Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
04 May 2007


                       Anglo American plc (the "Company")

         Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AN
                           Registered number: 3564138

PDMR/DIRECTORS' INTERESTS

Anglo American plc announces the vesting on 2 May 2007, of ordinary shares of
US$0.50 in the capital of the Company ("Shares"). The Shares were originally
awarded in 2004, in connection with the operation of the Company's Long Term
Incentive Plan ("LTIP").
In accordance with the determination of the Remuneration Committee, and in
accordance with the rules of the LTIP, the following shares vested and were
released to directors and PDMRs (the "Recipients") as follows:

Name of         Number of Shares    Shares Sold To Cover Tax/NI        Balance
Director        Vested              Liability                         Retained

Mr D A Hathorn             8,220                          1,727          6,493

Name of PDMR

Mr P M Baum                1,575                            347          1,228
Mr R J King               12,141                          4,997          7,144
Mr A E Redman              5,849                          2,340          3,509
Mr J N Wallington          1,143                            nil          1,143

Accordingly the Recipients' interests have increased by the "Balance Retained".

Andy Hodges
Deputy Company Secretary
4 May 2006


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