Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9547I

Anglo American PLC

22 March 2010

ANGLO AMERICAN plc

(the "Company")

DIRECTOR/PDMR INTERESTS

BONUS SHARE PLAN ("BSP") - 2010 AWARD

The Company announces that on 19 March 2010, the following awards of ordinary shares in the capital of the Company ("Shares") were made for nil consideration pursuant to the BSP.

The Company awarded the following Shares, conditional on continued employment until 31 December 2012, subject to the rules of the BSP:

Director / PDMR	Gross Shares Awarded	Net Shares Awarded (after tax / NI where applicable)
C B Carroll*	46,902	27,671
R Médori*	29,481	17,393
B R Beamish*	16,674	9,837
S French	9,303	9,303
J MacKenzie	3,050	3,050
N B Mbazima	6,455	6,455
W De Simoni	4,767	4,767
M A S Walker*	17,649	10,412
D Wanblad*	4,674	2,757
S Weber	5,436	5,436
D M Weston*	17,313	10,213
P G Whitcutt*	7,634	4,503

*UK participants in the BSP can, if they wish, make an election under s431 ITEPA 2003 to pay the tax and NI liability on an award at the date of grant. The Directors/PDMRs indicated above elected to do so, and shares were sold from the gross award on the date of grant at a price of £27.53 to meet this liability.

In accordance with the determination of the Remuneration Committee, and in accordance with the rules of the BSP, the Company also conditionally awarded, on 19 March 2010, the number of enhancement Shares specified below, the issue of which is subject to the attainment of a stretching earnings per share performance condition during a three-year performance period ending on 31 December 2012:

Director / PDMR	Shares Awarded
C B Carroll	35,176
R Médori	22,110
B R Beamish	12,505
S French	6,977
J MacKenzie	2,287
N B Mbazima	4,841
W De Simoni	3,575
M A S Walker	13,236
D Wanblad	3,505
S Weber	4,077
D M Weston	12,984
P G Whitcutt	5,725