Anglo American : Notice of Final Dividend

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20 February, 2020

Notice of Dividend (Dividend No. 36)
Notice is hereby given that a final dividend on the Company's ordinary share capital in respect of the year to 31 December 2019 will be paid as follows:
Amount (United States currency) (note 1)	47 cents per ordinary share
Amount (South African currency) (note 2)	R7.03106 per ordinary share
Last day to effect removal of shares between the United Kingdom (UK) and South African (SA) registers	Monday, 09 March 2020
Last day to trade on the JSE Limited (JSE) to qualify for dividend	Tuesday, 10 March 2020
Ex-dividend on the JSE from the commencement of trading (note 3)	Wednesday, 11 March 2020
Ex-dividend on the London Stock Exchange from the commencement of trading on	Thursday, 12 March 2020
Record date (applicable to both the UK principal register and SA branch register)	Friday, 13 March 2020
Movement of shares between the UK and SA registers permissible from	Monday, 16 March 2020
Last day for receipt of US$:£/€ currency elections by the UK Registrars (note 1)	Wednesday, 8 April 2020
Last day for receipt of Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP) mandate forms by the UK Registrars (notes 4, 5 and 6)	Wednesday, 8 April 2020
Currency conversion US$:£/€ rates announced on (note 7)	Friday, 17 April 2020
Last day for receipt of DRIP mandate forms by Central Securities Depository Participants (CSDPs) (notes 4, 5 and 6)	Tuesday, 21 April 2020
Last day for receipt of DRIP mandate forms by the South African Transfer Secretaries (notes 4, 5 and 6)	Wednesday, 22 April 2020
Payment date of dividend	Thursday, 7 May 2020

Notes

1. Shareholders on the UK register of members with an address in the UK will be paid in Sterling and those with an address in a country in the European Union which has adopted the Euro will be paid in Euros. Such shareholders may, however, elect to be paid their dividends in US dollars provided the UK Registrars receive such election by Wednesday, 8 April 2020. Shareholders with an address elsewhere will be paid in US dollars except those registered on the South African branch register who will be paid in South African rand.

2. Dividend Tax will be withheld from the amount of the gross dividend of R7.03106 per ordinary share paid to South African shareholders at the rate of 20% unless a shareholder qualifies for exemption. After the Dividend Tax has been withheld, the net dividend will be R5.62485 per ordinary share. Anglo American plc had a total of 1,366,570,089 ordinary shares in issue, including 336,137 treasury shares, as at 18 February 2020. In South Africa the dividend will be distributed by Anglo American South Africa Proprietary Limited, a South African company with tax registration number 9030010608, or one of its South African subsidiaries, in accordance with the Company's dividend access share arrangements. The dividend in South African rand is based on an exchange rate of US$1:R14.9597 taken on Wednesday, 19 February 2020, being the currency conversion date.

3. Dematerialisation and rematerialisation of registered share certificates in South Africa will not be effected by CSDPs during the period from the JSE ex-dividend date to the record date (both days inclusive).

4. Those shareholders who already participate in the DRIP need not complete a DRIP mandate form for each dividend as such forms provide an ongoing authority to participate in the DRIP until cancelled in writing. Shareholders who wish to participate in the DRIP should obtain a mandate form from the UK Registrars, the South African Transfer Secretaries or, in the case of those who hold their shares through the STRATE system, their CSDP.

5. In terms of the DRIP, and subject to the purchase of shares in the open market, share certificates/CREST notifications are expected to be mailed and CSDP investor accounts credited/updated on Tuesday, 2 June 2020. CREST accounts will be credited on Thursday, 14 May 2020.

6. Copies of the terms and conditions of the DRIP are available from the UK Registrars or the South African Transfer Secretaries.

7. The US$:£/€ conversion rates will be determined by the actual rates achieved by Anglo American buying forward contracts for those currencies, during the two days preceding the announcement of the conversion rates, for delivery on the dividend payment date.

For further information, please contact:

Registered office	UK Registrars	South African Transfer Secretaries
20 Carlton House Terrace	Equiniti	Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Limited
London	Aspect House	Rosebank Towers, 15 Biermann Avenue
SW1Y 5AN	Spencer Road	Rosebank, 2196, South Africa
United Kingdom	Lancing	Private Bag X9000
	West Sussex	Saxonwold, 2132
	BN99 6DA	South Africa
	United Kingdom

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