ANGLO AMERICAN PLC - Notification of major interest in shares

Notification of major interest in shares

Anglo American plc
(Incorporated in England and Wales)
(Registration number: 3564138)
Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AN
ISIN: GBOOB1XZS820
JSE Share Code: AGL
NSX Share Code: ANM

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are                                    Anglo American plc
attached: ii

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):  
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                       x
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying
financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please
specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation: iii                                                    Volcan Holdings plc

4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):iv

5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or                                                     11 April 2017
reached: v

6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                     12 April 2017

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: vi, vii                                                                        11 per cent.

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of        Situation previous          Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares               to the triggering
                     transaction
                                                                                                                      
if possible using    Number         Number       Number          Number of voting                    % of voting rights x
the ISIN CODE        of             of           of shares       rights
                     Shares         Voting                                              
                                                 Direct          Direct xi       Indirect xii        Direct         Indirect
                                    Rights

GB00B1XZS820         160,685,162    160,685,162  160,685,162     160,685,162     0                   11.44 percent. 0 percent.
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial          Expiration    Exercise/                     Number of voting                 % of voting
instrument                 date xiii     Conversion Period xiv         rights that may be               rights
                                                                       acquired if the
                                                                       instrument is
                                                                       exercised/ converted.




C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
                                                                                                                          
Type of financial     Exercise     Expiration   Exercise/        Number of voting rights           % of voting rights xix,xx
instrument            price        date xvii    Conversion       instrument refers to
                                                period xviii       
                                                                                                   Nominal       Delta
                                                                                                   


Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights                                   Percentage of voting rights
160,685,162                                               11.44 per cent.

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Conclave PTC Limited (Bahamas) (100% voting shares)
>
Volcan Investments Limited (Bahamas) (99.97% voting shares, 0.03% held via nominee
companies on behalf of Volcan Investments Limited)
>
Volcan Holdings plc (Cyprus)


Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:


13. Additional information:


14. Contact name:                            John Mills, Group Company Secretary


15. Contact telephone number:                +44 (0) 207 968 8964



13 April 2017

Sponsor
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)


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