Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
12 March 2007


                               ANGLO AMERICAN plc
                                 (the "Company")

DIRECTOR/PDMR INTERESTS

BONUS SHARE PLAN ("BSP") - 2007 AWARD

The Company announces that on 9 March 2007, the following awards of ordinary
shares of US$0.50 in the capital of the Company ("Shares") were made for nil
consideration pursuant to the BSP. The awards were based on a share price of
£24.73 per Share, being the average of the closing mid-market price per Share
during the week ended 2 March 2007. In accordance with the determination of the
Remuneration Committee, and in accordance with the rules of the BSP, the Company
awarded, on Friday 9 March 2007, the number of Shares under the BSP specified
below, conditional on continued employment, subject to the rules of the BSP,
until 31 December 2009:

Director                  Shares   PDMR                                 Shares
R Medori                  17,187*  P M Baum                              9,306
S R Thompson              14,689*  R J King                             12,570*
                                   A E Redman                            9,296
                                   J N Wallington                        3,745
                                   D M Weston                            5,894*

In accordance with the determination of the Remuneration Committee, and in
accordance with the rules of the BSP, the Company also conditionally awarded, on
Friday 9 March 2007, 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 2009:

Director                  Shares   PDMR                                 Shares
R Medori                  12,889*  P M Baum                              6,978
S R Thompson              11,016*  R J King                              9,427*
                                   A E Redman                            6,972
                                   J N Wallington                        2,808
                                   D M Weston                            4,419*



*These awards (to UK-resident participants) include an additional amount of
shares to be sold upon vesting to cover employers' National Insurance
Contributions. The individual will not receive these shares upon vesting nor
will they receive any dividends in respect of them.

The notification of these transactions is to satisfy the Company's obligations
under both section 324 of the Companies Act 1985 and the UKLA Disclosure Rules
and Transparency Rules.

N Jordan
Company Secretary
12 March 2007



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