Transaction in Own Shares

Anglo American PLC
06 June 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 on 1 May 2007. 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 400,000 of its ordinary
shares on 5 June 2007 at prices between £30.47 and £30.99 per share. The
purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Anglo American plc currently holds 64,795,830 ordinary shares in treasury, and
has 1,476,861,920 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and the
independent companies referred to above and in the announcement of 23 March 2006
together hold 76,991,645 ordinary shares, representing 5.21 per cent of Anglo
American plc's ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).



Catherine Marshall
Companies Secretary
Anglo American plc
6 June 2007




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