Notification of major interest in shares Anglo American plc (Incorporated in England and Wales) (Registration number: 3564138) Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AN ISIN: GBOOB1XZS820 JSE Share Code: AGL NSX Share Code: ANM (“the Company”) Notification of major interest in shares 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 Anglo American PLC attached: ii 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 Silchester International Investors LLP notification obligation: iii Silchester International Investors International Value Equity Taxable Trust Silchester International Investors International Value 4. Full name of shareholder(s) Equity Trust (if different from 3.):iv Silchester International Investors International Value Equity Group Trust Silchester International Investors Tobacco Free International Value Equity Trust The Calleva Trust 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or 30th December 2015 reached: v 6. Date on which issuer notified: 31st December 2015 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or 5% reached: vi, vii 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix Class/type of Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering transaction shares to the triggering transaction Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting rights x if possible using of of of shares rights the ISIN CODE Shares Voting Direct Direct xi Indirect xii Direct Indirect Rights GB00B1XZS820 0 0 70,110,363 5.00% B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting xiii xiv instrument date Conversion Period rights that may be rights acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of financial Exercise Expiratio Exercise/ Number of voting rights % of voting rights instrument price n date xvii Conversio instrument refers to xix, xx n period xviii N/A Nominal Delta N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights 70,110,363 5.00% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi N/A Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy holder: Silchester International Investors LLP 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease N/A to hold: 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold N/A voting rights: 13. Additional information: Silchester International Investors LLP (“Silchester”) acts as investment manager for the clients detailed in Question 4 above (our “Clients”). In acting for our Clients, Silchester are given full discretion over their investments and are empowered to vote on their behalf. However, we do not act as our Clients’ custodian and therefore shares are not held in our name but in the name of each Client’s custodian bank. The increase in Silchester’s holdings was due to a series of transactions over a series of different trading days. Details of the number of shares held before the change (shown in Section A ‘Situation previous to the Triggering transaction’ above), represent the shares held by Silchester’s clients as of the date of our last Notice of Substantial Shareholder’s Interest and not as of the last trading day before which this disclosure level was triggered. Notification is provided based on the total voting rights figure of 1,401,852,470. 14. Contact name: Timothy J. Linehan, Senior Partner 15. Contact telephone number: 0207 518 7125 Sponsor RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited) Date: 04/01/2016 03:29:00 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.