ANGLO AMERICAN PLC - Total voting rights

Total voting rights

Anglo American plc (“the Company”)
Incorporated in the United Kingdom
(Registration number: 3564138)
Short name: Anglo
Share code: AGL
ISIN number: GB00B1XZS820

Total voting rights

In accordance with the FSA’s Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company
announces that, at 6pm on 31 July 2012:

    *   it had 1,405,457,172 issued ordinary shares of US$0.54945 each admitted
        to trading. Each ordinary share carries the right to one vote in relation to
        all circumstances at general meetings of the Company;

    *   it held 15,295,802 ordinary shares in treasury. The voting rights of
        treasury shares are automatically suspended;

    *   accordingly, it had total voting rights of 1,390,161,370. Of these
        112,300,129 shares are held by Epoch Investment Holdings Limited,
        Epoch Two Investment Holdings Limited and Tarl Investment Holdings
        Limited, the independent companies which purchased shares as part of
        the Company’s share buy back programme. These independent
        companies have waived their right to vote all the shares they hold or will
        hold in the Company.


The total voting rights figure (1,390,161,370) may be used by shareholders (and
others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the calculations by
which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a
change to their interest in, the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and
Transparency Rules.

1 August 2012

Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd

A Hodges
Deputy Secretary
Anglo American plc
 

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