Publication of Supplementary Offering Circular Anglo American plc (“the Company”) Incorporated in the United Kingdom (Registration number: 3564138) Short name: Anglo Share code: AGL ISIN number: GB00B1XZS820 Publication of Supplementary Offering Circular The following Supplementary Offering Circular has been approved by the UK Listing Authority and is available for viewing: Supplementary Offering Circular dated 13 August 2012 (the “Supplementary Offering Circular”) to the Offering Circular dated 19 March 2012 (the “Offering Circular”) relating to the U.S.$10,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme by Anglo American plc and Anglo American Capital plc. To view the Supplementary Offering Circular please paste the following URL into the address bar of your browser. http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/9166J_-2012-8-13.pdf The full documents have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do. This website is not provided for, or directed at, U.S. persons or persons in the United States. If you are a U.S. person or are viewing this page from the United States, you should exit this section of the website. For further information, please contact Andy Hodges Deputy Secretary 20 Carlton House Terrace London SW1Y 5AN Phone: +44 (0) 20 7968 8750 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7968 8755 DISCLAIMER – INTENDED ADDRESSEES Please note that the information contained in the Supplementary Offering Circular may be addressed to and/or targeted at persons who are residents of particular countries (specified in the Offering Circular as supplemented by the Supplementary Offering Circular) only and is not intended for use and should not be relied upon by any person outside these countries and/or to whom the offer contained in the Supplementary Offering Circular is not addressed. Prior to relying on the information contained in the Supplementary Offering Circular you must ascertain from the Supplementary Offering Circular whether or not you are part of the intended addressees of the information contained therein. Your right to access this service is conditional upon complying with the above requirement. 13 August 2012 Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd Date: 13/08/2012 05:21:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.