Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
11 December 2007



                       Anglo American plc ("the Company")

PDMR's Interests

The Company announces that on 11 December 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:

Date of Grant     Number of Share          Option Strike        Share Sale Price
                          Options                  Price

17 February 1998           16,800               ZAR51.25                  £33.85

The notification of these transactions satisfies the Company's obligations under
the Financial Services Authority Disclosure and Transparency Rules 3.1.2 to
3.1.4.

N Jordan
Company Secretary
11 December 2007


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