AGL - Anglo American plc - Total voting rights

AGL - Anglo American plc - Total voting rights                                  
Anglo American plc ("the Company")                                              
Incorporated in the United Kingdom                                              
(Registration number: 3564138)                                                  
Short name: Anglo                                                               
Share code: AGL                                                                 
ISIN number: GB00B1XZS820                                                       
Total voting rights                                                             
In accordance with the FSA`s Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company     
announces that, at 6pm on 30 April 2012:                                        
    *    it had 1,342,981,963 issued ordinary shares of US$0.54945 each         
admitted to trading. Each ordinary share carries the right to one      
         vote in relation to all circumstances at general meetings of the       
         Company;                                                               
    *    it held 15,402,132 ordinary shares in treasury. The voting rights      
of treasury shares are automatically suspended;                        
    *    accordingly, it had total voting rights of 1,327,579,831. Of these     
         112,300,129 shares are held by Epoch Investment Holdings Limited,      
         Epoch Two Investment Holdings Limited and Tarl Investment Holdings     
Limited, the independent companies which purchased shares as part      
         of the Company`s share buy back programme. These independent           
         companies have waived their right to vote all the shares they hold     
         or will hold in the Company.                                           
The total voting rights figure (1,327,579,831) may be used by shareholders      
(and others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the           
calculations by which they will determine whether they are required to notify   
their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the      
FSA`s Disclosure and Transparency Rules.                                        
N Jordan                                                                        
Company Secretary                                                               
Anglo American plc                                                              
2 May 2012                                                                      
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