To: re3 who wrote (93124 ) 2/2/2003 5:24:03 PM From: long-gone Respond to of 116770 <<...maybe i could pick up, what, a dozen donuts with the divvies some of them pay... >> Point I was making is that when they become tax free, the dividends will seem as though 1/3 higher. Now of those claimed "low dividends" Press Release Source: AngloGold AngloGold Declares Semi-Annual Dividend Friday January 31, 8:50 am ET NEW YORK, NY--(INTERNET WIRE)--Jan 31, 2003 -- AngloGold (NYSE:AU - News) today declared a dividend of R6.75 per ordinary share, for the six months ended December 31, 2002. Each ordinary share is equal to one American Depository Share (ADS) traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Using yesterday's rand/dollar exchange rate as an illustration, this dividend is equivalent to $0.78 per ADS . The approximate date for currency conversion for payment to holders of AU is February 28, and it will be this exchange rate that will determine the actual dividend amount. AU will go ex dividend on the NYSE on February 19, with a record date of February 21. The approximate date for payment of the dividend to holders of AU is March 14, 2003. AngloGold pays dividends semi-annually, after first providing for growth in the business. Since listing on the NYSE in August 1998, AngloGold has paid the following dividends to holders of AU: June 1998 - $0.61; December 1998 - $0.64; June 1999 - $0.74; December 1999 - $0.83; June 2000 - $0.51; December 2000 - $0.39; June 2001 - $0.38; December 2001 - $0.49; June 2002 - $0.66. AngloGold's full earnings release can be found on www.anglogold.com and is also accessible via the SEC's EDGAR website. 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 for the year ended December 31, 2001 which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 2002.