Ratings Announcement Anglo American SA Finance Limited – Rating Action Dated: 12 August 2013 Rating Agency: Moody’s Investor Services Moody’s downgrades Anglo American SA Finance Ltd’s national scale rating to A2.za; negative outlook In accordance with paragraph 4.25 of the JSE Debt Listings Requirements, noteholders are advised that Moody’s has downgraded the senior unsecured national scale rating (NSR) of Anglo American SA Finance Limited (‘AASAF’), a subsidiary of Anglo American plc (‘Anglo American’, Baa2, negative outlook), to A2.za from A1.za, with negative outlook. Concurrently, Moody’s has downgraded the NSR on AASAF’s Domestic Medium Term Note (‘DMTN’) Programme, which is guaranteed by Anglo American on a senior unsecured basis, to A2.za from A1.za. Moody’s has affirmed the company’s short-term NSR at Prime-1.za (P-1.za). For further information contact: Debt Sponsor – The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited Alexi Contogiannis Tel (011)721 8003 Email: alexi.contogiannis@standardbank.co.za Anglo American SA Finance Limited Pranill Ramchander Tel (011)638 2592 Email: pranill.ramchander@angloamerican.com Debt Sponsor: The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, acting through its Corporate and Investment Banking division. Date: 12/08/2013 11:30:00 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.