Transaction in Own Shares

Anglo American PLC
31 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


The buyback programme of US$3 billion announced in the annual results press
release of 21 February 2007 commenced on 1 May 2007. The Company announces that
on 30 May 2007, an independent company purchased 642,000 ordinary shares of the
Company at prices between £28.96 and £29.41 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 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 200,000 of its ordinary shares on 30 May 2007 at prices between £28.94
and £29.50 per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Anglo American plc currently holds 63,645,830 ordinary shares in treasury, and
has 1,478,011,920 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and the
independent companies referred to above and in the announcement of 23 March 2006
together hold 76,965,395 ordinary shares, representing 5.21 per cent of Anglo
American plc's ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).



Andy Hodges
Deputy Company Secretary
Anglo American plc
31 May 2007





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