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Free State Sale: Purchase Price Revision Between Anglogold And Arm/Harmony

Release Date: 01/02/2002 17:37
Code(s): ANG
Wrap Text
Jv Becomes Effective
AngloGold Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration Number: 1944/017354/06)
ISIN Number: ZAE000014601
JSE Share Code: ANG
NEWS RELEASE
CORPORATE AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT
16th FLOOR, 11 DIAGONAL STREET
JOHANNESBURG 2001
TELEPHONE: (+27 11) 637-6385
FAX: (+27 11) 637-6399/6400
SKB/CAD/AGO296.02
1 February 2002

FREE STATE SALE: PURCHASE PRICE REVISION BETWEEN ANGLOGOLD AND ARM/HARMONY JV BECOMES EFFECTIVE
When AngloGold announced the sale of its Free State assets to ARM and Harmony (the Freegold Joint Venture) on 21 November 2001, it was stated that this was subject to the transaction being recognised by the South African Revenue Services (SARS) as a rationalisation scheme in terms of Section 39 of the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (Act 20 of 1994). With such recognition, AngloGold would not be required to pay recoupment tax on the proceeds of the sale.
On 7 January 2002, the Freegold Joint Venture (JV) announced that it had reached an agreement with AngloGold that should the SARS ruling not be obtained before 31 January, the JV would increase the price it was paying for the assets by an amount equivalent to any liability for tax payable by AngloGold.
To date, AngloGold has not been informed by SARS that the transaction would qualify as a scheme of rationalisation. The revised agreement entered into early January therefore becomes effective. This means that the purchase price will be increased so that the after-tax amount payable to AngloGold will be R2.2billion.
The tax payable will depend on AngloGold's overall tax position in the company's former lease areas in the Free State. The amount will also depend on what proportion of the purchase price the
Department of Minerals and Energy judges to be redeemable assets for tax purposes.
AngloGold expects that it will be required to make the tax payment when the sale is completed on 31 March 2003, and to recoup that amount from the JV by that date. ends www.anglogold.com Queries: Steve Lenahan +2711 637 6248 (tel) +2711 637 6107 (fax) +27 83 308 2200 (mobile) slenahan@anglogold.com Shelagh Blackman +2711 637-6379 (tel) +2711 637-6399 (fax) +27 83 308 2471 (mobile) sblackman@anglogold.com