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 August 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 15,195,045 ordinary shares in treasury. The voting rights of treasury shares are 
         automatically suspended; 
 
    - accordingly, it had total voting rights of 1,390,262,127. 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 (1,390,262,127) 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.
 
 
N Jordan  
Secretary 
Anglo American plc 
 
3 September 2012 
Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd 

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