Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
18 March 2008


                       Anglo American plc (the "Company")
         Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AN
                           Registered number: 356413

PDMR/DIRECTORS' INTERESTS

Anglo American plc announces the following conditional award of ordinary shares
in the capital of the Company ("Shares") in connection with the operation of the
Company's Long Term Incentive Plan.
The Long Term Incentive Plan provides directors and senior employees with shares
awarded on a conditional basis as determined by the Remuneration Committee of
the Board. The current award will vest in 2011, subject to the satisfaction of
performance conditions.
In accordance with the determination of the Remuneration Committee, and in
accordance with the rules of the Long Term Incentive Plan, the Company made the
following awards of Shares to directors and PDMRs on March 17 2008:

Name of Director                        Number of Shares

Mrs C B Carroll                                                        66,985
Mr R Medori                                                            42,105

Name of PDMR                            Number of Shares
Mr P M Baum                                                            24,355
Mr B R Beamish                                                         18,862
Mr R J King                                                            27,910
Mr A E Redman                                                          29,027
Mr J N Wallington                                                      14,963
Mr D Weston                                                            20,922


N Jordan
Company Secretary
18 March 2008



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