Re Issued Share Capital

Anglo American PLC
21 December 2001



ANGLO AMERICAN PLATINUM CORPORATION LIMITED - CHANGE IN ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL
ARISING FROM A REPURCHASE OF SHARES AND AN ISSUE OF SHARES IN TERMS OF THE
SHARE OPTION SCHEME

In terms of Rule 3.29 of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Securities
Exchange South Africa (JSE) notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Anglo
Platinum Share Option Scheme, options over 226 602 ordinary shares of 10 cents
each have been exercised. Accordingly application has been made to the JSE for
these shares to be admitted to the official List and for these shares to be
admitted to trading with immediate effect. The shares rank pari passu with the
existing issued shares of Anglo Platinum.

In addition notification is hereby given that the Company has repurchased 3
901 667 shares in open market transactions of which 2 228 267 have been
cancelled. The balance of 1 673 400 shares are held in a wholly-owned
subsidiary. The Company's issued share capital has reduced from 217 929 518
and now stands at 215 701 251.



Johannesburg

21 December 2001