Annual Information Update

Issued by: Anglo American plc

Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AN

Registered number: 356413

Date: 1 April 2011

Contact: N Jordan + 44 (0)20 7968 8888

Anglo American plc (the "Company") provides an annual information update, in accordance with Prospectus Rule 5.2. The information referred to in this update was up to date at the time it was published but some information may now be out of date. The information is referred to in this update, rather than included in full, to avoid an unnecessarily lengthy document.

The Company's ordinary shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange (the primary listing), the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE), the SWX Swiss Exchange, the Botswana Stock Exchange and the Namibian Stock Exchange.

1. Announcements via RNS, a regulatory information service - Anglo American plc

Announcement RNS Headline

Date

01/04/2011 Total Voting Rights

31/03/2011 Treasury Stock

31/03/2011 Barro Alto nickel project - first production

29/03/2011 Treasury Stock

28/03/2011 Treasury Stock

25/03/2011 Offering Circular - US$10bn EMTN programme

25/03/2011 Director/PDMR Shareholding

22/03/2011 Treasury Stock

16/03/2011 Treasury Stock

16/03/2011 Director/PDMR Shareholding

14/03/2011 Treasury Stock

11/03/2011 Director/PDMR Shareholding

10/03/2011 Treasury Stock

10/03/2011 Director/PDMR Shareholding

09/03/2011 Director/PDMR Shareholding

09/03/2011 Directorate change

08/03/2011 Director/PDMR Shareholding

08/03/2011 Treasury Stock

07/03/2011 Director/PDMR Shareholding

07/03/2011 Director/PDMR Shareholding

04/03/2011 Treasury Stock

04/03/2011 Director/PDMR Shareholding

02/03/2011 Treasury Stock

01/03/2011 Director/PDMR Shareholding

01/03/2011 Director/PDMR Shareholding

01/03/2011 Total Voting Rights

28/02/2011 Director/PDMR Shareholding

25/02/2011 Treasury Stock

25/02/2011 Nicky Oppenheimer to retire from Anglo American

24/02/2011 Director/PDMR Shareholding

22/02/2011 Treasury Stock

21/02/2011 Director/PDMR Shareholding

18/02/2011 2010 Preliminary Results

18/02/2011 Tarmac joint venture

16/02/2011 Treasury Stock

16/02/2011 Director/PDMR Shareholding

15/02/2011 Completes sale of Lisheen zinc mine

14/02/2011 Treasury Stock

11/02/2011 De Beers 2010 Results

10/02/2011 Kumba Iron Ore 2010 Results

10/02/2011 Treasury Stock

08/02/2011 Treasury Stock

07/02/2011 Treasury Stock

07/02/2011 Anglo Platinum Limited 2010 results

04/02/2011 Completes sale of Black Mountain Mining zinc

01/02/2011 Treasury Stock

01/02/2011 Total Voting Rights

27/01/2011 Proposed dividend dates

21/01/2011 Treasury Stock

18/01/2011 Treasury Stock

14/01/2011 Treasury Stock

11/01/2011 Treasury Stock

11/01/2011 Director/PDMR Shareholding

07/01/2011 Treasury Stock

06/01/2011 Treasury Stock

05/01/2011 Director/PDMR Shareholding

04/01/2011 Total Voting Rights

04/01/2011 Treasury Stock

04/01/2011 Sale completed of Moly-Cop and AltaSteel

29/12/2010 Port tariff secured for Minas-Rio iron ore project

23/12/2010 Treasury Stock

23/12/2010 US$577m sale completed of undeveloped coal assets

14/12/2010 Treasury Stock

14/12/2010 Director/PDMR Shareholding

10/12/2010 Treasury Stock

10/12/2010 Key Minas-Rio Licence Secured

08/12/2010 Treasury Stock

08/12/2010 Director/PDMR Shareholding

06/12/2010 Treasury Stock

06/12/2010 Skorpion zinc sale completion

01/12/2011 Total Voting Rights

30/11/2010 Treasury Stock

24/11/2010 Treasury Stock

22/11/2010 Callide thermal coal mine

19/11/2010 Treasury Stock

15/11/2010 Sale of Moly-Cop and AltaSteel to OneSteel

12/11/2010 Treasury Stock

09/11/2010 Treasury Stock

08/11/2010 Director/PDMR Shareholding

05/11/2010 Director/PDMR Shareholding

01/11/2010 Director/PDMR Shareholding

01/11/2010 Total Voting Rights

01/11/2010 Treasury Stock

29/10/2010 Treasury Stock

27/10/2010 Treasury Stock

22/10/2010 Treasury Stock

21/10/2010 Director/PDMR Shareholding

21/10/2010 Interim Management Statement

20/10/2010 Director/PDMR Shareholding

19/10/2010 Treasury Stock

19/10/2010 West Wall Copper Project

15/10/2010 Treasury Stock

13/10/2010 Treasury Stock

11/10/2010 Treasury Stock

08/10/2010 Director Declaration

08/10/2010 Director/PDMR Shareholding

06/10/2010 Treasury Stock

04/10/2010 Director/PDMR Shareholding & Allotment

04/10/2010 Treasury Stock

30/09/2010 Treasury Stock

29/09/2010 Treasury Stock

28/09/2010 Issuance of Debt

22/09/2010 Publication of Offering Memorandum

21/09/2010 Treasury Stock

15/09/2010 Treasury Stock

14/09/2010 Treasury Stock

10/09/2010 USD 50,000,000 Floating Rate Notes due 10 Sep 2012

08/09/2010 Treasury Stock

08/09/2010 Director/PDMR Shareholding

08/09/2010 Godfrey Gomwe appointment to ExCo

06/09/2010 Total Voting Rights

02/09/2010 Director/PDMR Shareholding

02/09/2010 Director/PDMR Shareholding

02/09/2010 Treasury Stock

31/08/2010 Dividend Declaration

26/08/2010 Director/PDMR Shareholding

17/08/2010 Treasury Stock

06/08/2010 Director/PDMR Shareholding

04/08/2010 Publication of Supplementary Offering Circular

02/08/2010 Amendment - Total Voting Rights

30/07/2010 Interim Results

26/07/2010 Anglo Platinum Interim Results

23/07/2010 De Beers Interim results

22/07/2010 Kumba Iron Ore Interim results

07/07/2010 Director/PDMR Shareholding

06/07/2010 Additional Listing/Director PDMR Shareholding

05/07/2010 Undeveloped coal asset sale

05/07/2010 Anglo Platinum Chairman

02/07/2010 Holding(s) in Company

11/06/2010 Director Declaration

08/06/2010 Director/PDMR Shareholding

01/06/2010 Director Declaration

27/05/2010 Director/PDMR Shareholding

11/05/2010 Director/PDMR Shareholding

10/05/2010 Sale of Zinc portfolio

04/05/2010 Sale of Tarmac French and Belgian business

28/04/2010 Director/PDMR Shareholding

28/04/2010 Director/PDMR Shareholding

22/04/2010 Result of AGM

22/04/2010 AGM Speeches

22/04/2010 Interim Management Statement

19/04/2010 Total Voting Rights

12/04/2010 Director/PDMR Shareholding

08/04/2010 USD 100,000,000 Floating Rate Notes due 10.04.12

06/04/2010 Director/PDMR Shareholding

06/04/2010 Director/PDMR Shareholding

06/04/2010 Directors interests and Allotment of shares

01/04/2010 Director/PDMR Shareholding

01/04/2010 Annual Information Update

2. Documents filed at Companies House

All of the documents listed below were filed with the Registrar of Companies in England and Wales on or around the dates indicated. Copies of the documents filed with the Registrar of Companies can be obtained from Companies House (www.companieshouse.gov.uk)

Date of filing Document

02/03/2011 SH04 Transfer of treasury shares

02/03/2011 SH04 Transfer of treasury shares

15/02/2011 AR01 Return made up to 8 February 2011

12/01/2011 SH01 Return of allotment of shares

12/01/2011 SH04 Transfer of treasury shares

06/12/2010 SH04 Transfer of treasury shares

09/11/2010 SH04 Transfer of treasury shares

29/10/2010 SH01 Return of allotment of shares

12/10/2010 SH04 Transfer of treasury shares

12/10/2010 SH04 Transfer of treasury shares

28/07/2010 CH01 Director's particulars changed

28/07/2010 CH01 Director's particulars changed

28/07/2010 CH01 Director's particulars changed

28/07/2010 CH01 Director's particulars changed

13/07/2010 SH01 Return of allotment of shares

11/06/2010 AR01 Return made up to 14 May 2010

10/05/2010 RES01 Special Resolution concerning special business at AGM

10/05/2010 RES01/RES09 Special Resolution amending the Articles

05/05/2010 SH01 Return of allotment of shares

27/04/2010 TM01 Director resigned

27/04/2010 TM01 Director resigned

16/04/2010 SH04 Transfer of treasury shares

14/04/2010 AA Group of companies' accounts made up to 31/12/09

3. Annual Report

The Company's Annual Report for the period ending 31 December 2010 and Notice of the 2011 Annual General Meeting were filed with the NSM UKLA Document Viewing Facility on 21 March 2011. These documents can be found on the Company's website www.angloamerican.com

N Jordan

Company Secretary

Anglo American plc