Anglo American plc – Notification of major interests in shares Anglo American plc Incorporated in the United Kingdom (Registration number: 3564138) Short name JSE: Anglo Share code JSE: AGL Short name NSX: Anglo-AMRC NM Share code NSX: ANM ISIN number: GB00B1XZS820 (the "Company") NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES The Company has been advised of the following: 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 attached:ii Anglo American PLC 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 BlackRock, Inc. 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 reached: v 3rd February 2015 6. Date on which issuer notified: 4th February 2015 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii Total holding has gone below 5% 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix Class/type of Situation previous to the triggering Resulting situation after the shares transaction triggering transaction if possible using No. of shares No. of voting rights No. of shares Number of voting rights % of voting rights x the ISIN CODE Direct Direct xi Indirect xii Direct Indirect GB00B1XZS820 66,508,788 66,508,788 N/A N/A N/A N/A Below 5% B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of financial Expiration date xiii Exercise/Conversion Number of voting rights % of voting rights instrument Period xiv that may be acquired if the C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of financial Exercise price Expiration date xvii Exercise/conversion Number of voting rights % of voting right xix, xx instrument period xviii instrument refers to Nominal Delta CFD N/A N/A N/A Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights N/A Below 5% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi 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: Company Secretarial 14. Contact name: John Mills, Group Secretary 15. Contact telephone number: +44 (0) 207 968 8964 20 February 2015 Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd Date: 20/02/2015 08:30:00 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.