Transaction in Own Shares Anglo American plc (the “Company”) Registered office: 17 Charterhouse Street, London EC1N 6RA Registered number: 3564138 (incorporated in England and Wales) Legal Entity Identifier: 549300S9XF92D1X8ME43 ISIN: GBOOB1XZS820 JSE Share Code: AGL NSX Share Code: ANM Transaction in Own Shares Anglo American plc announces that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of US$0.54945 each on Exchange (as defined in the Rules of the London Stock Exchange) from Goldman Sachs International (“Goldman Sachs”) as part of its buyback programme announced on 29 July 2021 (the “Programme”). Date of purchase: 2 February 2022 Number of ordinary shares US$0.54945 each purchased: 165,000 Highest price paid per share (£): £33.8678 Lowest price paid per share (£): £33.1450 Volume weighted average price paid per share (£): £33.5012 Anglo American plc will cancel the purchased shares. In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 as it applies in the UK (the Market Abuse Regulation), full details of the transactions, in aggregated and detailed form, are available at www.angloamerican.com/investors/shareholder-information/share-purchase- transactions. Claire Murphy Anglo American plc 3 February 2022 The Company has a primary listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and secondary listings on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, the Botswana Stock Exchange, the Namibia Stock Exchange and the SIX Swiss Exchange. Sponsor RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited) Date: 03-02-2022 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.