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AngloGold Limited - Convertible Bond Offering - Exercise Of Managers Option

Release Date: 25/02/2004 14:54
Code(s): ANG
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AngloGold Limited - Convertible Bond Offering - Exercise Of Managers Option AngloGold Limited Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa Registration Number: 1944/017354/06) ISIN Number:ZAE000043485 JSE Share Code: ANG ("AngloGold") CONVERTIBLE BOND OFFERING - EXERCISE OF MANAGERS OPTION This announcement may not be published, distributed or diffused in the United States of America. See the important notice at the end of this announcement. This announcement may not be published, distributed or diffused in the United States of America. See the important notice at the end of this announcement. Further to the announcements made on 19 and 20 February 2004 regarding the offering by AngloGold Holdings plc (the "Issuer") of US$900 million Convertible Bonds due 2009 (the "Bonds") guaranteed by AngloGold Limited ("AngloGold"), AngloGold announces that Citigroup and Deutsche Bank have exercised their option to subscribe for additional Bonds in an aggregate principal amount of US$100 million (the "Option"). The exercise of the Option increases the size of the offering to US$1,000 million. The Bonds will be issued by the Issuer and will, subject to the terms and conditions of the Bonds, be convertible into a maximum of 15.4 million ordinary shares of AngloGold Limited, at the initial conversion price. Citigroup and Deutsche Bank are acting as Joint Lead Managers. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein is acting as financial advisor to AngloGold. This announcement may not be published, distributed or diffused in the United States of America (including its territories and possessions, every State in the United States and the District of Columbia). This announcement does not constitute an extension into the United States of the offer mentioned in this announcement, nor does this announcement constitute nor form part of an offer to sell securities or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities in the United States. The securities mentioned in this press release have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or exemption from registration under the Securities Act. There will not be any public offering in the United States. STABILISATION/FSA This communication is for distribution only to persons in the United Kingdom who: (i) have professional experience in matters relating to investments or (ii) are persons falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) ("high net worth companies, unincorporated associations etc.") of The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2001 (as amended) or to whom it may otherwise lawfully be passed on (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant persons"). This communication is directed only at relevant persons and must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not relevant persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this communication relates is available only to relevant persons and will be engaged in only with relevant persons. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority, is acting as financial advisor to AngloGold Limited and for no-one else in connection with this transaction and will not be responsible to anyone other than AngloGold Limited for providing the protections afforded to customers of Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Limited, or for affording advice in relation to the contents of this announcement or any matters referred to herein. Johannesburg 25 February 2004 JSE Sponsor: UBS Queries: www.anglogold.com South Africa Tel: Mobile: E-mail: Steve Lenahan +27 11 637 6248 +27 83 308 2200 slenahan@anglogold.com Peta Baldwin +27 11 637 6647 +27 83 273 7858 pbaldwin@anglogold.com Shelagh Blackman +27 11 637 6379 +27 83 308 2471 skblackman@anglogold.com United States Charles Carter (Toll free) 800 417 9255 / +1 212 750 7999 Europe & Asia Tomasz Nadrowski +1 917 912 4641 tnadrowski@anglogold.com Australia Andrea Maxey +61 8 9425 4604 +61 438 001 393 amaxey@anglogold.com.au Disclaimer Except for the historical information contained herein, there are matters discussed in this news release that are forward-looking statements. Such statements are only predictions and actual events or results may differ materially. For a discussion of important factors including, but not limited to development of the Company"s business, the economic outlook in the gold mining industry, expectations regarding gold prices and production, and other factors, which could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements, refer to the Company"s annual report on the Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2002 which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on 7April 2003. Date: 25/02/2004 02:54:53 PM Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za Produced by the JSE SENS Department