Anglo American Platinum will release results for the twelve months ended 31 December 2017 (“the period”) on the Stock Exchange News Service (“SENS”) on 19 February 2018.

Shareholders are referred to the Company’s trading statement released on SENS on 15 December 2017 in which the Company advised that headline earnings and headline earnings per share (“HEPS”) for the period were expected to be at least 20% (R373 million or 143 cents per share, respectively) higher than for the comparative reporting period for the twelve months ended 31 December 2016 (“comparative period”) and that basic earnings and basic earnings per share (“EPS”) for the period were also expected to be at least 20% (R126 million or 48 cents per share, respectively) higher than for the comparative period.

Shareholders are advised that headline earnings and HEPS for the period are likely to increase to between R3.65 billion and R4.00 billion (or between 96% and 114% higher than the prior year figure of R1.87 billion) and to between 1,392 cents and 1,526 cents per share (or between 95% and 114% higher than the prior year figure of 713 cents) respectively.

Basic earnings and EPS for the period are likely to increase to between R1.85 billion and R1.97 billion (or between 193% and 212% higher than the prior year figure of R632 million) and to between 706 cents and 751 cents per share (or between 193% and 212% higher than the prior year figure of 241 cents) respectively.

The expected increase in headline earnings and basic earnings is primarily a result of a strong operational performance, strict cost control and higher Platinum Group Metal sales volumes, together with a 2% increase in the Rand basket price. In addition, during the second half of 2017, the Company valued the impact of ore stockpiles ahead of concentrators across the business equating to R0.9 billion post-tax in the period, (of which R0.8 billion post-tax relates to ore stockpiles at Mogalakwena), to the extent that these stockpiles are expected to be utilised in the foreseeable future.

Basic earnings for the period is also impacted by attributable impairments after tax of R3.9 billion (of which R2.2 billion was recognised in the interim results to 30 June 2017 (“Interim Results”)) including the following impairments:

• R1.9 billion in respect of the associate investment in BRPM due to the decline in the Royal Bafokeng share price which provided indication of the need for an impairment (of which R1.0 billion was recognised in the Interim Results);
• Union Mine and Masa Chrome of R1.0 billion owing to the disposal of these operations (of which R0.9 billion was recognised in the Interim Results);
• R0.2 billion in funding provided to Bokoni Mine consequent on the Company’s 49% shareholding therein;
• R0.7 billion in respect of funding provided to Atlatsa for its support of Bokoni Mine (of which R0.2 billion was recognised in the Interim Results); and
• R0.1 billion to the Bakgatla related to their interest in Union Mine (recognised in the Interim Results).

The latter two, totalling R0.8 billion impact both basic earnings and headline earnings.

In addition, basic earnings benefits from the inclusion of profit on the sale of assets of R1.2 billion, largely attributable to the disposal of long-dated Amandelbult resources. This is excluded from headline earnings.

The comparative period basic earnings were impacted by the post-tax loss on disposal of Rustenburg mine of R0.9 billion which also did not impact headline earnings.

The financial information on which this trading statement is based has not been reviewed, or reported on, by the Company’s external auditors.