Kumba Iron Ore Limited interim results 2015 NEWS RELEASE 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") Anglo American plc notification: Kumba Iron Ore Limited interim results 2015 Anglo American wishes to draw attention to Kumba Iron Ore Limited’s announcement of its results for the six months ended 30 June 2015. Kumba Iron Ore Limited reported headline earnings of R2,519 million. Anglo American will report underlying earnings in respect of Kumba Iron Ore Limited of $192 million for the six months ended 30 June 2015, which takes into account certain adjustments. 6 months 6 months Year ended ended ended $ million 30.06.15 30.06.14 31.12.14 IFRS headline earnings 213 606 1,011 Kumba Envision Trust(1) 11 10 20 One-off tax charge(1) 68 - - Other adjustments (1) - (4) 291 616 1,027 Non-controlling interests (88) (187) (309) Exploration 4 5 12 Elimination of intercompany interest 3 (2) 10 Depreciation of assets fair valued on acquisition (4) (3) (7) Corporate cost allocation (14) (20) (40) Contribution to Anglo American underlying earnings 192 409 693 (1) These items are included in IFRS headline earnings but are excluded from Anglo American underlying earnings as special items. Anglo American will report results for the six months ended 30 June 2015 on 24 July 2015. The above figures are unaudited. Underlying earnings Underlying earnings is profit attributable to equity shareholders before special items and remeasurements, and is therefore presented after net finance costs, income tax and non-controlling interests. Special items are those items of financial performance that the Group believes should be separately disclosed to assist in the understanding of the underlying financial performance achieved by the Group. Operating special items principally include impairment charges and restructuring costs. Non-operating special items include costs in relation to closure of operations, profits and losses on disposals of investments and businesses as well as certain adjustments relating to business combinations. Remeasurements include adjustments to ensure that the unrealised gains or losses on financial assets and liabilities are recorded in underlying earnings in the same year as the underlying transaction for which the instruments provide the economic hedge. 21 July 2015 Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd Date: 21/07/2015 08:00:00 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.