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Shareholders' information

Share statistics
Analysis of ordinary shareholdings as at 12 February 2001

		Number of	% of total	Number of	% of shares
		shareholders	shareholders	shares	issued
	Shareholder profile
	Individuals	25,058	92.62	2,574,536	2.41
	Insurance companies	9	0.03	123,699	0.12
	Pension and provident funds	7	0.03	15,739	0.01
	Banks and nominee companies	556	2.06	38,265,458	35.76
	Other corporate holders	1,425	5.27	66,041,655	61.71
	Total	27,055	100.00	107,021,087	100.00
	Size of holding
	1 - 100	22,345	82.59	478,384	0.45
	101 - 500	3,786	13.99	796,259	0.74
	501 - 1,000	473	1.75	336,669	0.31
	1,001 - 5,000	328	1.21	645,172	0.60
	5,001 - 10,000	40	0.15	277,374	0.26
	10,001 - 100,000	53	0.20	1,348,099	1.26
	Over 100,000	30	0.11	103,139,130	96.37
	Total	27,055	100.00	107,021,087	100.00

Stock exchange listings
The primary listing of the company's ordinary shares is on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE). Its ordinary shares are also listed on the stock exchanges in London and Paris, as well as being quoted in Brussels in the form of International Depositary Receipts (IDRs) and in New York in the form of American Depositary Shares (ADSs). A total of 6,558,737 ordinary shares are quoted on the Australian Stock Exchange in the form of Clearing House Electronic Subregister System Units of Foreign Securities (CUFS).

 Stock exchange information

			2000	1999	1998
	JSE
	Rands per share:
	Market price	- high	385.00	428.00	361.60
		- low	186.00	225.00	167.40
		- year-end	221.00	316.60	229.20
	Shares traded	- 000	24,902	31,787	18,251
	London Stock Exchange
	Pounds per share:
	Market price	- high	35.51	41.72	35.35
		- low	17.14	22.86	20.09
		- year-end	19.45	32.01	23.42
	Shares traded	- 000	2.5	3.2	12,206
	Paris Bourse
	Euros per share (1998: French francs per share)
	Market price	- high	57.80	68.60	338.80
		- low	28.20	33.23	189.90
		- year-end	31.85	50.90	221.10
	Shares traded	- 000	947	1,412	1,437

			2000	1999	1998
	Brussels Bourse
	Euros per share (1998: Belgian francs per share):
	Market price	- high	49.95	68.20	2,060
		- low	28.55	33.50	1,150
		- year-end	31.85	50.85	1,398
	IDRs traded	- 000	1,002	2,635	2,273
	New York Stock Exchange
	(listing commenced 5 August 1998)
	US dollars per ADS:
	Market price	- high	28.69	37.00	31.00
		- low	12.25	18.31	16.00
		- year-end	14.94	25.69	19.56
	ADSs traded	- 000	46,940	41,355	14,213
	Each ADS represents one-haf of an ordinary share in the company
	Australian Stock Exchange
	(listing commenced 15 November 1999)
	Australian dollars per share:
	Market price	- high	86.80	89.00	-
		- low	47.50	71.00	-
		- year-end	54.79	76.50	-
	Shares traded	- 000	1,783	487	-

Twenty largest ordinary shareholders as at 12 February 2001
According to the register of members, the following are the 20 largest holders of the ordinary share capital of the company:

	Ordinary shares held
	Shareholding	Percentage
Anglo American plc and its subsidiaries	57,234,459	53.48
Standard Bank Nominees (Transvaal) (Pty) Ltd	24,076,920	22.50
First National Nominees (Pty) Ltd	5,110,116	4.76
De Beers Holdings (Pty) Ltd	3,551,285	3.32
ANZ Nominees Ltd	3,190,479	2.98
Nedcor Bank Nominees Ltd	2,022,056	1.89
Société Generale Nominees (Pty) Ltd	1,939,398	1.81
Mercantile Custodial Nominees (Pty) Ltd	1,237,246	1.16
National Nominees (Pty) Ltd	857,123	0.80
C M B Nominees (Pty) Ltd	726,184	0.68
Société Interprofessionnell Pour La Compensation Des Valeurs Mobilieres a/c Sicovam	685,789	0.64
SE Nominees (Pty) Ltd	653,280	0.61
ABSA Nominees (Pty) Ltd	574,912	0.54
Westpac Custodian Nominees	142,440	0.13
AMP Life Ltd	60,914	0.06
Citicorp Nominees PTY Ltd	27,949	0.03
Anglo Irish Nominees	20,000	0.02
Brewin Nominees	20,000	0.02
Cheviot Capital Nominees Ltd	15,000	0.01
Chase Nominees Services	11,254	0.01
Total	102,156,804	95.45

Shareholder spread as at 12 February 2001
Pursuant to the Listings Requirements of the JSE, with the best knowledge of the directors and after reasonable enquiry, the spread of shareholders was as follows:

		Number of
	Class	holders	%
	Ordinary shares
	Non-public shareholders:
	Directors	3	0.00
	Shares held by Anglo American plc and its subsidiaries	3	53.48
	Public shareholders	27,049	46.52
		27,055	100.00
	A redeemable preference shares } All shares are held by a wholly-owned subsidiary company B redeemable preference shares

Major shareholders as at 12 February 2001
According to information available to the directors, the following are the only shareholders beneficially holding, directly or indirectly, in excess of 5 per cent of the ordinary share capital of the company:

		Ordinary shares held
		12 February 2001		31 December 2000		31 December 1999
		Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
	Anglo American plc and its subsidiaries	57,234,459	53.48	57,234,459	53.48	53,677,127	50.35
	The Bank of New York*	17,515,574	16.37	16,512,360	15.43	13,216,238	12.40

* Shares held through various custodians in respect of ADSs issued by the Bank

Voting rights
The Articles of Association provide that every member present at a meeting in person or, in the case of a body corporate, represented, is entitled to one vote only on a show of hands. Upon a poll members present or any duly appointed proxy shall have one vote for every share held. There are no limitations on the right of non-South African shareholders to hold or exercise voting rights attaching to any shares in the company. CUFS holders are not entitled to vote in person at meetings, but may vote by way of proxy.

Debentures and options do not carry a right to vote until the debenture has been converted or the option exercised and ordinary shares allotted.
 

Diary
	Financial year-end		31 December
	Annual financial statements	Issued	13 March 2001
	Annual general meeting	13:00	25 April 2001
	Quarterly reports	Issued	30 April 2001
			31 July 2001
			31 October 2001
			31 January 2002

Dividends
			Payable to	Payable to
		Declared	registered shareholders on	ADS holders on*
	Final - No. 89	30 January 2001	30 March 2001	9 April 2001
	Interim - No. 90	30 July 2001	28 September 2001	9 October 2001
	Final - No. 91	30 January 2002	29 March 2002	8 April 2002

* Approximate dates
  

Currency conversion guide
At 31 December one rand was equal to:
		2000	1999
	Australian dollar	0.24	0.25
	Belgian franc	5.64	6.51
	Euro	0.14	0.16
	French franc	0.92	1.01
	German mark	0.27	0.32
	Japanese yen	15.07	18.66
	Swiss franc	0.21	0.26
	UK pound	0.09	0.10
	US dollar	0.13	0.16

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