Transaction in Own Shares

Anglo American PLC
02 May 2007



                       Anglo American plc (the "Company")
                  Purchases of Ordinary Shares in the Company

The buyback programme of US$3 billion referred to in the annual results press
release of 21 February 2007 commenced today. The Company announces that,
pursuant to the authority granted by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting
held on 17 April 2007, Anglo American plc purchased 250,000 of its ordinary
shares on 1 May 2007 at prices between £26.22 and £26.53 per share. The
purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Anglo American plc currently holds 61,695,739 ordinary shares in treasury, and
has 1,479,962,011 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and the
independent companies referred to 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
2 May 2007





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