Anglo American plc notification: Kumba Iron Ore Limited year end results 2015 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 (“Anglo American") Anglo American plc notification: Kumba Iron Ore Limited year end results 2015 Anglo American wishes to draw attention to Kumba Iron Ore Limited’s announcement of its results for the year ended 31 December 2015. Kumba Iron Ore Limited reported Headline earnings of R3,792 million (2014: R11,006 million). Anglo American will report underlying earnings in respect of Kumba Iron Ore Limited of $238 million for the year ended 31 December 2015, which takes into account certain adjustments. Year ended Year ended 31.12.15 31.12.14 $ million Kumba Headline earnings (See Note 1) 304 1,011 Kumba Envision Trust (See Note 1) 19 20 One-off tax charge 82 - Restructuring costs 2 - Other adjustments (1) (4) 406 1,027 Non-controlling interests (126) (309) Exploration 7 12 Elimination of intercompany interest (1) 10 Depreciation of assets fair valued on acquisition (8) (7) Corporate cost allocation (40) (40) Contribution to Anglo American underlying earnings 238 693 (Note 1)These items are included in Headline earnings but are special items so are excluded from Anglo American underlying earnings. Anglo American will report results for the year ended 31 December 2015 on 16 February 2016. 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. Special items that relate to the operating performance of the Group are classified as operating special items and principally include impairment charges and restructuring costs. Non-operating special items include costs in relation to closure of operations, profits and losses on disposal of investments and businesses as well as certain adjustments relating to business combinations. 9 February 2016 Sponsor RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited) Date: 09/02/2016 09:00:00 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.