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 x An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments x An event changing the breakdown of voting rights Other (please specify): 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii Deutsche Bank AG 4. Full name of shareholder(s) Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (if different from 3.):iv 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or 26/01/2016 reached: v 6. Date on which issuer notified: 28/01/2016 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or Above 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 if possible using Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting rights x the ISIN CODE of of of shares rights Shares Voting Direct Indirect Rights Direct xi xii Direct Indirect Below Below GB00B1XZS820 notifiable notifiable 33,120,587 33,120,587 0 2.36% 0 threshold threshold B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of financial Expiration Exercise/Conversion Period Number of voting % of voting instrument date xiii xiv rights that may be rights acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. Right to Recall 1,907,869 0.14% 16-Dec-16 Put Option 3,336,083 0.24% 16-Dec-16 Call Option 5,500,000 0.39% C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of financial Exercise Expiration Exercise/Conversion period Number of voting rights % of voting rights instrument price date xvii xviii instrument refers to xix,xx Nominal Delta Swaps 16-06-2020 26,950,104 1.92% 1.92% Call Option 09-Feb-16 471,466 0.03% 0.03% Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights 71,286,109 5.09% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch – 5.09% 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: 14. Contact name: Stacy Otieno 15. Contact telephone number: 02075476268 29 January 2016 Sponsor RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited) Date: 29/01/2016 05:30:00 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.