Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
30 October 2007



                       Anglo American plc ("the Company")

PDMR's Interests

The Company announces that on 29 October 2007 Mr A E Redman, a Person
Discharging Managerial Responsibility of the Company ("PDMR"), exercised options
to acquire and immediately sold, ordinary shares of US$0.54945 in the capital of
the Company (the "Shares") under the Anglo American plc Rollover Scheme as
follows:

Number of Share Options      Option Strike Price         Share Sale Price
                     
8,000                        ZAR51.25                    £33.46

The notification of these transactions is intended to satisfy the Company's
obligations under both section 324 of the Companies Act 1985 and the Financial
Services Authority Disclosure and Transparency Rules 3.1.2 to 3.1.4.

Andy Hodges
Deputy Company Secretary
30 October 2007



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