Transaction in Own Shares

Anglo American PLC
01 May 2007



Anglo American PLC ("the Company")
Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AN
Registered number: 3564138

Purchases of Ordinary Shares in the Company
Following the increase in the buyback programme of US$4 billion referred to in
the interim results announcement of Friday 4 August 2006 (the "Interim
Announcement"), the Company announces that on 30 April 2007 an independent
company purchased 200,000 ordinary shares of the Company at prices between
£26.38 and £26.90 per share. This purchase was made by an independent company to
be funded by a wholly owned overseas subsidiary of the Company, which wholly
owned subsidiary (the "Subsidiary") will have the right to nominate a transferee
for such shares, and otherwise in accordance with arrangements substantially the
same as those announced by the Company on 23 March 2006.

In addition to the above, and pursuant to the authority granted by shareholders
at the Annual General Meeting held on 17 April 2007, Anglo American plc
purchased 195,440 of its ordinary shares on 30 April 2007 at prices between
£26.56 and £26.87 per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury
shares.

Following today's purchases, disclosed above, the US$4 billion buyback programme
referred to in the Interim Announcement has now been completed.  The
Company confirms that the further buyback programme of US$3 billion, referred to
in the Annual Results press release of 21 February 2007, will commence on 1 May
2007; such purchases will be made by both the Company and an independent company
to be funded by the Subsidiary.

Anglo American plc currently holds 61,445,739 ordinary shares in treasury, and
has 1,480,212,011 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and the
independent companies referred to above and in the announcement of 23 March 2006
together hold 72,147,191 ordinary shares, representing 4.87 per cent of Anglo
American plc's ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).



Catherine Marshall
Companies Secretary
Anglo American plc
1 May 2007




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