Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
18 January 2007


Anglo American plc
(the "Company")



                   Anglo American Share Incentive Plan - SIP


The SIP is an Inland Revenue approved trust arrangement, operated through
Halifax plc, under which employees are able to buy ordinary shares in the
Company of US$0.50 each ("ordinary shares"), using monthly deductions from
salary, and are allocated an equivalent number of free ordinary shares
("matching shares"). Both the purchased shares and the matching shares are held
in the SIP trust. The matching shares are acquired by the SIP Trust and
allocated to the relevant employees.

The following transaction took place in relation to the SIP on Monday 8 January
2007 but has only today been notified to the Company by Halifax plc:

The following person discharging managerial responsibility of the Company
purchased 5 ordinary shares at a price of £23.839 and was allocated 5 matching
shares, free of charge:

     D M Weston

The notification of this transaction is to satisfy the Company's obligations
under the Financial Services Authority Disclosure Rules 3.1.2 to 3.1.4.

N Jordan
Company Secretary
18 January 2007



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