ANGLO AMERICAN PLC - Notification of major interest in shares

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

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                16/02/2016
reached: v

6. Date on which issuer notified:                19/02/2016

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                                 
                                    Rights       Direct         Direct xi     Indirect xii   Direct       Indirect
                                    

                     Below          Below
GB00B1XZS820         notifiable     notifiable    42,977,643     42,977,643   0               3.07%       0
                     threshold      threshold


B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial          Expiration    Exercise/                  Number of voting              % of voting
instrument                 date xiii     Conversion Period xiv      rights that may be            rights
                                                                    acquired if the
                                                                    instrument is
                                                                    exercised/ converted.

Right to Recall            17-Jun-16                                3,095,654                     0.22%
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/      Number of voting rights      % of voting rights
instrument            price        date xvii     Conversion     instrument refers to         xix, xx
                                                 period
                                                 xviii


                                                                                             Nominal          Delta
Swaps
                                   16-Jun-2020                  22,901,882
Call Option                                                                                  1.63%            1.63%
                                   17-Jun-16                    310,459
Put Option                                                                                   0.02%            0.02%
                                   16-Dec-16                    1,349,893                    0.10%            0.10%



Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights                                   Percentage of voting rights

76,135,531                                                5.43%

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 – 5.43%

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


22 February 2016

Sponsor
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)

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