statement. This is inaccordance with the recent clarification of IAS 32 by IFRIC. Appendix Pro forma IAS 32 and IAS 39 consolidated income statementfor the six months ended 30 June 2004 IAS 32 and 39 IFRSUS$ million adjustments pro forma IFRS(1)Group revenue 12,346 11 12,357Total operating costs (10,588) (90) (10,678)Special items - (1) (1)Operating profit from subsidiaries and joint ventures 1,758 (80) 1,678Net profit on disposals 1,005 (18) 987Net income from associates 330 14 344Total profit from operations and associates 3,093 (84) 3,009Net finance costs (161) (20) (181)Profit before tax 2,932 (104) 2,828Income tax expense (516) 55 (461)Profit for the financial period 2,416 (49) 2,367 Attributable to:Minority interests 190 (13) 177Equity shareholders of the Company 2,226 (36) 2,190 for the year ended 31 December 2004 IAS 32 and 39 IFRSUS$ million adjustments pro forma IFRS(1)Group revenue 26,268 57 26,325Total operating costs (22,627) (185) (22,812)Special items 25 (66) (41)Operating profit from subsidiaries and joint ventures 3,666 (194) 3,472Net profit on disposals 1,015 (23) 992Net income from associates 550 1 551Total profit from operations and associates 5,231 (216) 5,015Net finance costs (367) (56) (423)Profit before tax 4,864 (272) 4,592Income tax expense (923) 78 (845)Profit for the financial period 3,941 (194) 3,747 Attributable to:Minority interests 440 (55) 385Equity shareholders of the Company 3,501 (139) 3,362 (1) Excludes the impact of IAS 32 and IAS 39. Appendix Pro forma IAS 32 and IAS 39 consolidated balance sheet as at 30 June 2004 IAS 32 and 39 IFRS adjustments pro formaUS$ million IFRS(1)Intangible fixed assets 2,501 - 2,501Tangible fixed assets 30,227 (89) 30,138Biological assets 374 - 374Environmental rehabilitation trust 182 - 182Investments in associates 3,386 22 3,408Financial asset investments 1,197 53 1,250Deferred tax assets 97 5 102Other financial assets (derivatives) - 354 354Total non current assets 37,964 345 38,309Inventories 3,148 - 3,148Trade and other receivables 5,041 (12) 5,029Current tax assets 192 - 192Other current financial assets (derivatives) - 379 379Current asset investments 75 - 75Cash and cash equivalents 2,495 - 2,495Total current assets 10,951 367 11,318Total assets 48,915 712 49,627 Short term borrowings (3,266) 1 (3,265)Trade and other payables (4,732) (6) (4,738)Current tax liabilities (679) - (679)Other financial liabilities (derivatives) - (482) (482)Total current liabilities (8,677) (487) (9,164)Medium and long term borrowings (8,258) 115 (8,143)Retirement benefit obligations (1,081) - (1,081)Other current financial liabilities (derivatives) - (465) (465)Deferred tax liabilities (5,279) 23 (5,256)Provisions (1,155) 87 (1,068)Total non current liabilities (15,773) (240) (16,013)Total liabilities (24,450) (727) (25,177)Net assets 24,465 (15) 24,450EquityCalled-up share capital 746 - 746Share premium account 1,609 - 1,609Other reserves 1,297 176 1,473Retained earnings 16,673 (78) 16,595Equity attributable to equity holders of the Company 20,325 98 20,423Minority interests 4,140 (113) 4,027Total equity 24,465 (15) 24,450 (1) Excludes the impact of IAS 32 and IAS 39. 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